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Despite changes in Tet dishes, for many families, traditional dishes have always been an integral part of Tet banquet.

For Hue people, Tet tray is a symbol of family tradition,reunion and happiness.

Not only people in the mountainous areas, many people in rural areas, including Hanoians, have developed a habit of slaughtering pigs for Tet (Lunar New Year holiday), especially the black pig, in recent years.

A Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival will be held for the first time in Fukuoka, the largest city in Japan’s Kyushu island, on January 12, 2020.

Vietnamese always prepare traditional dishes for ancestor worship during the Lunar New Year festival, and the burden for preparing all of this still falls on women.

As Tet approaches, a group of gourmets from Hanoi have visited the northern province of Cao Bang to seek the best mien dong (canna vermicelli) to make cellophane noodles.

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.

The three main regions of Vietnam are characterized by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tet, the Lunar New Year, is celebrated.