My friend, an Australian businessman working in HCMC, asked me to explain the appropriate behaviour when visiting people during the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet of Vietnamese.
(Cinet)- Sen Village, located in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province approximately 20 km west of Vinh, was the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh's father. Sen village is surrounded by bamboo trees, water wells, Banyan trees, communal houses, vast rice fields, and mountains.
The Yen Tu Pagoda festival takes place from Jan 15 to Mar 15 (lunar year) in Quang Ninh, a border province. Yen Tu is the name of a 1,068m high mountain, some 15 km to the North West of Uong Bi, chief town of Quang Ninh province.
To many families in southern Vietnam, enjoying pia during the mid-autumn holidays has been a tradition since the early 19th century.