In the early days of the Lunar New Year, temples and pagodas become sacred spaces where people can find tranquility and inner peace. Amid the lingering incense smoke of the first days of the Year of the Horse 2026, streams of visitors flock to temples and pagodas across Tuyen Quang not only to enjoy the spring scenery but also to offer heartfelt prayers for a peaceful and happy year for their families and new opportunities for the nation.

These days, the Dong Van Karst Plateau appears both wild and majestic, yet softened and more graceful thanks to the vibrant hues of seasonal blossoms. The flowering season has draped a new cloak of color over the vast rocky mountains, a gentle palette graciously bestowed by nature.

The Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo 2026 has become warmer, with thousands of gifts presented by the Trade Union to its members and workers, and with prompt support for their difficulties, providing added motivation for them to enjoy a full Tet holiday.

Arriving in Ban Tuy Village, Ngoc Duong Commune, Tuyen Quang Province in the days leading up to the Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo, the aroma of chung cake drifts through every alley. Numerous production facilities and households specializing in chung cakes are working at full capacity to fulfill Tet orders. As a result, kitchen fires burn around the clock, and giant pots bubble continuously to produce batches of Ban Tuy’s signature fragrant cakes. The Tet chung cake season is bustling and vibrant, as it brings significant income to both producers and local workers.

In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo 2026, we visited the Muay Thai team at the provincial Sports Training and Competition Center (Facility No. 2) in Tuyen Quang. The center has trained and coached many athletes who have achieved outstanding results in recent years. Greeting us were resounding shouts and the sharp thuds of punches echoing from the ring. The athletes continued their rigorous training under the guidance of coach Luc Quoc Tue. All are striving toward major goals in 2026, including national tournaments and, in particular, the National Sports Games.

In the early days of the new year, as spring arrives, Hmong communities in Tuyen Quang gather together to exchange New Year wishes of good health, happiness and good fortune.

In Vietnamese belief, the Earth God and the three Kitchen Gods are deities who determine a family’s fortune, misfortune and blessings. With the intention of reporting on the household’s activities over the past year and expressing hopes for a prosperous new year, families annually hold a ritual on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to bid farewell to the Kitchen Gods as they ascend to heaven. The deities remain away for seven days, returning to the mortal world on Lunar New Year’s Eve to resume their duties of overseeing the household’s land, home and kitchen.

Amid the nationwide celebrations marking the success of the 14th National Party Congress and the approaching Lunar New Year, construction sites across key provincial projects are bustling with urgency and determination. At the construction site of the Tuyen Quang – Ha Giang Expressway project, workers are tirelessly laboring day and night with dedication and enthusiasm. Many workers and engineers have arranged to remain on duty during the Lunar New Year holiday to ensure the project stays on schedule.

In recent years, on once barren and depleted fields, members of Ngoc Son General Agriculture and Forestry Cooperative, together with local people of Minh Ngoc Commune, have diligently improved the soil and cultivated turmeric. Step by step, they have formed a concentrated raw material area linked to turmeric starch processing, opening up a sustainable direction for economic development.

These days, the rocky plateau is draped in a vibrant cloak of countless blossoms. Alongside the pure white of plum flowers and the gentle pale pink of peach blossoms is the golden hue of mustard fields. The mustard blossoms not only beautify the scenery but also reflect the enduring vitality of both people and nature in the country’s northernmost region.

In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Horse 2026, the atmosphere of harvesting Buddha’s hand fruit at gardens in Yen Phu Commune has become bustling and urgent. Across the orchards, local farmers focus on harvesting, selecting, and grading Buddha’s hand fruits with attractive shapes and acceptable appearance to supply the market.

As the Lunar New Year approaches and the weather gradually turns warmer, farmers across the rice fields of Tuyen Quang Province are busy sowing and transplanting the spring rice crop.

Located on the outskirts of Ha Giang 1 Ward, Tuyen Quang Province, the Ha Thanh Community-Based Cultural Tourism Village has so far preserved its traditional beauty. Even though it is neither the ripe rice season nor springtime, amid the cold winter days, Ha Thanh still appears stunning in the midst of the peaceful highland region.

The craft of making fresh rice noodles of the Dao Tien ethnic group in Kien Dai Commune, Tuyen Quang Province has become a distinctive feature of local culinary culture, crystallized from skillfulness and a long-standing tradition.