Hanoi (VNA) – Foreigners found festiveseason overwhelming in Vietnam’s southern region when joining “Tet's celebration2022” organised by Trang Le, founder and Chairwoman of the VietnamInternational Fashion Week and President of the Council of ASEAN FashionDesigners (CAFD).

The annual programme was intended to promote Vietnam’sTet (Lunar New Year) festival to international friends.

Unlike the two previous versions that had highlighted theTet holiday in Vietnam’s northern region, this year’s event introduced culture andcuisines of the southwestern region to foreign friends.

Among the foreign guests were Consul General of theNetherlands in Ho Chi Minh City Daniel Stork; Consul General of India in HCMCity Madan Mohan Sethi and his spouse; Acting Consul General of Thailand in HCMCity Natthapol Na Songkhla and his spouse; Deputy Consul General of Panama in HCMCity and Chairman of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam MicheleD'Ercole; Executive Director of the European Chamber of Commerce in VietnamDelphine Rousselet; and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and IndustryPortugal-Vietnam Sérgio Pereira da Silva and his spouse, among others.

They put on "Ao dai" (Vietnamese traditional long dress)and participated in traditional cultural activities like making Chung cake, writingcouplets and listening to folk songs. They were also treated to traditionaldishes.

Trang Le said the international friends were very excitedto wear the Vietnamese traditional long dress and join such culturalactivities./.