During the days just before Tet (Lunar New Year), it is easy to see motorbikes carrying all sorts of ornamental plants, while streets which are used to selling ornamental plants and flowers become crowded.

The three main regions of Vietnam are characterised by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tet, the Lunar New Year, is celebrated.

The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year. Traditionally, the visitor is a member of the family or a good friend.   

Vietnam’s biggest, most important traditional festival, Tet (Lunar New Year Festival), is a time of renewal, a time to welcome Spring, a time to thank Gods and ancestors and pray for their blessings. 

Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.     

Worshipping ancestors, an ancient Vietnamese tradition, is a ritual practice paying tribute to deceased family members and reminding people of their roots.

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VOV.VN - The rooster is associated with Vietnam’s historical myths. From a domestic animal, rooster became a sacrifice that Vietnamese offer to the genies during the Lunar New Year festival.

VOV.VN - New Year’s Eve is so meaningful to the Vietnamese that no matter where they are, whatever job they do, they try to be available at the family feast on the threshold of Tet or Lunar New Year.  

VOV.VN - Traditionally, special Tet (Lunar New Year) pictures are hung in a Vietnamese house. Each picture includes a wish or parallel sentence. Now, as people’s living standards improve, their interest in Tet paintings is being revitalized. 

With an abundance of seafood, southerners have created a wide variety of dishes featuring fish in various modes - stewed fish, grilled fish, fermented fish, fish vermicelli and, of course, the ubiquitous fish sauce.

The San Diu ethnic minority group, who live in northern mountainous areas with a population of nearly 147,000, celebrate quite a lot of festivals the most important of which is Tet, the lunar New Year festival.

Passing down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today, “Xong dat” (first footing), a Tet tradition in Vietnam, has always been associated with hopes for a fruitful year ahead. 

VOV.VN - Here’s a short video featuring US Ambassador Ted Osius and local residents wrapping Banh Tet in Quang Binh Province on January 27, as part of the festivities ringing in the New Year of the Rooster.

Between January 30 and February 12, namely January 3 to January 16 of the lunar New Year, the Fansipan Legend will hold the “khen-hoa” festival and northwestern culture showcase in Sapa, Lao Cai.

The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event.

Nguyen Hue flower street was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 in celebration of the traditional Lunar New Year 2017.

VOV.VN - Hanoians and visitors will be treated to a variety of colorful entertaining programs during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN -Hollywood actors Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson, stars of the much-anticipated movie Kong: Skull Island, have released a video extending best wishes to Vietnamese fans on the occasion of the TET (Lunar New Year).

Whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to the New Year eve, Vietnamese families visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites.

"Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Like most other nations in Asia, Vietnamese people welcome the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and Tet Nguyen Dan (the lunar New Year Day) has long become the biggest festival of the nation.

The Bul Rice Festival (Celebration of New Rice) is a long-standing festival held by the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai each spring.

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As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in Ho Chi Minh City have attracted locals and tourists looking for artworks that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

VOV.VN - The 85 Miss Universe candidates have walked the runway wearing the colours of the Philippine flag – blue, red and white – at the Miss Universe 2016 Charity Gala and National Gift Auction event at the Conrad Hotel in Manila. 

VOV.VN - The new year tree (cây nêu) is part of Vietnamese custom for which a bamboo pole serves as the tree and is decorated with bells to mark the way for the spirits of ancestors to come back from the other world to enjoy TET with the living. 

VOV.VN - Many rare and special ornamental plants are on display and sale at the biggest spring fair in the country that has opened at the Tao Dan Park in Ho Chi Minh City.

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