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Family reunion is a long-standing tradition during the Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest holiday celebration of the year for the Vietnamese people.

With a wide range of typical dishes, the capital city of Hanoi has lured more and more visitors, especially foodies, from all parts of the world.

On the afternoon of April 8, all the districts of Phu Tho province participated in a contest of making banh day (traditional round cake) at the center of the Hung Temple relic site, to celebrate the Hung King's Death Anniversary on March 10.

Despite having the same main ingredients as the “banh chung” cake made by the Kinh people, of glutinous rice, pork, and mung beans, the “banh chung gu den” (or black hunchback chung cake) made by ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has its own taste and shape.

Vietnamese expatriates in Laos have rushed off their feet those days to prepare for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since they could not return to their home land due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the Lunar New Year is nearing, Tranh Khuc village in Thanh Tri district on the outskirts of Hanoi has become busier with thousands of hot pots cooking Chung cakes.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) comes, most locals in Vinh Hoa village, Yen Thanh district, Nghe An province make chung cakes for sale, creating a bustling atmosphere here.

To share a warm Tet holiday with disadvantaged children in remote areas, thousands of chung cakes have been made by children in Hanoi.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) comes near, locals and naval soldiers on Sinh Ton (Sin Cowe) island, Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago gather to make traditional chung cakes.

Banh Chung (Chung cake) is a traditional signature dish of Vietnamese people. Its origin features a long story.

With a love for the traditional Chung cake and a desire to turn it into a high quality gift, a young girl in Hanoi has devoted time to giving chung cake a new look.

The atmosphere of Tet is heating up as residents of Vĩnh Hòa village, Yên Thành district, Nghe An province are busy preparing square sticky rice cakes.

Tranh Khuc village in Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, specialises in making Banh Chung (rice cake). It is hastily producing the festive delicacy for the Lunar New Year festival, which begins in one week.

A chung cake festival was held in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, on January 20. Nearly 120 tourists from many countries joined in making the traditional cake of Vietnam.

A programme to make chung cake (square, glutinous rice cake) for disadvantaged communities will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism from January 24-26, said the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST) on January 14.

Craft villages are at the centre of a series of lunar New Year (Tet) activities, which are taking place at the Hoi An Impression Theme Park in Hoi An city, a World Heritage site in the central province of Quang Nam, from January 11 to February 11.

With a love for Chung or glutinous rice square cake and a desire to turn it into a high quality gift, a young girl in Hanoi has devoted time to giving chung cake a new look.

More than 1,000 overseas Vietnamese living the Czech Republic and other European nations were brought together at a ceremony in Prague on April 22 to celebrate the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation.

A series of cultural and entertainment activities and art performance shows will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings in 2018.

"Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.