State employees and workers will likely be given seven days off during the forthcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet holiday, from February 14 to 20, according to a proposal by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs submitted to the Prime Minister for approval. The break includes five days for the holiday from February 14 to 18 and two more days as compensation. Most workers want a long holiday to reunite with their families or travel while employers and experts prefer a short holiday to ensure production and business activities of enterprises and the economy as a whole. Many companies said labor productivity before and after the Tet holiday is often low. Besides, workers tend to return to work late, especially those working in industrial parks. Experts suggested merging solar and lunar new year holidays to facilitate trading activities with other countries. SGT … [Read more...] about Lunar New Year holiday to last seven days
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Airlines offer low fares for New Year flights
The low-cost carrier Air Asia and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer a huge quantity of ultimate cheap flights to welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). Under the promotional program, Air Asia has offered discount for HCM City/Hanoi/Danang-Bangkok flights with prices from US$36, HCM City/Nha Trang/Danang-Kuala Lumpur flights with prices from US$35 and HCM City-Penang flights with prices from US$45. The promotion is applied for online bookings from now till October 15. The one-way ticket includes tax and fees with departing time from now to March 31, 2018. Especially, one-way ticket for HCM City-Manila direct flights is priced from US$39 with departing time between November 18, 2017 and November 21, 2018. Vietnam Airlines has also launched cheap vacation package deals to popular destinations. A package tour from HCM City to Phu Quoc is priced from VND 6.2 million, HCM … [Read more...] about Airlines offer low fares for New Year flights
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Traditional foods for New Year celebrations in Asian countries
Many nations have special dishes known as lucky dishes to be enjoyed at traditional festivals or greeting parties, such as Banh Chung in Vietnam, Dumplings in China, Mochi in Japan and Laab in Laos… Vietnam Banh Chung (Chung cake) is a traditional and irreplaceable cake of Vietnamese people in the Tet Holidays - the Lunar New Year of Vietnam. For the Vietnamese, making Banh Chung is the ideal way to express gratitude to their ancestors and homeland. In the traditional conceptionof Vietnamese people, the process of making Chung cake is the opportunity for the family to come together. Sitting around the warm fire, all members of the family tell one another stories of the past and are ready for a New Year with wishes of best things. Nowadays, in some big cities, the business lifestyle of modern society prevents people from preparing the cake, however, the habit of ancestor worship with Chung cake never changes. It is evidence of the Vietnamese loyalty and deep gratitude to … [Read more...] about Traditional foods for New Year celebrations in Asian countries
Unique New year traditions around the World
(CPV) - There are lots of ways to welcome the New Year. People around the globe welcome 2014 with their own unique customs. Following are some of the special New Year traditions around the world. 1. Predicting custom in Finland It's a longtime Finnish tradition to predict the coming year by casting molten tin into a container of water, and then interpreting the shape the metal takes after hardening. A heart or ring shape means a wedding in the New Year; a ship forecasts travel; and a pig shape signifies plenty of food. 2. Burning "Mr. Old Year" in Colombia Burning "Mr. Old Year" is a New Year's tradition in some cities of Colombia. It requires the participation of the entire family. It is a lot of fun; they fabricate a big stuffed male doll that represents the old year. Then they stuff the doll with different materials. Sometimes they put some little fireworks in it to make it more exciting at the time they burn it. Also, they put things inside that they don't want anymore, objects … [Read more...] about Unique New year traditions around the World
Traditional New Year of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups
(Cinet)- Vietnam is the home to 54 ethnic minority groups. Each ethnic minority group has its own festivals, customs, beliefs and farming practice. For some ethnic minority groups, New Year lasts about half a month, during which time many exciting cultural and community activities will take place. Following are traditional New Year customs of some ethnic minority groups in Vietnam. 1. New Year of Muong ethnic minority In term of sequence and customs, the New Year of Muong ethnic minority people is quite similar to the New Year of Kinh people. There is a unique tradition of "sac bua" singing that is being preserved. This is a kind of singing to wish Happy New Year. On the first and second days of the first month of the Lunar New Year, Muong children gather together to beat gongs and sing "sac bua". They go through any household, which opens its doors to give children some money or cake.The popular games during the New Year of the Nung ethnic minority are the "con" ball throwing … [Read more...] about Traditional New Year of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups
