Just before Tet each year Huynh Tri Cau sets up a small table at the corner of a street in District 11 and begins to do calligraphy.

Worshipping “Ong Cong, Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) is a long-standing custom of great significance as it symbolises the farewell to all bad things of the old year to help people relaxedly enter a new year of peace and happiness.

A programme is taking place in Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay town, Hanoi, reproducing the traditional rituals, activities and customs during Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival.

HCMC will not have its firework displays on Lunar New Year's Eve this year, the municipal cultural department said Thursday.

Thong Nhat Park would be the sole location in Hanoi to view fireworks on Feb. 1.