People in Thailand joined the world to welcome the Year of the Snake on Wednesday as they celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', falls on Jan. 29, 2025 and is celebrated worldwide.

Does Thailand celebrate the Lunar New Year? Find out how the SEA country catches the festivity of Chinese New Year with vibrant festivals.

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Lunar New Year, or Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), is Vietnam's most important celebration - a time to honour ancestors, cherish family, and welcome new beginnings.This year, it lasts from 28 to 31 January.

Lunar New Year tourists are flocking to Thailand. The holidaymakers, many from China, are expected to boost tourism, which has been struggling to recover from the pandemic.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and the world.

For many, the Lunar New Year is a time to reflect on people they have lost. But it's also a time to set intentions and welcome the new energy of the future.

Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centres, despite efforts to reassure them.

The government expects 770,000 Chinese nationals to visit Thailand during Chinese New Year, from Jan 24 to Feb 2, an increase of 22.6% compared to the Lunar New Year period last year.

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Snake.