A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.

Six days into the Lunar New Year holiday (from January 25 to January 30), a total of 308 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, resulting in 137 fatalities and 257 injuries.

Vibrant and colourful fireworks displays lit up the skies of the capital city of Hanoi at midnight on New Year’s Eve on January 28 evening, carrying with them hopes for a joyful, happy, and successful New Year of the Snake.

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring.

New Year art programme, hosted by the Nam Tu Liem district People’s Committee, will not feature the planned drone light show.

HANOI: According to traditional belief, what starts well will end well, so the first guest to enter the house after midnight on the Lunar New Year’s Eve is believed to have a bearing on the family’s fortune throughout the year.

PANO - Experiencing the lunar New Year (Tet) celebration in Vietnam has left a lasting impression on foreign diplomats in Hanoi.

The clock strikes midnight, and the first newborns of the Year of the Snake arrive in hospitals across Vietnam, filling the air with celebration and hope.

People across Vietnam, along with foreigners residing in the country, took part in a variety of festive activities on Tuesday evening, including fireworks displays, spring flower streets, and captivating drone light shows, all contributing to the vibrant Tet atmosphere.

From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world. Wednesday marks the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.

Hanoi's beauty industry is booming in the lead-up to Tet, with salons crowded and services running late into the night to meet festive demand.