When is the festival held?   

Tet celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Chinese calendar.

Tet takes place from the first day of the Vietnamese calendar until at least the third day.

Special foods on Tet include chung cake, day cake, dried young bamboo soup, and sticky rice.

On Tet, people seldom hope for a better upcoming year.  

Visiting a person’s house.

Cleaning the house.

Cooking special food.

Thinking about the troubles.  

Opening a shop.

Giving lucky money to children.

Cooking special holiday food and cleaning the house.

Worshiping ancestors.   

From the first day of the Vietnamese calendar until at least the third day.

From the last day of January to the first day of February.

From the first day of solar calendar to the third day.

From January to February.   

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