(VOVWORLD) - As the Lunar New Year or Tet is approaching, a kumquat or a peach tree for decoration in the home during Vietnam’s biggest holiday is a must for many Hanoians. According to gardeners in Tu Lien and Nhat Tan flower villages in Hanoi, approximately 80 percent of kumquat and peach trees in cultivation have been sold or leased.

(VOVWORLD) - 58 year-old Andrea Teufel is a German specialist in restoring antiques. Over the past 15 years, she has been working to restore paintings in the world heritage site in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

(VOVWORLD) -A ship carrying naval forces and journalists from Vietnam’s mainland has docked at Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, delivering gifts to islanders in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), which falls on February 3 this year. The mainlanders’ gifts have warmed the hearts of people and soldiers who are safeguarding Vietnam’s islands and waters.

(VOVWORLD) - Employees will have a four-day break for the New Year Holiday 2019. In recent years, the solar New Year has enthusiastically been welcomed.

(VOVWORLD) - Christmas is just around the corner and a festive spirit fills the air. Streets, parks, recreation centers and shopping malls have been beautifully decorated with Christmas trees and figures of Santa Claus, and are getting more crowded with people. Everything looks ready for Christmas.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 3,000 websites and enterprises participated in the online shopping day called Online Friday which took place for 24 hours on Friday, December 7. This year’s event, the fifth of its kind, saw strong development of the e-commerce market and digital economy.

(VOVWORLD) - Rough black coals are turned into beautiful sculptural pieces by skillful carvers. Coal sculpture done by hands prevails only in Quang Ninh province, which has been dubbed Vietnam’s coal mine.

(VOVWORLD) - Cycling has become a hobby of Hanoi dwellers in recent years. The beautiful streets around Sword Lake, West Lake, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and Unification Park are packed with cyclists during the weekend.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese women constitute are in the majority of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic. Despite living far from their homeland and facing numerous difficulties, they have tried hard to stablize their lives in a foreign country.

(VOVWORLD) - Young couple Son Sa The and Lam Phien of Soc Trang province have been well known among those interested in the Khmer arts of mural paintings and carving. The couple has created hundreds of beautiful mural paintings on Khmer pagodas and traditional Ngo racing boats.