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January and February are the most exciting months of the year in Vietnam with a variety of festivals organized throughout the nation on the occasion paying homage to Buddha, ancestors and praying for good fortune.

Two Vietnamese artists have painted more than 70 goat images to mark the 2015 Lunar New Year, which according to the ancient Chinese calendar signifies the Year of the Goat.

Thousands of people gathered across Vietnam to watch the fireworks that were lit to herald the start of the Year of the Goat.

Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho City is a splash of colour in the grey days ahead of Tet.

Some ethnic minority groups across Vietnam maintain customs and habits passed down over the centuries to mark the Lunar New Year festivities of Tet.

Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam, plans to restore 80 ancient wells, most of them locate on the north bank of the De Vong River near the Thanh Ha pottery village.

The Flower Road in HCM City's Ham Nghi Street will be opened to the public at 7pm on February 16. Workers are putting the finishing touches to perfect the flower arrangements, while young people and children pose beside the

A market in Hang Luoc Street in Hanoi's Old Quarter is attracting large numbers of people looking for antiques and unique products at the start of the Tet holidays.

Hue will offer free entry to its monument for three days over the Tet holiday, giving locals and tourists access to the former royal city.

A long queue has formed outside a shop in Hanoi's Old Quarter as city aficionados wait to buy a Tet delicacy, the humble Banh Chung.

Thrillist edition, a leading men's digital lifestyle brand, has listed Ho Coc Beach in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau among top 12 Most Unbelievably Cheap Paradises on earth.

Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province has been named as top 15 most amazing landscapes and rock formations across the world, according to BBC News.

These days, Thanh Ha pottery village in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province is very busy producing terra-cotta statues of the Kitchen God to serve the high demand of the market during the lunar New Year holiday.

Hang Luoc Flower Market opens once a year on the occasion of Tet Holiday has been a major attraction in Hanoi for more than a century.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre undertook an US-funded project worth 700,000 USD to restore the facade of the Trieu To Temple in the ancient imperial citadel of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province.

Hanoi's Tranh Khuc Village is in a cake-making frenzy ahead of the Tet holiday as locals step up production of their famous traditional Chung cakes.

The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was placed in the Top City category in the Wanderlust Travel Awards 2015.

The plateaux of Lao Cai Province are cloaked in a mantle of white plum blossoms, making it a major draw for tourists and visitors wanting to revel in its picturesque beauty.

The capital city of Hanoi's People's Committee has decided to stage five high-range fireworks displays, alongside 25 smaller ones, across the city on the Lunar New Year's Eve.