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Vietnamese New Year is also called Tet. It falls on January 22nd in 2023. Vietnamese people enjoy a 6-day national public holiday from January 21st (Tet Eve) to January 26th, 2023. Vietnamese New Year is the most important festival of the year in Vietnam, celebrating love, the start of spring, and the best of hopes for the new year. It is observed on the first day of the first month of the Vietnamese Lunar Calendar and ranges between late January and mid-February on the Gregorian calendar. Lunar year 2023 is a year of the Cat on the Vietnamese zodiac, from January 22nd, 2023 to February 9th, 2024. Cat is the fourth sign in Vietnamese Zodiac, taking place of the Rabbit in Chinese Zodiac. Happy kid having fun with traditional dress ao dai during Vietnamese New Year.What Our Customers Said
How Long Does Vietnamese New Year Last in 2023?Though the public holiday lasts only 6 days, local celebrations usually last around 20 days from ‘Minor New Year’ or ‘Kitchen God Day’ (January 14th in 2023) to Tet Nguyen Tieu — ‘First Full Moon of the Year’ (February 5th, 2023). Here are the main celebrations and dates, outlined for you to have a general idea of how the Vietnamese people celebrate this most popular festival. January 14th in 2023: House Cleaning and a FeastHouse cleaning and feasting take place on the 23rd day of the last lunar month, which is called ‘Kitchen God Day’. In Vietnamese culture, there are three deities (God of the Kitchen, God of the Land and House, and God of the Market) in charge of people’s homes and property. The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the date for the three deities to go to Heaven for their annual report and prayers for the coming year. They then come back to Earth on New Year's Eve and resume their protective duties for the new year. On this day, Vietnamese households clean their houses and prepare a tray of traditional offerings as a farewell. Boiled or steamed chicken is a must of traditional offerings during Vietnamese New Year.January 17th to 19th in 2023: Making Chung CakeChung cake is made from the 26th to the 28th day of the last lunar month. Chung Cake is a traditional and irreplaceable Vietnamese New Year food. They are square cakes made of glutinous rice, pork meat, and green beans and wrapped in bamboo or banana leaves. Square is traditionally thought of as the shape of Earth in some Asian cultures (Heaven being round). Vietnamese people make Chung cake to express their gratitude to their ancestors and their homeland. Read more about typical Vietnamese food... Chung cake is a traditional Vietnamese New Year food.January 21st in 2023: Vietnamese New Year’s EveIt is on the last day of Vietnam’s last lunar month. New Year’s Eve on Vietnam’s lunar calendar is a day for finishing off the events of the past year, preparing for the new year, as well as family gatherings.
February 22nd in 2023: Vietnamese New Year’s Day, Visiting Fathers’ RelativesIt is the first day of Vietnam’s first lunar month. Vietnamese New Year’s Day is the time Vietnamese visit relatives on their father’s side. For wives and young children, this means the husband’s/father’s father and his relatives. February 23rd in 2023: Visiting Relatives on Mother SideOn the third day of Vietnam’s first lunar month, Vietnamese people visit their (husband’s/father’s) maternal relatives. February 24th to 26th in 2023: Visiting Teachers, Friends, Other Relatives, and NeighborhoodsOther relatives and old friends in childhood localities are visited from the third to the fifth day of Vietnam’s first lunar month. February 5th in 2023: Tet Nguyen Tieu — First Full MoonThe 15th day of Vietnam’s first lunar month is the day of the First Full Moon of the New Year, which is very important for Vietnamese cultural and religious life. On Tết Nguyen Tieu, Vietnamese eat vegetarian food and plain water for purification. Other activities include:
The Best Southeast Asia Tour for First-timers Vietnamese New Year is a Public Holiday — Tet HolidayVietnamese New Year is a national public holiday called the Tết Holiday, usually lasting 5–7 days. It is the biggest and longest holiday in Vietnam. In 2023, the holiday lasts 6 days from January 21th to 26th. Many shops, government offices, and banks, close during Tết Holiday. Employees working during the Tết holiday are entitled to 300% of their normal daily salary. Is the Vietnamese New Year date the same as Chinese New Year’s?Vietnamese New Year is celebrated on the same date as Chinese New Year. Both are based on the same lunisolar calendar. In 2023, it falls on Sunday January 22nd. But Vietnamese people celebrate New Year with different customs, celebrations, and traditions from China. Read more on Vietnamese Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year vs Lunar New Year. Vietnamese New Year Dates 2023–2031Vietnamese New Year (Tết) is based on their lunisolar calendar that gives a varying date in January/February, and each Lunar New Year marks the start of a new zodiac sign year, shown below:
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