Book Street 2023 of HCMC on Le Loi Street themed ‘HCMC – Happy and Prosperous Spring Festival’ officially closed yesterday, earning a revenue of over VND6 billion (US$255,900) from more than 41,000 books sold.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, Politburo member and Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen sent his Tet greetings to residents, officials and soldiers of the city.
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.
A delegation of leaders of the Party Committee, People’s Council, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of HCMC paid a visit to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and martyrs at HCMC Martyrs' Cemetery on Tet holidays on January 18.
The HCMC’s annual Tet Festival 2023 honoring Vietnamese cultural identities on Tet holidays and introducing beautiful images of a peaceful spring in the southern metropolis to visitors opened at the municipal Youth's Cultural House on January 5.
The HCMC’s annual Tet Festival 2023 will take place at the municipal Youth's Cultural House from January 5-26 (on the 14th day of the last month – the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar).
The preparation for the annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2023 has completed nearly 80 percent and gets ready for the opening day to mark the event's 20th anniversary.
Traditional markets and supermarkets in HCMC will extend their opening hours during the days before the lunar New Year to serve the needs of consumers.
These days, the hustle and bustle of farmers who grow flowers and ornamental plants to serve the Tet holiday ( the Lunar New Year) market are easily seen in flower villages across the country.
In the week before Tet, the volume of goods transported to Binh Dien market in Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 is expected to increase by an average of 20 percent to 35 percent compared to normal days.
The Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Saratrans) will offer 3,500 more train tickets to meet the strong travel demand during the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
HCMC’s authorities plan to offer more than 4,000 bus and plane tickets to low-income workers and disadvantaged students to return to their hometowns for the Tet holiday.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam delegated the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to submit a plan on offering Tet gifts to persons credited with revolutionary services on the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday to the President.
The Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Saratrans) sold around 10,247 tickets within two hours after it started selling tickets for the upcoming Tet (lunar New Year) holiday at 8 am on October 25, and earned over VND16 billion (US$643 million) from ticket sales.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been basically brought under control while provinces and cities have gradually lifted the temporary travel restriction. Hence, localities are preparing to resume tourism, especially during the lunar New Year.
