Vietnamese New Year

Published:  11:54 Tuesday - February 02, 2016 Tet is the most important and greatest occasion in whole year of Vietnamese. Therefore, it is looked forward by all of the Vietnamese. On the days of Tet holiday, there are a lot of flowers and goods which are sold in the markets and on the street sides.

If you have a chance to go to visit Vietnam, do not miss your chance to enjoy special Tet holiday and feel the beauty of the country on these days. First of all, you will admire so many flowers in different types displayed on the street sides. The most colorful and attractive flowers are peach blossoms and golden apricot blossoms as these are traditional and featured flowers on Tet holiday. When you go to visit each of the Vietnamese families, you will find that peach blossoms and golden apricot blossoms are displayed in the house. It makes the house more beautiful and colorful. 

Secondly, you can see that there are many traditional cakes on Tet holiday and two most famous and special cakes for Tet holiday are Square cake and Tet cake. These are special cakes on Tet holiday and it is also the must-contain dishes on Tet holiday. To make your trip more interesting, you can enjoy making Chung cake with the peasants. To make a chung cake, you need to have following ingredients: glutinous rice, mung beans, fatty pork, onions, etc, then we will wrap the cake with dong leaves or banana leaves and finally the cake is tied with the bamboo stick to shape the cake. It is very interesting and attractive. 

Tet is the special and wonderful time for Vietnamese to honor the ancestors and embody the respect to their ancestors. So, on Tet holiday, Vietnamese often go to pagodas to give the offerings to their ancestors and wish for luck and happiness in new year. The most favourite and popular pagodas that attract a lot of tourists each year including Huong Pagoda and Bai Dinh Pagoda. These are ideal pagodas to implement the respect to the ancestors. 

Vietnam is a country with rich and various culture and it is very interesting to visit and experience the hidden charm of the country, especially on Tet holiday, the hidden charm of the country will be displayed clearly and deeply on the great festivals such as Tet holiday. Let's come and enjoy it. 

Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Tet is the greatest and most important celebration of Vietnam and it is also the occasion that all of Vietnamese...
Traditional Dishes of Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Traditional Dishes of Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Vietnam cuisine is very plentiful and various. Each region has the special and featuring food and dishes. Especially, on special...
Vietnamese Tet and Traditional Activities

Vietnamese Tet and Traditional Activities

Tet is really a very important and meaningful occasion of Vietnamese. It is the time for all of the Vietnamese...
Enjoy Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Enjoy Vietnamese Tet Holiday

Do you think that it will be very excited and interesting to travel on Tet occasion? In fact, taking a...
Explore the Thai white shampoo custom

Explore the Thai white shampoo custom

Every year in the 30th’s afternoon of the Tet traditional holiday, the Thai white people who live on the moutain...
Enjoying the Lim Festival in Spring

Enjoying the Lim Festival in Spring

In early January according to the lunar calendar, people flock to the Lim Festival in Tien Du District, Bac Ninh...
Vietnam Festival Is Dedicated to Meeting Ex-Lovers

Vietnam Festival Is Dedicated to Meeting Ex-Lovers

Most people cannot stand the thought of their partners even talking to their exes, let alone socializing with them. But...
Trieu Khuc village's festival - Hanoi

Trieu Khuc village's festival - Hanoi

Located about 8 km from the centre of the capital city of Hanoi, Trieu Khuc Village launches its spring festival...
Ba Chua Xu Festival - An Giang

Ba Chua Xu Festival - An Giang

As usual in April of the lunar calendar, locals in Chau Doc District, An Giang Province in southern Vietnam and...
Breaking Drum Festival of the Ma Coong in Quang Binh

Breaking Drum Festival of the Ma Coong in Quang Binh

Lovers may be single guy - single girl or wife – husband; even ones from different marriages can date with...
Om-oc-boc Festival of Khmer people

Om-oc-boc Festival of Khmer people

One vibrant, bustling activity which can be lacked in Oc-om-boc festival is Ngo boat race. Ngo boat is 24m long,...
Ban Flower Festival of the Thai

Ban Flower Festival of the Thai

Every year, in the second lunar month, the weather starts to be shiny and warm after spring rains; ban flowers...
We appreciate your comments. Should you have any feedback or thoughts on how to improve VIETNAMTOURISM.ORG.VN , please contact us at: info@vietnamtourism.org.vn
Việt nam tourism Chuyên cung cấp website du lịch và dich vụ tour du lịch VIETNAMTOURISM.ORG.VN Xếp hạng 9.5/10 4999 Bình chọn