Thousands of people flock to 2023 Huong Pagoda Festival
Thousands of tourists flocked to the Huong Son landscape complex on the opening day of the 2023 Huong Pagoda Festival on January 27, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Supermarkets see large number of shoppers prior to Tet
People rushed to go shopping for the Tet holiday at supermarkets and commercial centers in HCMC on the afternoon of January 19 (the 28th day of the last month in the lunar calendar). They had to wait for a long time at the checkout counters.
HCMC adjusts traffic on some routes for firework displays on Tet holiday
HCMC has announced traffic adjustments on some routes to serve the fireworks displays on the occasion of the Lunar New Year and the 93rd anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Gold bar-shaped watermelon pairs fetch US$64
Watermelons in the shapes of gold bars favored by residents in Ho Chi Minh City fetched VND1.5 million (US$64) a pair.
Unusual rains affect flower production for Tet holiday
Many unusual heavy rains in the past few days have made floriculturists concerned, fearing that flowers will be damaged because they depend only on this main harvest in a year.
HCMC gives Tet gifts to children orphaned by Covid-19
Five hundred children orphaned by Covid-19 had a joyful spring celebration night, with art performances and Tet gifts given by Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders.
Over 600 patients receive Tet gifts from zero-dong market
Thu Duc City Hospital held the 8th zero-dong market to serve for free more than 600 patients with difficult circumstances, poor households, disabled people, and lonely people in the area on the morning of January 8.
Traffic banned in downtown routes to construct works for Tet celebration
Traffic on many routes in the downtown of District 1 has recently been adjusted to serve the construction of Flower Street and Book Street for the Lunar New Year 2023.
Supply of Tet goods increases with many incentives
Recorded at many Ho Chi Minh City-based enterprises, the volume of goods supplied for the market for the upcoming Lunar New Year increased by about 10 percent year-on-year.
Jan-Feb pensions, social insurance allowance to be paid at once in Jan
Vietnam Social Security has requested social insurance agencies of provinces, cities, and Vietnam Post Corporation to pay pensions and social insurance allowance in January and February 2023 at once in the payment period in January 2023.
Passengers’ identification documents strictly checked at boarding gates
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently requested Tan Son Nhat International Airport and other units to strictly control the identification documents of passengers at the boarding gate.
Many laborers lose their jobs before Tet holiday
After two years of struggle to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, laborers have run out of accumulated funds. The fact that they are struck by job loss and reduction right before the Tet holiday has been causing burdens to pile up.