A photo exhibition titled "Celebrating the Party, the Spring, and the Success of the 14th National Party Congress" opened on January 28 at the 29 Hang Bai Exhibition Hall in Ha Noi.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 28 chaired a meeting with former NA leaders, former NA Standing Committee members, former full-time deputies at the central level, and retired officials and civil servants of NA agencies in northern provinces.

On January 25, Phuc Son Border Guard Post under the Nghe An Border Guard Command coordinated with the Party committee and local authorities of Anh Son Commune, Nghe An Province, to hold the programme “Border Guard Spring – Warming the Hearts of Border Communities” on the occasion of the 2026 Lunar New Year.

An event themed “Radiant Viet Nam” was opened by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka prefecture, Japan, on January 24 to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet), attracting a large gathering of Vietnamese expatriates and Japanese friends.

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Ha Noi Chapter, together with the city’s “For the Poor” Fund Mobilisation Committee, has approved a sum of over 5.4 billion VND (207,000 USD) to bring warmth and joy to those who need it most this Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

By December 31, 2025, more than 5.88 million beneficiaries, including revolution contributors, social assistance recipients, social pensioners and other vulnerable groups, had received gifts on the occasion of the 14th National Party Congress and the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet).

State President Luong Cuong on January 5 signed a decision approving cash gifts for people with meritorious service to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2026, with two levels set at 600,000 VND (nearly 23 USD) and 300,000 VND per person.

Nearly 30,000 gift packages will be delivered to poor households, workers, and people in especially difficult circumstances nationwide on the occasion of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet), according to a newly issued plan of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested competent agencies to review households whose houses have collapsed, fallen down, or been swept away by floods, and arrange temporary accommodation for people; support and complete house repairs for people before November 30, 2025; and develop a project to build houses for people who lost their homes before January 31, 2026 so that they will have houses to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a nine-day holiday for the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Viet Nam’s largest traditional celebration.

The south-central coastal province of Phu Yen officially launched the Lunar New Year (Tet) tree planting festival, themed “Forever grateful to Uncle Ho”, on February 1.

The Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport served 5,619 flights from January 19-29, up 49% annually, including 1,789 international and 3,829 domestic flights.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) tree-planting festival, themed “Forever grateful to Uncle Ho”, which was launched in Chan Son Commune, Yen Son District, in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on January 30.

Politburo member and Permanent member of the Secretariat Vo Van Thuong visited and extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Forces on January 21.

People in many provinces and cities across the country flocked to streets and entertainment centres to celebrate Lunar New Year’s Eve, entering the Year of Cat.

The Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP), in coordination with the Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK), hosted a traditional Tet ( Lunar New Year ) celebration for expatriates on January 15.

Overseas Vietnamese people worldwide have been celebrating the Lunar New Year ( Tet ) at gatherings held in their host countries as the biggest traditional festival for Vietnamese is nearing.

A delegation of the Royal Cambodian Army’s Guard High Command visited the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau and Hau Giang on January 6 on the occasion of Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

Leaders of the central city of Da Nang hailed contributions by the community of foreigners to local development at a meeting held on January 6, ahead of the Lunar New Year ( Tet ) festival.

Ho Chi Minh City held a get-together on January 7 for outstanding overseas Vietnamese who return home to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest national festival.