Hanoi has added a distinctive highlight to its 2026 cultural and external activities with the inaugural Tet Flower Street arranged within the World Cultural Heritage Site of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, welcoming residents as well as domestic and international visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

The recreation of Tien lich (calendar presentation ceremony), an important year-end ritual in which the royal court presented the new calendar for the coming year to the king, within a programme at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on February 10.

More than a seasonal attraction, the flower street also functions as a formal cultural venue for receiving ambassadors, their spouses and representatives of diplomatic missions attending the Vietnam Discovery Day 2026 programme.

Its linkage with an external event further reinforces the Thang Long Imperial Citadel’s position as a key platform for introducing Vietnam’s cultural identity to international friends.

Recognised by UNESCO in 2010 as the capital’s first World Cultural Heritage Site, the Thang Long Imperial Citadel embodies over a millennium of history as the seat of the imperial capital of Thang Long–Hanoi.

Hosting the Tet flower street within this heritage site offers a novel and meaningful way for the public to experience the traditional Lunar New Year in close association with history and national cultural values.

As the model is being staged at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel for the first time, organisers have placed particular emphasis on balancing spring decorations with conservation requirements, ensuring full respect for the site’s historical, architectural and spatial integrity.

Centred on the theme “Dawn of aspiration”, the flower street symbolises the transition from the legacy of a thousand-year-old imperial capital to Hanoi’s development ambitions in a new era.

The experience is organised into four chapters, leading visitors through layers of heritage, historical depth and a forward-looking vision.

Flowers are employed as a “soft material of time” to accentuate the citadel’s architecture and spatial axes. Northern specialties such as Dien pomelo, kumquat and peach blossoms are combined with ripening rice sheaves in multi-layered arrangements.

Subtle lighting, together with natural materials like bamboo and wood, helps preserve the site’s inherent atmosphere, solemn, reflective and deeply rooted in history.

The event runs from the 23rd day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Snake to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year (February 10–22).

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Traditional Tet rituals showcased at Thang Long Imperial Citadel

Running from February 1 to 25, the programme brings to life the festive atmosphere of Tet during the Le Trung Hung (Revival Le) Dynasty (1533–1789) alongside the folk Tet traditions of ancient Thang Long, helping to spread and honour Vietnam’s rich cultural heritage.

 

Tet gifts provided for disaster-affected communities, vulnerable children

On February 4, the Vietnam Red Cross Society, in coordination with the Dak Lak provincial authorities, organised the programme “Tet for Flood-Affected Communities” in Tay Hoa commune. At the event, 1,000 Tet gift packages, worth 1 million VND (38 USD) each, were presented to poor households, policy beneficiary families facing hardship, victims of Agent Orange, elderly people living alone, persons with disabilities, those with serious illnesses, and families affected by storms and floods.

 

Prime Minister urges thorough Tet preparations for all

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NA Chairman presents Tet gifts to disadvantaged residents in Can Tho city

On this occasion, the top legislator and the delegation witnessed the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) presenting the token of 4 billion VND to support Can Tho in assisting poor households, policy beneficiaries and vulnerable groups.

 

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