The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is a traditional Asian celebration that has been observed in for thousands of years. Every winter, Asian communities around the world ring in the Lunar New Year with carnivals, food, family gatherings, parades and more.

Lunar New Year fireworks LIVE: Vietnam welcomes the Year of the Snake Watch fireworks celebrations live in various parts of Vietnam. Asian communities across the world will begin ringing in the Lunar New Year on Jan.

Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

In many Asian cultures, the Lunar New Year is a celebration marking the arrival of spring and the start of a new year on the lunisolar calendar.

Have you tried bathing in coriander broth? How about throwing mandarins to flowing body of water? These are a few of Asia's unique Lunar New Year traditions.

From lucky foods to traditional greetings, we answer your questions about Lunar New Year as we enter the Year of the Snake.

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, falls on Jan. 29–Feb. 12 this year. Celebrate at one of these nearby events.

As Tet 2025 approaches, Vietnam's telecom providers, including Viettel, VNPT, and MobiFone, are boosting network capacity and deploying advanced solutions to handle the surge in communication demands during the holiday.

Ring in the Year of the Snake with firecrackers, lion dances, fresh oranges, red envelopes and more! This year, the Lunar New Year calendar begins on Wednesday, January 29 and in Asian countries across the world — including China and Taiwan,

While Lunar New Year’s legislatively recognized holiday status in Washington is recent, some local groups have celebrated the holiday for decades. Here’s what’s going on this year.

The two restaurants also have a few special menu items, including lion’s head meatballs, whole branzino, and black-sesame rice dumplings. They’re available now at Chang Chang and starting Saturday, February 1 at NiHao, and will run through the end of the month.

The Lunar New Year usually starts sometime between late January and mid-February. This year, the festivities begin on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, marking the arrival of the Year of the Snake. In mainland China, official celebrations last for seven days as a public holiday.