Crowds of people have flocked to Hang Ma Street in the Hanoi Old Quarter to purchase votive objects and decorations for the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday morning, many people in Hanoi went to lakes, ponds and the Red River to throw carp on the Day of the Kitchen Gods. People also threw ash, plastic bags and garbage into the lakes.

In the past few days, thousands of people have flocked to Tan Son Nhat Airport to welcome their relatives who were overseas Vietnamese returning home for the Lunar New Year. In that situation, the airport has been severely overloaded.

  The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, was held in Hanoi on January 31with a string of cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 30 held a reception for a delegation from the Overseas Vietnamese (OV) community, who returned home to attend the “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners throughout the country have introduced their most special products for the upcoming Lunar New Year 2016 (Tet holiday).

On New Year's Eve, Hanoi will hold firework displays at 31 places, including six places with high-range performances and 25 places with lower-range performances.

People are seeking special and rare things for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet holiday). Among them are peacocks, odd-shaped fruits, and Dong Tao chickens. Below are expensive and unusual Tet gifts this year:

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities have recently unveiled two venues for New Year’s Eve fireworks.

HCM City-based consumer companies have completed plans to produce enough goods for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 8 next year, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.