During Tet News Today

(VOVWORLD) -National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate a free flight carrying needy workers from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi on January 29 as part of efforts to re-unite them with their families during the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Ashley’s arrival to Vietnam coincided with the Tet Offensive, which began in January 1968 and would last till September.

Fun, warm, ‘not different from home,’ and ‘homesick’ are just some of the mixed reactions overseas Vietnamese have expressed towards celebrating their traditional Tet holiday abroad, thousands of miles from their homeland. - VnExpress International

“This is my 5th year in Vietnam. I have had a lot of Tet experiences,” Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar told VietNamNet during a recen visit to the home of an artisan who makes Hang Trong folk painting.

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): During Tet, Vietnam’s biggest holiday of the year, families from all around the world try to return home for a special reunion and to welcome in the Lunar New Year together.

Travel firms are busy these days as more people have begun booking tours. The number of travelers is expected to increase before, during and after the Tet holiday.

In 2012, Sergeant First Class Eugene Ashley Jr. was inducted into the Special Forces Regiment’s Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.