Culture

Important notes on the direction of departure at the beginning of Tet Binh Ngo 2026

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Many people believe that choosing a direction of departure can bring a feeling of luck and create motivation to start the new year.

Suggesting the age to be the first visitor to the house in 2026 for homeowners born in the year of the Dog

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For homeowners born in the year of the Dog, choosing someone to be the first visitor to the house during the Binh Ngo Tet 2026 will help start the new year smoothly and with complete good fortune.

Ancient Hue Tet

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Not noisy or ostentatious, Hue Tet in the past was a harmonious cultural whole, where rituals, cuisine and spring pleasures created a separate space.

Fireworks and the silent story behind the brilliant

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Hai Phong - Brilliant fireworks on New Year's Eve are the result of many days of rigorous preparation, where soldiers ensure absolute safety for people to celebrate Tet.

Suggesting the age to be the first visitor to the house in 2026 for house owners born in the year of the Pig

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For house owners born in the year of the Pig, choosing someone to be the first visitor to the house during the Binh Ngo Tet 2026 will help start the new year smoothly and with complete good fortune.

Boat racing on Tra Khuc river becomes heritage

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After the Ceremony to announce the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Traditional Boat Racing Festival, Quang Ngai organized the Boat Racing Festival on Tra Khuc River.

Spiritual tourist attractions in Bac Lieu are crowded with visitors

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Bac Lieu - There were over 245,000 tourists visiting during the Tet holiday.

The attraction of garden tourism in the West during Tet

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Can Tho - After exploring tourist destinations in the countryside during the Tet holiday, many tourists feel recharged to continue working in the new year.

National treasure made of monolithic stone weighing 2,000kg in Ha Nam

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Ha Nam - The national treasure, the Kim Cuong statue set at Long Doi Son pagoda (Tien Son commune, Duy Tien town, Ha Nam province) is made of monolithic stone, weighing about 2,000kg.

Thousands of people flock to Phu Na to offer incense and pray for "holy water"

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Thanh Hoa - In the first days of the new year, thousands of people flocked to Phu Na to burn incense, visit the landscape and ask for "holy water" for luck.

Short story: Color of fire

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Writer Vo Thi Xuan Ha was invited to be a member of the preliminary jury of the contest "Literary composition on the theme of workers and trade unions 2021 - 2023" organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor in coordination with the Writers' Association, and implemented by Lao Dong Newspaper. She also directly participated in the delegation of writers on a field trip to Khe Cham coal mine (Quang Ninh). From the realities of life and work of mine workers, writer Vo Thi Xuan Ha sent to Lao Dong Newspaper the work that she had cherished for nearly 2 years. We would like to respectfully introduce to readers the short story "Color of Fire".

What do the Northwestern people wear when going out to celebrate Tet?

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Every Tet holiday, the ethnic minorities in the Northwest must prepare for themselves the most beautiful and newest clothes to wear out.

Vietnamese Music - when the "unique" path reaches out to the "multiverse"

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The saying “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” has never been more true for Vietnamese music: 2024 - the year of sublimation and connection with the rise of “domestic music” after spectacularly “overcoming thousands of obstacles” with generational dialogues and parallel portraits. “Music is now parallel and no longer has a spirit of exclusivity”, as said by Tung Duong, who went from “Single Way” to “Multiverse”.

Hai Duong organizes film screening to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Party's founding

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Hai Duong - The film series celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025) and celebrating the Spring of At Ty 2025 takes place from February 3-16.

Thousands of people return to Con Son - Kiep Bac in Hai Duong during Tet

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Hai Duong - At the beginning of the new year 2025, thousands of people and tourists flocked to the Con Son - Kiep Bac National Special Relic Site (Chi Linh City) to offer incense and enjoy the scenery.

Hundred-year-old wooden house worshiping poet Nguyen Khuyen in Ha Nam

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Ha Nam - The national relic worshiping poet Nguyen Khuyen is a hundred-year-old wooden house containing many precious antiques in Trung Luong commune, Binh Luc district.

Short story: Tet programming

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She got off at Ba Son station as the clock struck a new day. The wind blew a chill through the streets. The night train from the suburbs took her back to the city center in just twenty minutes. In the past, before the Metro, it would have taken her about an hour, weaving through the crowded streets, not to mention the intersections where she had to stop. The city still did not sleep, with many stores lighting up for the end-of-year Tet shopping season.

Best time and direction to travel on the first day of Spring, At Ty

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According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the day of Lap Xuan, February 4, 2025, or the 7th day of the first lunar month of the year At Ty, is the first day of the Lap Xuan solar term, considered the day when humans harmonize with heaven and earth.

Ancient pagoda over 500 years old, 100-room scale in Nam Dinh

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Nam Dinh - Luong Pagoda (Hai Anh commune, Hai Hau district) is an ancient pagoda, quite large in scale, consisting of 100 rooms.

Unique custom of carrying water in early spring to welcome heavenly blessings of Tay people

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On the first nights of spring, the Tay people will go to the village well or the stream at the beginning of the village to perform the ritual of receiving sacred water with the belief in heaven's blessings, praying for a peaceful year.