Along with decorating streets, the city will erect a number of celebrative symbols and works to place in crossroads, big squares and along main streets.

Ten key streets of the city, including Trang Tien, Trang Thi, Hang Bai, Ba Trieu, Hai Ba Trung, Phan Chu Trinh, Ngo Quyen, Thanh Nien, Dien Bien Phu and Nguyen Thai Hoc, will be lightened up with colorful lighting systems.

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According to the city Department of Culture and Sports, the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake will be decorated with fresh flowers, while decoration archways will be erected in Vo Nguyen Giap street.

High-range and low-range firework shows will be organized in different areas of the city, while art performances will be held at public places in all 30 wards and districts to serve locals.

Hanoi will organize mobile film screenings to serve audiences in all districts and wards, especially in remote areas, industrial parks and export processing zones across the city.

On February 16-17, or the 12th and 13th days of the first lunar month, a dragon boat racing festival will take place in West Lake.

Bac Giang brings warm Tet to policy beneficiaries and poor families

(BGO) – According to the Bac Giang provincial Fatherland Front’s Committee and Department of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affair, the province presented 136,323 Tet gifts to the social policy beneficiaries and impoverished families in the localities on the Lunar New Year occasion, totally worth nearly 54.7 billion VND (2.4 million USD).

 

About 1 million tourists visit Hung Temple relic site during Tet

Nearly one million visitors came to pay tribute to Hung Kings and other ancestors who founded the country at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern province of Phu Tho during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 

Purchasing power increases 10 percent during Tet

According to the Ministry of Finance, the purchasing power during Tet holiday surged by 12-15% compared to normal days, and 10% against the same period last year, as a result of 2017’s noted economic growth and market stabilization policy.

 

Enterprises nationwide resume work after Tet

Departments of the Tan Cang - Cai Cui Company in the southern city of Can Tho handled more than 5,000 tonnes of cargo for import and export on February 21 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

 

Tet, Lunar New Year, an official holiday in California

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill recognizing the Lunar New Year as a day of special significance.

 

Source: VNA