HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Residents and visitors in recentdays have flocked to the HCM City’s Vietnamese 'Tet' (Lunar New Year)Festival at the Youth Cultural House.
The festival is decorated with mai (ochna)trees set up along Pham Ngoc Thach street and inside the venue, which is alwayscrowded with visitors going shopping and taking beautiful photos.
Apart from ochna trees, a paddyfield is set up as well to wish for good crops in the new year.
Nguyen Hong Phuc, director of the Youth Cultural House, said, “This year,the Vietnamese Tet Festival aims to bring Tet in the countryside with imagesof maize cobs hanging up in kitchens, and gardens with chrysanthemum andbamboo trees to the city.”
As usual, the highlight of the event features a calligraphy market, attractingmore than 50 calligraphers, who are members of calligraphy clubs in the cityand neighbouring provinces.
The calligraphers, dressed in ao dai (Vietnamesetraditional long dress), include men and women of varying ages sellingcalligraphy in black and yellow ink on red paper.
They sit on mats arranged in an oval shape symbolising peace, bringing peopleback to memories of calligraphy markets in the past.
The calligraphers receive requests from visitors for words to write on redpaper or red lucky money envelopes.
Nguyen Hoang Quyen in Thu Duc city said, “I often visit the market to look forcalligraphy works in hopes of bringing happiness, success, wealth and health tomy family.”
This year, the festival also has stalls to introduce folk games and toys suchas to he (toy figurines thatare made of rice dough) and paper paintings.
An area of Vietnamese traditional food service for Tet is featured as well.
The festival remains open until January 26, or the fifth day of Lunar New Year,the Year of the Cat, this year at 4 Pham Ngoc Thach street in District 1./.
The Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival in Fukuoka took place in the Japanese prefecture from January 15-21, featuring the traditional Tet space of Vietnamese people.
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Vietnam Airlines Group, which comprises Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), has announced that it will add more than 1,500 flights or 224,000 seats to meet increasing travel demand before, during and after the coming Lunar New Year festival - the biggest traditional one of Vietnamese.
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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
