The 1st anniversary of Thien Hau Lady Temple at Binh Duong New City was held at Binh Duong New City Center on Jan.31. The anniversary took place solemnly and lively with the participation of tens of thousands of tourists from everywhere.

Last Tet, Thuan An town-based businesses presented 4,750 gifts worth VND500,000 each to poor laborers who stayed in Thuan An for Tet.

Thanks to the stability of the rubber latex prices, rural people in Ben Cat district’s northern communes of Cay Truong, Lai Uyen, Tru Van Tho and Long Nguyen enjoyed a prosperous Tet.

 This year, residents in Binh Duong province have enjoyed a joyful, cozy, safe, economical and healthy Tet…

The local media has published many stories about a man who has not slept for 39 years. He is Thai Ngoc or Hai Ngoc, 70, in Que Trung Commune, Nong Son District in the central province of Quang Nam.

The festival was impressive as asserted by Mr. Le Huu Phuoc – Deputy Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

On days near Tet holiday, we came to rural and remote areas of the province to take a snapshot of Tet preparation of local people who decorate their home with ornaments, flowers, and plants. People also prepare foods for the season all across the streets and pathways. People in poverty share a warm-hearted and joyful Tet holiday

Under the program of “Compassionate gifts”, a delegation from Dau Tieng district’s State Treasury presented 20 gifts worth VND250,000 each to poor people in Dau Tieng township’s quarter 4B.

To welcome the Lunar New Year 2012 and mark the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the province’s culture-sports and tourism sector and localities jointly boosted propaganda and mobilization of the local people, units and businesses to hang the national flag.

To salute the 15th anniversary of Binh Duong province’s re-establishment (Jan. 1, 1997-2012) and the 82nd anniversary of Vietnamese Communist Party (Feb. 3, 1930-2012) and Lunar New Year 2012, activities of music performance, sport and so on took place lively before, during and after Tet.

Hiromi Pham beat nine contestants to win the “Miss Vietnam in Japan” title in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, on January 28.

The Dragon, in the Vietnamese belief system is a supernatural creature closely associated with Vietnamese people’s lives.

Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.