Lunar New Year or Tet in Vietnam
The Hanoitimes - The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam's cultural identity is Vietnamese Lunar New Year or Tet, with a lot of meaningful customs and traditional special foods. "Tet" is the phonetic deformation of "Tiet", a Sino Vietnamese term which means "Joint of a bamboo stern" and in a wider sense, the "beginning of a period of the year". The passage from one period to the next may cause a meteorological disturbance (heat, rain, mist) that must be exercised by ritual sacrifices and festivities. There are many Tets throughout the year (Mid-autumn Vietnamese New Year, Cold Food Vietnamese New Year, etc.). But the most significant of all is "Vietnamese New Year", which marks the Lunar New Year. For the Vietnamese people, Vietnamese New Year is like a combination of Western Saint Sylvester, New Year's Day, Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. It is the festival of Purity and Renewal.1. Clean and decorate the home Homes are often cleaned and decorated before New Year's Eve. … [Read more...] about Lunar New Year or Tet in Vietnam
Luar New Year Festival is a special event in Vietnam, say foreigners
(CPV)- More and more foreigners chose Vietnam as a place to live and work, most of them share the view that the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is very special. Reporter of the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper interviewed Mr. I Nyoman Gurnitha, Cultural Counsellor of the Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam, Mr. Koichi Takano, Deputy Chief Representative of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Hanoi Representative Office, to find their view on Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam. Reporter: How many time do you enjoy Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam? Mr. Koichi Takano: This is my fourth time to enjoy Lunar New Year. Mr. I Nyoman Gurnitha: I experienced one, last year and this coming lunar new year will be the second one. Reporter: How do you feel about Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam?Mr. Koichi Takano: I can feel how it is important to celebrate with family, relatives and friend. It makes people feel and remind their culture, tradition, and legacy. Mr. I Nyoman Gurnitha: … [Read more...] about Luar New Year Festival is a special event in Vietnam, say foreigners
New legislation to curb outstanding new year issues
In 2010, Vietnam's economy witnessed a lot of bad news, including the Vinashin scandal, the over-inflation of the local currency, the super-inflation of consumer price index (CPI), the increase in gold and US dollar prices weakening the local currency, the gloomy securities markets and proposed bond issuances from large corporations. The decrease in direct foreign investment and Moody's and Standard and Poor's downgrading of Vietnam's credit rates also hurt. The reasons for the negativity may be due to a patchy legal system and its enforcement. With an attempt to address and solve the legal shortcomings, Vietnam in 2010 issued several important bits of legislation which took effect from 2011. One expects the new legislation to reinforce the platform for the country to overcome its economic issues in 2011. New Law on the State Bank The new Law on State Bank took effect from January 1, 2011 and replaced the old Law on State Bank of Vietnam of 1997, as amended in 2003. The new … [Read more...] about New legislation to curb outstanding new year issues
Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year
Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor, Vietnam held a rare Western-style countdown to the new year and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people's hopes and dreams as the world ushered in 2011. Crowds were gathering in New York's Times Square, where nearly a million New Year's Eve revelers were expected to watch a ball with 32,000 lights descend in the run-up to midnight, despite the debilitating blizzard that paralyzed the city just days before. In Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, an estimated 55,000 people packed a square in front of the city's elegant French colonial-style opera house for their first New Year's countdown blowout, complete with dizzying strobe lights and thumping techno music spun by international DJs. Vietnamese typically save their biggest celebrations for Tet, the lunar new year that begins on Feb. 3. But in recent years, Western influence has started seeping into Vietnamese culture among teens, who have no memory of war or poverty and … [Read more...] about Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year
New Year 2012 welcomed in Vietnam
Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake, where hosted the street flower and the Countdown Party to welcome the New Year 2012. In HCM City, locals also enjoyed firework shows and the Countdown Party. In Hanoi In HCM City … [Read more...] about New Year 2012 welcomed in Vietnam
