Foreign entrepreneurs, tourists, and students are irresistibly drawn to the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday in Vietnam.

A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.

Vibrant and colourful fireworks displays lit up the skies of the capital city of Hanoi at midnight on New Year’s Eve on January 28 evening, carrying with them hopes for a joyful, happy, and successful New Year of the Snake.

New Year art programme, hosted by the Nam Tu Liem district People’s Committee, will not feature the planned drone light show.

American actress Drew Barrymore, best known for her role in "Charlie’s Angels", attracted attention with a video of herself walking around Hanoi during the country's biggest holiday Tet.

Hanoi's beauty industry is booming in the lead-up to Tet, with salons crowded and services running late into the night to meet festive demand.

PANO - Experiencing the lunar New Year (Tet) celebration in Vietnam has left a lasting impression on foreign diplomats in Hanoi.

From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world. Wednesday marks the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.

The capital city of Hanoi will stage the world’s largest firework drone show on January 28 evening, or Lunar New Year’s Eve, to ring in the Lunar New Year of the Snake 2025.

VOV.VN - Many families in Ho Chi Minh City and nearby provinces flocked to Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens and Suoi Tien Cultural Tourism Park on January 31 to enjoy the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The clock strikes midnight, and the first newborns of the Year of the Snake arrive in hospitals across Vietnam, filling the air with celebration and hope.