Foreigners married into Vietnamese families are embracing traditions like ancestral worship and the vibrant festivities and Lunar New Year (Tet) customs. On the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, which ...

When I first journeyed to Vietnam at the age of 22, fresh out of college over two decades ago, the romantic allure of Hanoi captivated me. My arrival coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time ...

Catholics in Vietnam are speeding up provision of basic food to allow people badly affected by Covid-19 to celebrate the coming Lunar New Year holiday. On Jan. 19, Caritas workers and parish council ...

As the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive approaches, Vietnam War veteran Bob Salisbury reflects on his experience with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Tuy Hoa Air Base. The Tet Offensive, ...

HANOI: Many local and international visitors took part in a parade around Hanoi's Old Quarter in traditional Vietnamese clothes on the opening day of the 2025 Tet Viet Tet Pho (Hanoi Streets during ...

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam's southern provinces are celebrating the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday with various cultural festivals. The annual Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival in Ho Chi Minh City began on ...

Forty years ago, a nationwide offensive by the fighters of the liberation struggle in Vietnam exposed the Pentagon lie that the U.S. was winning the war. Here, we print an excerpt from an article on ...

Making banh chung and banh tet is an art that demands precision and care. For two foreign visitors, the challenge was part of the fun as they embraced this traditional Tet experience. Although making ...

I was the C-130 navigator on our crew of five stationed on Taiwan so we didn't officially count as being in Vietnam. It was the latter part of January 1968, and we had just returned from ferrying a ...

In November 2025, Vietnam’s aviation sector operated 14,821 on-time flights out of a total of 20,927 flights, achieving an ...

Flight tickets for many routes from HCMC to northern and central provinces or cities for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday have sold out. Vietnam is set for a nine-day holiday break from Jan.

Demand for travel during Tet surges each year. Illustrative photo: NIA Despite no official announcement yet on the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday schedule, Vietnamese airlines have already opened ...