The biggest annual festival of the Vietnamese community in the UK, the event attracted a large number of participants, with folk games, martial arts performances, and singing in Vietnamese.

The staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative offices in the UK wrap banh chung.

A contest to wrap ‘banh chung’ (square sticky rice cake), a traditional dish for the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival of Vietnamese people, was also held and joined in by many people.

Participants also had an opportunity to attend the spring fair, with traditional specialties such as Tet jam, salted/sugared dried fruits, green tea, banh chung, spring rolls, fresh fruits imported from Vietnam, and flowers and ornamental plants such as peach blossom, apricot blossom, and kumquat.

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long affirmed that the embassy always accompanies overseas Vietnamese in the UK in community activities, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural and humanistic values of the Vietnamese people.

Spring book street promises exciting activities during Tet

A Spring Book Street programme kicked off on February 5, creating a cultural space for book lovers in the upcoming New Year.

Virtual gathering connects Vietnamese “blue beret” soldiers together before Tet

The Ministry of National Defence on February 5 held a virtual event connecting with the Vietnamese forces engaged in the United Nations peacekeeping mission on the threshold of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Free train rides offered for workers going home for Tet

Many disadvantaged workers and families in Ho Chi Minh City have been offered free train rides home this Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), a gesture of support with the hope that everyone can be reunited with their families on the occasion of the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese.

Hanoi to ban vehicles from West Lake streets for Tet drone performances

Sections of several streets in Hanoi's Tay Ho District would see vehicles banned on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings in preparation of Lunar New Year's Eve light shows involving 2,024 drones.

Tet gatherings held for OVs in European, American countries

Get-togethers have been held recently in France, Russia, Canada, and Italy for overseas Vietnamese to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

Source: VNA