Traditional Southern Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations in the heart of the city.

The Vietnamese Tet Festival 2025 (Year of the Snake) is currently taking place at the Youth Cultural Center (4 Pham Ngoc Thach Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), featuring a street of calligraphers, a street of golden apricot blossoms, and miniature scenes recreating the atmosphere of Tet in the old Southern region, traditional craft villages, etc.

Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival, Year of the Snake. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

This year's Vietnamese Tet Festival has the theme " Ho Chi Minh City - The City I Love," harmoniously connecting the modern beauty of a dynamic city with the precious traditional cultural values ​​from ancient craft villages.

For many years, the Vietnamese Tet Festival at the Youth Cultural Center has become a popular spring outing destination and one of the first places in Ho Chi Minh City to decorate for Tet.

Visitors take photos with the apricot blossom trees and miniature landscapes decorated with traditional Southern Vietnamese pottery jars and pots. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

Originating from the tradition of giving calligraphy at the beginning of the year, the calligraphers' street at the festival features many calligraphers ready to create auspicious and lucky messages for visitors during the festive days of Tet. Besides the meaningful calligraphy, visitors can also experience writing calligraphy themselves under the guidance of the artisans.

Young people experience writing calligraphy.

Visitors ask for calligraphy blessings for the New Year.

Visitors admire calligraphy with auspicious messages of good fortune and peace for the new year.

The area recreating traditional games like tò he (traditional Vietnamese toys) attracts young people to take photos; and especially the warm yellow apricot blossoms, characteristic of the Southern Vietnamese Tet holiday, are favored by many young people as a backdrop for their spring commemorative photos.

Tò he - a traditional folk game that requires dexterity and creativity. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

The warm, golden hue of apricot blossoms is characteristic of spring in Southern Vietnam. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

The space lined with yellow apricot blossoms at the 2025 Vietnamese Tet Festival. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

DUNG PHUONG - PHUONG NGHI

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tet-nam-bo-xua-trong-long-do-thi-post777883.html