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HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The HCM City administration has unveiled a draft design for the 18th annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street to celebrate the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Rural life featuring rice farming and buffaloes will be the theme for this year, the Year of the Buffalo, according to eastern zodiac. Every year Nguyen Hue street in District 1, which has a pedestrians-only square down its middle, transforms into a ‘flower street’ during Lunar New Year. This year it will be open from February 9 to 15, with the decorations starting on January 25, according to the organisers. Like in previous years environment-friendly materials will be used for the decorations. According to organisers, the organic design and architecture this year would aim to send the message of environmental protection. To usher in the Year of the Buffalo, most of the event’s concepts and decorations will pay homage to the animal, with 26 mascots being set up along … [Read more...] about HCM City unveils proposed design for Tet Flower Street

Hanoi (VNA) – Domestic airlines will increase the number of night flights before, during and after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday – the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese - to meet increasing travel demand of passengers. According to Nguyen Quang Trung, head of Vietnam Airlines’ development planning department, the national flag carrier is adding late night flights during peak time, with the number of flights surging 30 percent as compared to the same time las year. The move aims to meet growing air travel demand and ease ground congestion at airports, he added. Tet airfares are 10 percent lower than the previous year, and a wide range of flexible fares have been available for customers, Trung said. Earlier, the Vietnam Airlines Group, which include Vietnam Airlines, budget carrier Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), said it will supply over 414,000 extra seats from January 27 to February 26, 2021 to serve increasing travel demand. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese airlines brace for travel upsurge during Tet

General Director of Vietravel Airlines Vu Duc Bien said that its first commercial flights are scheduled to take off on January 25, with routes to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue City in central Thua Thien - Hue Province, Phu Quoc island off southern Kien Giang Province, and Nha Trang City in south-central Khanh Hoa Province operating one to two flights a day. … [Read more...] about Vietravel Airlines opens first ticket sales after inauguration

Hanoi (VNA) - Thousands of people, mainly youngsters and students, participated in “Chu nhat do 2021” (Red Sunday) blood donation festival, which opened at the Hanoi University of Technology in the capital city on January 17. With the theme "Donating blood to save people - Your Life and My Life", the annual event is organised by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Steering Committee for Traffic Safety and the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions (NIHBT). The annual event has become a meaningful humanitarian activity on a national scale, aiming to handle blood shortages during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Speaking at the event, Le Xuan Son, Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong newspaper, Head of the Red Sunday 2021 organising committee, said that this year's Red Sunday was held early and will end later than every year with an aim to collect more blood for emergencies and treatment during and after the … [Read more...] about Thousands join blood donation festival in Hanoi

The spring street displays models of “chickens of peace”, subtle art of arrangement in a space resembling the countryside in the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, as well as fruits of the countryside, etc. The “Spring wharf” section showcases the model of floating markets of the South while the “Joining Spring” section displays artistic flower works. Visitors can join various Tet games and other activities in the hope for peace and health. The fair features 500 decoration flower booths and also 200 booths selling Tet commodities. … [Read more...] about Phu My Hung spring street, flower fair opens