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.

The leaders of North Korea and Vietnam have exchanged messages of greetings to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two leaders while declaring 2025 as a year of friendship.

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

By Charles Audouin Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The Korean Cultural Centers (KCC) around the world will host Lunar New Year festivals to mark the Year of Blue Snake.

As the week-long holiday approaches, shoppers bustled through the market in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, picking up essentials for the celebrations. (AP video shot by Hau Dinh)

The HCM City's People Committee held a ceremony to announce new street names for National Highways 1, 1K, 22, and 50.

Hanoi has set a goal of achieving an annual growth rate of 10.5-11% during the 2025-2030 period, focusing on bolstering traditional economic drivers while implementing innovative solutions to promote new ones.

The Korean New Year (Seollal) and the Vietnamese New Year ... Vietnamese Tet festival in a field of peach blossom flowers in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2020 [File: Kham/Reuters] Wrapping of the Chung ...

Lunar New Year, or Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), is Vietnam's most important celebration - a time to honour ancestors, cherish family, and welcome new beginnings.This year, it lasts from 28 to 31 January.

Dinh Sy Phuc, trade union chairman of Taekwang Vina, a South Korean textiles firm located in the southern province of Dong Nai, told VIR that the company’s union was preparing Lunar New Year gifts for ... According to the Hanoi Labour Confederation ...

Lunar New Year traditions vary greatly among countries or territories covered by Radio Free Asia and its affiliate, BenarNews. Most of China’s 1.4 billion people as well as Chinese communities around the world observe the Lunar New Year, known as Chunjie, or Spring Festival.

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of North Korea and Vietnam have exchanged messages of greetings to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two leaders while declaring 2025 as a year of friendship, Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.