Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Ha Noi on February 24 to review a report on key issues in implementing the Secretariat’s Directive No. 55 on organising the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations, during which he urged the entire political system to immediately return to work at full pace without delay.

At year’s end, as the tides ebb and settle, fishermen along the southern coast of Khanh Hoa Province bring their boats back to harbour. After a year battling wind and waves, the sun- and salt-weathered vessels are hauled onto the slips for maintenance, repair and repainting — a familiar ritual to welcome Lunar New Year (Tet) and place faith in the new sea season ahead.

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) is approaching, Vietnamese communities across the world are coming together to welcome this important festival, preserving traditional customs while nurturing a shared sense of belonging, identity and connection with their homeland.

A train departed from Saigon Railway Station in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of February 10 (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month), carrying nearly 3,000 trade union members and disadvantaged workers back to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).

A working delegation of the National Assembly (NA) led by its Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh on February 10 visited and presented gifts to poor and disadvantaged households in the northern province of Ninh Binh on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Horse.

Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 9 with former members of the Party Central Committee from southern provinces and cities who were unable to attend a similar gathering held previously in Ha Noi due to personal circumstances.

State President Luong Cuong on February 5 visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to officers and soldiers of Military Region 2 and Division 316 on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Horse.

The Central Public Security Party Committee and the Ministry of Public Security held a gathering of senior public security officers of different periods in Ha Noi on February 4 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Horse, with the presence of Party General Secretary To Lam.

State President Luong Cuong visited former State Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang and paid respects to the families of several former Party and State leaders in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 visited and presented gifts to local armed forces, policy beneficiary families, revolutionary beneficiaries and the needy in the northern province of Cao Bang on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important and longest festival of Vietnamese people in a year.