Vietnam: Lunar New Year Festival 
HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Name: Kha Thanh Trang
Student number: 11CD660065
Class: CA1102
Advisor: Trần Mỵ Uyên
Course: Term-paper (Writing)
Every country has its own important festivals which have the customs characteristics and the different meaning. Western countries have some holidays such as Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas,… Korea has Harvest festival (Chuseok), Buddha’s birthday (Chopail), Festival for servants (Meoseumnal),… Japan has Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival, Japanese Lantern Floating Festival, Miki Autumn Harvest Festival, Doll Festival,… China has Lantern festival, Blue Dragon Festival (Zhonghe Festival),… Vietnamese has many holidays such as Hung Kings’ Temple Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Vu Lan Festival, Ba Thien Hau Pagoda Festival, Welcoming the Lord Whale Festival, the death anniversary of the founder of jewelry,… Among them, Tet is the most important and popular holiday. Because Vietnam is a country in the Eastern hemisphere that was influenced by China for many years, the Chinese New Year and Tet, the Vietnamese New Year has many similarities. Tet often falls between late January and the beginning of February in the Gregorian calendar because Vietnamese are using the Chinese calendar. In developing society, everyone are very busy, children busy in school, adult bussy in work. They always want to have a meal in order to reunite and to talk with their families. But it’s so difficult for many people, especially, some people are living away from home, Vietnamese are living in abroad. Therefore, Tet has become so similar and sacred for Vietnamese when spring arrives. When Tet is coming, everyone always feel excited, thrilled and homesick because Tet is an occasion when people can come back to their homeland so as to reunite with the family. So, what are the meaning of Tet and what do people do to prepare on Tet holiday?
Tết Nguyên Đán, or Vietnamese New
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Name: Kha Thanh Trang
Student number: 11CD660065
Class: CA1102
Advisor: Trần Mỵ Uyên
Course: Term-paper (Writing)
Every country has its own important festivals which have the customs characteristics and the different meaning. Western countries have some holidays such as Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas,… Korea has Harvest festival (Chuseok), Buddha’s birthday (Chopail), Festival for servants (Meoseumnal),… Japan has Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival, Japanese Lantern Floating Festival, Miki Autumn Harvest Festival, Doll Festival,… China has Lantern festival, Blue Dragon Festival (Zhonghe Festival),… Vietnamese has many holidays such as Hung Kings’ Temple Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Vu Lan Festival, Ba Thien Hau Pagoda Festival, Welcoming the Lord Whale Festival, the death anniversary of the founder of jewelry,… Among them, Tet is the most important and popular holiday. Because Vietnam is a country in the Eastern hemisphere that was influenced by China for many years, the Chinese New Year and Tet, the Vietnamese New Year has many similarities. Tet often falls between late January and the beginning of February in the Gregorian calendar because Vietnamese are using the Chinese calendar. In developing society, everyone are very busy, children busy in school, adult bussy in work. They always want to have a meal in order to reunite and to talk with their families. But it’s so difficult for many people, especially, some people are living away from home, Vietnamese are living in abroad. Therefore, Tet has become so similar and sacred for Vietnamese when spring arrives. When Tet is coming, everyone always feel excited, thrilled and homesick because Tet is an occasion when people can come back to their homeland so as to reunite with the family. So, what are the meaning of Tet and what do people do to prepare on Tet holiday?
Tết Nguyên Đán, or Vietnamese New
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