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According to the observation of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters, the Con Son community tourism area in Binh Thuy District and the Buckwheat Flower Farm in Cai Rang District attracted crowds of visitors seeking to revel in the festive atmosphere of the new year. Although tam giac mach (buckwheat) flower is among the most well-known blooms in northern Vietnam’s Ha Giang Loop, this is the first time the wildflower has been successfully planted to attract tourists in southern Vietnam. A woman in ‘ao dai’ (Vietnamese traditional dress) poses for a photo at the Tam Giac Mach Farm in Cai Rang District, Can Tho City, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, on January 22, 2023. Photo : Lan Ngoc / Tuoi Tre Trinh Van Luan, owner of the Tam Giac Mach Farm, said that the flowers have bloomed after the trial period just in time for Tet holiday. “We transported the seeds from northwestern Vietnam. The blooming season lasts up to 25 days and is currently at its peak.  “We are alway...

The festival featured a kite festival, a competition for Tet decorations and cooking skills, a buffet party, and a campfire.  This is the first time a Vietnamese hospital’s spring festival has been held during a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. Hiroko Hirahara, head of the UN Mission Field Office in South Sudan, and Brigadier General Mike Cooper Mujuni, Commander of Unity Military Region, joined the festival. All hospital departments worked together in four teams to prepare traditional Vietnamese cuisine, decorate Tet booths, participate in kite flying, and dance around the campfire. Through the spring festival, the Vietnamese doctors brought the Vietnamese Tet traditions, such as peach blossom, apricot blossom, banh chung , calligraphy, and the cuisine, closer to international friends. Hiroko Hirahara stated that she was touched and excited to be immersed in the festive mood of Vietnamese Tet. She also expressed gratitude to the employees of the Vietnamese level-2 fi...

Before the opening ceremony, the flower street had been teeming with visitors. Most of them expressed their keen interest in statues of cat, the zodiac animal of the upcoming lunar new year, on the street. Visitors were also surprised at statues of zodiac animals of previous years, which were also erected on the street this year. Nguyen Hoang Vy, residing in Thu Duc City, said the flower street this year is more interesting and impressive. “With this feelings, I hope I will obtain certain achievements in 2023 and my family will spend more time together,” Vy added. Thang from Binh Thanh District, said his family would return to his hometown on Friday, so they came to the flower street from Thursday afternoon. The family of Nguyen Hoang, a resident in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, takes photos on the flower street. Photo : T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre Speaking at the Nguyen Hue Flower Street opening ceremony, Ho Chi Minh City Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc said the highligh...

Across the country, streets are decked out with statues of felines and shops are stocked full of cat-themed decorations, popular gifts during Vietnamese New Year, known as Tet. Vietnam and neighbouring China share 10 of the zodiac calendar’s 12 signs — the rat, tiger, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. But the Vietnamese honour the cat instead of the rabbit, and the buffalo instead of the ox. There are a host of theories to explain why the Vietnamese plumped for the cat. Nguyen Hieu Tin, an expert on traditional Vietnamese culture, said the answer may lie in the rice fields prized by farmers. “Rice is a huge part of Vietnam’s agriculture, but with the threat of many rats in the fields, the cats (which can hunt them) are a popular animal for the Vietnamese,” he told AFP. “Another explanation is that the Vietnamese don’t want to observe two years with a similar animal. They see the mouse and the rabbit as being closely linked,” Tin said. There is also a...

The annual Lim festival falls on the 12th and 13th days of the first lunar month, or February 2 and February 3 this year. The festival mainly takes place in the Hong Van Mountain, or Lim Mountain area which attracts the most visitors. Diverse activities are held throughout the festival, including folk games, love duet singing, and calligraphy. A performance of love duet songs put on by children in Hoan Son commune of Tien Du district receives plenty of enthusiastic applause from locals and tourists. Female singers make trầu (betel and areca nut), an ancient snack, for visitors to enjoy at the festival. Some visitors ask for calligraphy works from scholars, a tradition in the new lunar year. Artisans perform a love duet while on a dragon boat. The post Thousands attend Lim festival in Bac Ninh appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Hai Phong Red Flamboyant Flower Festival o...

The festival resumes after a three-year hiatus caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ten days ahead of the festival, the Yen Tu spiritual relic complex had received more than 150,000 arrivals, equal to 80% of the figure from 2018 and 90% of the figure from 2019. The festival is scheduled to last until the end of the third lunar month, with around one million monks, nuns, Buddhists, and pilgrims expected to attend the religious event, according to the Quang Ninh Buddhist Sangha. A wide range of activities will get underway during the festival, including a lantern night, dragon and unicorn dances, as well as folk games.  An incense offering ceremony to pray for peace, along with a painting and a photo exhibition showcasing the majestic beauty of the Yen Tu complex will be the main highlights of the festival. The Yen Tu spring festival is held annually in order to honour the great value of Yen Tu mountain, the origins of the Truc Lam Zen se...