(VOVworld)-State President Tran Dai Quang on Sunday attended an incense offering ceremony in Hanoi to pay respect to ancestors who rendered great services to the nation.

President Tran Dai Quang  joins the ceremony to tribute Vietnamese Kings and national icons on February 5th

The event, held at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi, demonstrates Vietnam’s tradition of “Drinking water, remembering its source”. The ceremony is part of celebrations of Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year Festival. Other activities included worshiping the Kichen Gods and erecting “neu”, a bamboo pole believed to ward off ghosts and demons from entering the community during Tet.