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Tet festival various groups
23/01/2009 05:00
Lunar New Year is a special festival of all Vietnamese nationalities. But each ethnic minority people enjoy their festival in their own way. Art performance by ethnic minority people during Tet holiday. Tet of the Tay and Nung ethnicity The...
Nation abounds with festivals for New Year
23/01/2009 05:00
As the last days of the Year of the Mouse pass by, all across Vietnam festival organisers are poised to kick off celebrations to usher in the Year of the Buffalo. The Spring Festival will include the procession of Chu Dong Tu, one of four immortal saints in...
HCM City hotels get into the Tet swing of things
23/01/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam - Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is the most impor tant festival in Viet Nam. It is a time for family unions and reunions as people travel from far and wide to be with their loved ones in their homeland. It is also a time when everyone enjoys...
Cities revel in the approach of spring
23/01/2009 05:00
Downtown city streets are a riot of colour and light as the Tet (Lunar New Year) festive mood deepens, heralding the coming of spring to Vietnam. Nguyen Hue city flower street, HCM City. Lookatvietnam - Downtown city streets are a riot of colour and light...
Folk games attract thousands to ethnology museum
23/01/2009 05:00
For Vietnamese people, Tet is about visiting friends and relatives, not so much museums. But thousands of people come to Viet Nam’s Museum of Ethnology on the fourth day of Tet every year. Why? To play folk games. Ancient playtime: Visitors join in nem con...
Citadel festival follows Tet
22/01/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam – The Co Loa-Ha Noi Ancient Citadel Preservation Centre’s annual cultural festival will be held at the Thang Long citadel site from January 29 to February 9. Giant steps: A traditional worship ceremony at last year’s Thang Long Royal Citadel...
Family time at Tet
22/01/2009 05:00
Tet is fast approaching and Vietnamese households are busy sprucing up their homes and preparing festive feasts to welcome the Lunar New Year, which falls next Monday. A girl arranges boiled banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) on a tray to worship...