Tet market

The Hanoitimes - A cold spell arriving during the first days of the Lunar New Year will cause rain in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi. The weather in Hanoi is expected to turn cold during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration from February 12 to 16, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF). The NCHMF said that a cold spell arriving during the first days of the Lunar New Year will cause rain and shower in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi. It will be cold at night and early in the morning. People are excited to join flower market in Hanoi on Tet holiday. Photo: Ngoc Tu The highest temperatures will be around 18-21 degrees Celsius, while the lowest will be about 13-16 degrees Celsius on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year (February 12-13), and drizzle is expected. From February 13 to 16, it will be drizzling at night and early in the morning while during daytime there will be no rain. The weather will be cold, with temperatures ranging between 14 and 22 degrees Celsius. “Dangerous natural disasters will not happen during Tet holiday 2021 and weather in Hanoi will be a bit warmer than that of Tet holiday 2020,” said Tran Quang Nang, head of the NCHMF’s Weather Forecast Department. Tips for Tet holiday in Hanoi Tet holiday is the most important festival of Vietnamese. Hence, it is the most wonderful time for foreigners to spend their vacation here to enjoy and explore the festival atmosphere. Visitors coming to Hanoi during Tet holiday are fortunate because there will be numerous festivals as well as special dishes exclusively available in Tet to explore. It is advisable to arrive in Hanoi approximately a week before Tet to enjoy the bustling atmosphere here, when people rush to prepare for Tet and witness the beauty of thousands of species of flowers and trees in the city's flower markets. From the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, a …

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The Hanoitimes - Hanoi said this year’s inspection focuses on hygiene procedures, quality and origin of food for Tet holiday, as well precautionary measures against Covid-19. Hanoi has set up a cross-functional team to conduct inspection on food safety in the city ahead of the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday. Cross-functional team takes sample in a company in Tay Ho District. Photo: Kinhtedothi The team, led by Dr Tran Van Chung, deputy director of the municipal Department of Health, started its mission on January 12 in Tay Ho District where more than 1,600 food and beverage production establishments and restaurants are located. The team has examined food safety and hygiene at 182 establishments, fined one establishment that breached hygiene procedures. When working with local authorities, Dr Chung asked them to focus on goods of high demand for Tet and facilities at risk of unsafe practices, as well as supermarkets and wet markets. Head of Hanoi’s Food Administration Division Tran Ngoc Tu said this year’s inspection focuses on hygiene procedures, quality and origin of food for Tet holiday, and precautionary measures against Covid-19 at food production and service facilities. The body has asked establishments to disinfect regularly, screening temperature of customers, and preventive measures against the pandemic. In the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s 2019 ranking, Hanoi topped localities nationwide in terms of the management of food safety over agro-forestry-fishery products. In a research title “Consumer concern about food safety in Hanoi, Vietnam” by Thanh Mai Ha, Shamim Shakur, and Kim Hang Pham Do, customers express concerns over three factors namely pesticide residues, food preservatives, and hormone in livestock. With a limited capacity to self-supply food and weaker social and kinship networks, urban consumers’ concerns over food safety, therefore, was higher than their rural counterparts, the authors …

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On an early weekend morning in late January, Bui Nguyen Van Nguyen sat down for a cup of coffee at Ba Lu, one of Saigon’s oldest cafés, located smack in the middle of Phung Hung Market in District 5. After taking a sip of coffee brewed in the traditional net-filter method, Nguyen began snapping photographs of the market, cataloguing the simple beauty of everyday life in Saigon. Such moments are typical for Nguyen who, for the past three years, has spent his time wandering around Saigon, capturing life through the perspective of his lens. Saigon 'enthusiast' Nguyen’s love of Saigon is shown to the 106,000 followers of his Instagram account @odaucungchup , which translates to 'taking photos everywhere.' “It makes me happy that every day I get to wake up and realize I am in the heart of Saigon,” Nguyen told Tuoi Tre News . Saigon at sunset. Photo: @odaucungchup Nguyen’s goal is to showcase simple, familiar images of Saigon, from its narrow alleyways to its street corners covered in tangled electric wires, and everything in between. Building his Instagram handle a place for Saigon lovers, he wrote upon his bio, “Do you guys love Saigon like me?” Besides randomly taking photos of city life in a wide range of topics, Nguyen has also run several long-term series, including Saigon Old Texts, Saigon Houses, Saigon Alleys, Saigon Cinemas, Saigon People, Patterns of Saigon, and more. A photo from Bui Nguyen Van Nguyen’s Saigon Old Texts photo series “I’m always attracted to shops with nice old-school signs when I need to buy or repair things because I truly believe that the people in those places put love and kindness into their work,” Nguyen captioned a series depicting store signage. The 29-year-old photographer also uploads the story behind each photo, describing his feelings about it or what he has learned of the area where the picture was taken. “Each time I stop at my regular banh mi [ Vietnamese …

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