The 2025 Vietnamese Tet Festival officially opened at the Youth Culture House in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday afternoon to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which begins late this month. 

This year marks the 19th edition of the festival, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Staying true to the core values of traditional Vietnamese Tet, the festival features a calligraphy area, an apricot blossom street, and traditional craft villages.

The calligraphy area has over 50 young calligraphers, offering visitors the chance to experience the traditional art of calligraphy.

Calligraphy stalls are lined up along Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Streets. 

Nguyen Hong Phuc, director of the Youth Culture House in Ho Chi Minh City, announced that next year, the calligraphy area will offer works of English calligraphy.

At the festival, traditional craft villages such as Lai Thieu Pottery Village in Binh Duong Province, Dinh Yen Mat Village in Dong Thap Province, and My An Basketry Village in An Giang Province are showcased, offering picturesque settings for visitors to capture memorable photos.

The event includes a stilt house with a distinctive red tiled roof, emblematic of An Giang, alongside flower pots from Sa Dec Flower Village in Dong Thap, all contributing to a serene and traditional Tet ambiance.

The festival opening attracted many celebrities, including artist Tuyet Thu, beauty queen H’Hen Nie, singers Quoc Dai, Ngoc Linh, Kyo York, Nam Cuong and Ngoc Ha, among others.

The festival will last until February 14 and is open to the public free of charge.

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