Ho Chi Minh City will give lucky money to bus passengers on the morning of the 1st day of Tet
On February 14, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center said that the unit will implement the "New Year Lucky Money" program to thank passengers and encourage drivers and service staff during the early spring.
The program is held exclusively from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on the 1st day of Lunar New Year (ie February 17, 2026).
During this time frame, bus passengers along with drivers and service staff at transfer points will have the opportunity to receive lucky money envelopes, which are phone scratch cards worth 20,000 VND. See more...

Spring flower street in Binh Duong serves people from February 15.
On February 14, leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports said that they are urgently completing the organization of the spring flower street festival and Binh Ngo Tet book street 2026 at the park on Le Loi street, Binh Duong ward, Ho Chi Minh City. All preparations have been relatively completed, and can serve people to have fun and visit from February 15 (December 28th of the lunar calendar) to February 22 (January 6th of Tet).
According to the leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, the program will have many rich activities, promising to become an attractive spring travel destination for people and workers in the first days of the new year. See more...
Vehicles increase sharply on the 27th of Tet, traffic jams do not occur at the western gateway of Ho Chi Minh City
On the morning of February 14th (ie December 27th of the lunar calendar) in the Mien Tay Bus Station area (An Lac ward), the number of passengers increased sharply.
At the waiting hall, people carried a lot of luggage, lined up to check in and waited to get on the bus. Routes to Can Tho, Ca Mau, Dong Thap... continuously departed.
Outside the station, on Kinh Duong Vuong street and An Lac roundabout, the flow of vehicles pouring into the western gateway increased continuously. However, vehicles still move stably, at major intersections there are functional forces on duty, regulating traffic. See more...
Car wash, nail and hair services heat up near Tet in Ho Chi Minh City
On many major roads in Ho Chi Minh City, car washes are fully booked from morning to night. Motorbikes and cars enter and exit continuously, many customers have to queue to wait. According to shop owners, at this time, the number of customers has doubled, even tripled compared to normal days.
In addition to basic car washing, services such as polishing, interior cleaning or technical inspection are also chosen by many people to "renovate" vehicles before the new year. See more...

Tan Son Nhat airport is crowded with people returning home for Tet on the 27th of Tet
Today (February 14th, i.e., December 27th of the lunar calendar), Tan Son Nhat airport entered the peak day before the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026 with a record number of nearly 160,000 passengers. From early morning, the terminal halls were already packed with people.
According to data from Tan Son Nhat International Airport, February 14th was the peak of the Tet peak period with 1,041 flights and 154,843 passengers. Among them, the greatest pressure was concentrated in the domestic direction with nearly 70,000 passengers leaving Ho Chi Minh City. In reality, from early morning, terminals T1 and T2 were always crowded. See more...