Many food and beverage outlets and supermarkets are open through the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays, hoping to make up somewhat for the long closures due to COVID-19 and take advantage of a possible surge in demand as happened last year.
To adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic that limits in-person contact, calligraphers in the annual spring calligraphy festival will offer their service virtually for the first time.
This Tết holiday, bookworms can walking along Hà Nội Book Street in Hoàn Kiếm District and enjoy thousands of books of all genres from reputable publishers.
Vietnamese staff members of level-2 field hospital No 3 in South Sudan have recently erected a nêu tree (New Year's tree) to kick off the traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) celebration.
For overseas Vietnamese businesswomen, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible to return home for the traditional Tết family reunion. But many have their own ways to celebrate Tết in a more meaningful way.