Around Town Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018 lures one million visitors during Tet Phi Vu Friday, Mar 2, 2018,22:05 (GMT+7) Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018 lures one million visitors during TetPhi Vu Tourists come to visit and take photos at Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018 - PHOTO: HOANG PHONG Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018 attracted around one million visitor arrivals during the seven-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the country’s biggest and longest national holiday, said Saigontourist Holding Company, the main organizer of the annual flower street. Vuong Anh Tuan, deputy director of Saigontourist, told a news conference on February 27 that the flower street welcomed around 120,000 tourists a day, with a pickup in the number of foreign tourists. This was the 15th year in a row that Saigontourist, the nation’s leading tourism services provider, had organized the famous flower street, which contributed to fueling the … [Read more...] about Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018 lures one million visitors during Tet
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Flashback: Photos capture Hanoi’s Tet spirit through decades of hardships
People in Hanoi gather at Hoan Kiem Lake on Lunar New Year’s Eve in 1964. The photo is one of many on display at the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts at 2 Hoa Lu Street, Hai Ba Trung District. A flower market full of people during the Lunar New Year (Tet) in 1975. A stall sells pineapples and other fruit used for Tet decorations. A bookstore with a “Happy New Year” banner draws children. Cherry blossom farmers wait for customers at a corner of a flower market in Hanoi. A stall sells incense and other items for family altars. A family cooks banh chung, a sticky rice cake wrapped in leaves and stuffed with mung beans and pork, which is essential holiday food. A family prepares decorations for the house. Women in ceremonial ao dai dresses pose at a flower garden during the festival. People travel past the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during Tet 1983. … [Read more...] about Flashback: Photos capture Hanoi’s Tet spirit through decades of hardships
Rents in HCM City soar after Tet
Landlords in HCM City are raising the rents by 10% because of high demand after Tet. Rents are usually the biggest expenditure for those who are from other provinces and cities. Many people return to their apartments and houses when their contracts end by Tet Holiday and have to sign new contracts and find new places to stay after the holiday. Landlords also take this chance to raise the prices. Phuong, a student from Binh Thuan Province, said, "When my contract ended, I was in a hurry to go home. My landlord told me that I was his regular customer so I can sign new contract anytime. I thought that the rent would still be VND3.5m (USD153) a month but it has gone up to VND4m and I have to pay a deposit for two months." According to the landlord, everyone is raising the prices so he had to follow. Hoa from Quang Nam Province said he knew the landlord so he didn't sign any contract. "The rent went from VND8m (USD349) to VND8.5m in two years is reasonable. But this year, I was told … [Read more...] about Rents in HCM City soar after Tet
Vietnam’s 2019 holiday plan includes 9-day Tet break
By Doan Loan  July 15, 2018 | 07:00 am GMT+7 Cherry trees are in bloom at a garden ahead of the Lunar New Year in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy Only half of 2018 has passed, but Vietnamese citizens can begin planning their holidays for the next year. The country’s biggest holiday, Tet, the Lunar New Year, gets the lion’s share of days off, with government offices and state-owned companies downing their shutters from February 2 to 10. Schools and other businesses across the country usually take their holiday cues from government offices, so it is safe to assume that the premier national holiday will last nine days. Schedule for 2019 Tet break. Graphics by VnExpress/Tien Thanh This will be the longest Tet break in three years. Vietnamese had the same long holiday for five years until it was cut short to seven days in 2017 and 2018. The government has also approved the plan for other public holidays in 2019 as proposed by the Labor … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s 2019 holiday plan includes 9-day Tet break
VN Red Cross hailed for two decades of Tet relief for the poor, AO victims
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter of appreciation to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS), praising the efforts of volunteers and staff to aid less fortunate people over the last two decades. The VRCS’s charitable works have brought a warmer Tet holiday (traditional Vietnamese New Year) for poor people and AO/dioxin victims under the programme “Tet for the poor and AO victims.” In the letter, Phuc said he was happy and touched to know that the programme “Tet for the poor and AO victims”, launched by the VRCS in 1999, has presented gifts, worth more than 6.67 trillion VND (293.5 million USD), to more than 22 million AO victims, impoverished and vulnerable people. It shows the solidarity among people to promote the nation’s long-standing humane values, the PM added. “I highly value and warmly praise and congratulate the VRCS for its achievements in the programme ‘Tet for the poor and AO victims’ … [Read more...] about VN Red Cross hailed for two decades of Tet relief for the poor, AO victims