VietNamNet Bridge - Many rich people are willing to pay a lot of money to buy rare ornamental animals and trees such as pheasants, Mandarin ducks, Dong Tao chickens and Sapa ancient roses for display at Tet (lunar New Year).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Transport of Ha Noi has asked its inspectors to stiffen punishments of violating vehicles in order to ensure traffic safety during the Lunar New Year Festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Eight tablets will be available at the international terminal of the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City for check-in procedures this Lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

Several weeks before the Lunar New Year, many streets in Hanoi are flooded with forest peach trees that arrive from mountainous provinces like Hoa Binh, Son La, Yen Bai, Cao Bang, and Bac Kan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Tet (Lunar New Year) rolls around, ships begin to make the trip across the sea, bringing along with them necessities and spring warmth from the mainland to soldiers stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tram Tau in Yen Bai Province may be one of poorest districts in Viet Nam, but it is probably the region with the most smiling and optimistic people I've ever seen in the country.

Northern Vietnam will experience the strongest cold spell since the onset of winter from January 22, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

 Tet Art 2016, the biggest Vietnamese and foreign art fair of the year, will kick off on January 21 in Ha Noi.

 A myriad of cultural and artistic activities will be held in the framework of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Monkey, which will opens in Hanoi on January 20 (the 11th of the 12th lunar month) and last through February 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's biggest art and handicraft products fair opened yesterday in Ha Noi for three weeks.

 The HCM City People's Committee will organise 131 flower markets in 21 districts to serve and entertain residents and visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays which this year last fromFebruary 6-14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Opera and Ballet will, as usual, present a combination of classical music and dance in its new show, but this time, a new, folksy element has entered the picture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tet dishes have special significance as they reflect the Vietnamese tradition of each family member expressing their personal progress, happiness and professional prosperity through the tray of dishes.

 More than 75,000 tourists including 40,000 foreign arrivals have registered to visit the old imperial city of Hue during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), according to the Thua Thien Hue province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Circus artists from Viet Nam, Russia and Belarus will entertain audiences in HCM City with extravagant performances to usher in the Lunar New Year.

 Hanoi to get disabled taxi service; Hanoi: Prisoners granted clemency on Tet; Casual workers cash in on Tet holiday; Fake labels on foreign alcohol flood Tet market; HCM City to raise water supply by 50%

The capital city of Ha Noi's People's Committee has decided to stage five high-range fireworks displays, alongside 25 smaller ones, across the city on the Lunar New Year's Eve.

 Hospital treats puffer fish patients; Man arrested for drug, weapons smuggling; Petrol stations cheat customers in Dac Lac; Smuggling on the increase as Lunar New Year approaches; Electrical faults the most common cause of HCM City fires

 Photos of wild birds on show Saturday; Well-preserved ancient kiln found in Binh Dinh; Culture gala fetes VN-German ties; Expat-actor group stages pantomime show; French-Vietnamese gourmet festival to open

Many Vietnamese have been buying bank notes, souvenirs and interior decor items with a goat-like shape or images of a goat, preparing to welcome the new lunar year, the year of the goat.