In return, they are given pocket money, rice cakes, and fruit. Traditional lion dances are often seen in lunar new year parades ... air to symbolise good luck. Vietnamese families come together ...

Lunar New Year is one of the largest celebrations in Asia. And while many of us are familiar with what happens at Chinese celebrations, other countries, like South Korea and Vietnam, have their own ...

Sometime on the eve of Lunar New Year, we visit My Tho Supermarket, a Vietnamese grocery store on Kingsway. There, you’ll find 30 mothers picking out the best looking fruit, ensuring they get more ...

According to the Ministry of Health, an average of 7,000 babies are born across Vietnam during the first three days of the Lunar New Year. During the 2024 Lunar New Year, nearly 7,700 babies were born ...

Lion Plaza was packed with shoppers buying fresh fruit, flowers, treats, and decorations. For the first time in five years, the outdoor Flower Market is back at Lion Plaza for Vietnamese New Year.

In 2025, Lunar New Year falls on January 29, ushering in the Year of the Snake. Many countries and cultures celebrate this festive occasion, including China, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Beijing, Jan 29 — Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with ... Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand. In Taiwan on Wednesday morning, people of all ages thronged temples ...

While each country does things differently, you’ll find rice cakes—like in South Korea’s tteokguk soup of rice cakes in clear broth—dumplings, fresh fruit, and vegetables—like in Singapo ...

new video loaded: Vietnam’s Kumquat Trees, a Lunar New Year Staple, Have a Bad Year Vietnamese families preparing for the Lunar New Year traditionally buy the citrus trees as a symbol of good luck.