Culture

Several museums in Ho Chi Minh City will remain open during the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, broadening cultural offerings for visitors in the opening days of 2026.

Hanoi’s Ly Thai To Flower Garden has been transformed with its largest floral installation to date, welcoming residents and tourists to celebrate the Lunar New Year amid an expansive spring display.

A towering horse mascot inspired by the legendary warhorse of Saint Giong has been largely completed for the 2026 Lunar New Year at Nguyen Hue Flower Street in HCM City.

A parade of real horses drew large crowds at the opening of the 46th Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival at Tao Dan Park on Thursday evening.

As the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival approaches, many families from Hanoi have been travelling to cemeteries to clean, decorate and pay respects at the graves of deceased relatives.

Hanoi’s Temple of Literature has become increasingly busy in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, or Tet Festival, as visitors flock to request calligraphy and take photographs.

Hanoi has launched a flower street within the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, welcoming residents as well as domestic and international visitors during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Residents in Ho Chi Minh City hired boats to release carp into the Saigon River on February 10, fearing the fish would be trapped near the banks during the Kitchen Gods ritual.

Ceremonial seals will be distributed to pilgrims at 2 am on March 3 at Tran Temple in Ninh Binh Province, marking the 15th day of the first lunar month.

A paper mask workshop in central Vietnam is bustling ahead of the Lunar New Year or Tet as tourists snap up fierce-looking designs believed to bring peace and ward off evil in the year ahead.

Dien Bien will host the Hoa Ban Festival in March, with a packed programme of cultural, sporting and tourism events aimed at celebrating ethnic heritage while boosting the province’s tourism profile.

A cluster of horse mascots unveiled in Quy Nhon, Gia Lai Province, has attracted wide attention for its playful designs that depart from traditional Lunar New Year imagery.

Huong Pagoda in Hanoi will introduce online ticketing and waive parking fees for service vehicles at its 2026 tourism festival, aiming to ease peak season pressure and improve the visitor experience.

Quang Ngai Province's General Museum houses four artefacts and groups of artefacts recognised as national treasures.

Ninh Binh Province has added five artefacts to Vietnam’s national treasures list, among 30 newly recognised items spanning the Ly, Tran and Later Le dynasties periods.

The Lang Son Peach Blossom Festival 2026, will span over two months, featuring numerous cultural and artistic events and tourism experiences.

Two centuries old whale skeletons displayed on Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai have begun to deteriorate after just over four years on public exhibition.

Several large military artefacts displayed outdoors at the Hue History Museum in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have deteriorated, with rusting metal and deflated tyres.

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