Keyword: "lucky money"

Tet may change in form, but the spirit of exchanging blessings endures, and a digital envelope sent with sincerity can still carry the warmth of a New Year handshake.

Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is a profound celebration centered on family reunions, ancestor worship, and welcoming luck. Key traditions include cleaning homes, visiting family, preparing special food like Banh Chung (Chung cake), giving li xi (lucky money), and decorating with spring blossoms.

MAS said a 2025 survey found that two in three people were willing to receive Fit notes in their red envelopes, which are traditional gifts of money given during auspicious occasions such as the Lunar New Year.

Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.

Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.

Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.

The San Diu ethnic minority group, who live in northern mountainous areas, celebrate quite a lot of festivals, the most important of which is Tet - the lunar New Year festival.

A new spring is nearing. Not only Vietnamese but foreigners who are living in the country are very eager to welcome the Lunar New Year, the biggest festival of Vietnamese in a year.

Tet, the traditional New Year of Vietnam, is the biggest festival of the year, featuring a variety of cultural customs.

A wide range of cultural activities to reveal the depth of traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations will take place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel from January 24. The programmes for children will run until January 27.

You want to change 100,000 VND into smaller denominations, so you pay 150,000 VND, a 150 percent commission or “service charge.”

Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The popular practice of exchanging new or special banknotes for a fee kicked off several weeks ago in many big cities, with one month to go before the start of Tet (Lunar New Year).

The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year.