Topic paper for Sunday 8 Jan. 2012
Tết Nguyên Đán, more commonly known by its shortened name Tết or “Vietnamese Lunar New Year”, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year marking the arrival of spring based on the Chinese calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tết Nguyên Đán is Sino-Vietnamese (từ Hán Việt) for Feast of the First Morning, derived from the Hán Nôm characters 節元旦.
- What do you and your family prepare for Tet?
- How do your family decorate your house for Tet?
- What are you going to do during the coming Tet?
By: Lê Trọng Hiếu
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