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Vietnamese people in the old days put up tall bamboo poles with red garment strips hanging from them during Tet, believing that poles prevented ghosts and monsters from entering the community during the holiday. The tradition of raising the Neu (or Tet) pole remains alive today in many villages and homes around the country. ​

Despite living and working far from their families in difficult circumstances and harsh African weather conditions, female Vietnamese soldiers in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan have performed their assigned tasks well and at the same time demonstrated the merits of Vietnamese women in the minds of local people and international friends.

Despite living and working far from their families in difficult circumstances and harsh African weather conditions, female Vietnamese soldiers in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan have performed their assigned tasks well and at the same time demonstrated the merits of Vietnamese women in the minds of local people and

Thursday, 16:29, 11/02/2021 VOV.VN - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam. Typical offerings to ancestors on New Year’s Eve. (Photo: thethaovanhoa.vn) On this occasion, people practice traditional customs to wish for a new lunar year full of peace, luck, wealth, and prosperity. No matter where they reside, family members do their best to reunite for the holiday and visit their relatives and friends.  A couple of weeks before Tet, Vietnamese pe...

Tuesday, 18:04, 12/01/2021 VOV.VN - A wide range of cultural activities will take place throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter from February 6, or the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, as part of celebrations for the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet. A traditional Tet space will be established in the heart of the capital, with the area gearing up to feature a Neu pole, folk singing, a street parade, and an Ao Dai, Vietnamese long dress, fashion show. There will also be corner set up to show...