Tet is a national and family festival. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs are organized, streets and public buildings are brightly decorated and almost all shops are crowded with people shopping for Tet. At home, every is tidied, special food is cooked,offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the family altar with burning joss- sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made when the lucky visitor comes and children are given lucky money wrapped in a red tiny envelope. Tet is also a time for peace and love. During Tet, children often behave well and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best wishes for the new year.

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Tet, also known as the New Year's Lunar Festival, is the largest traditional Vietnamese festival. Tet generally runs from the end of January to the beginning of February. Before Tet, for the three main days, Vietnamese prepare many things. They clean the house and decorate it with flowers like a kumquat tree or a peach blossom. Before Tet for making traditional dishes, a huge amount of food will be purchased. Banh Chung, Banh Tet, Gio cha, Xoi and Mut, ... and candies are the foods on Tet holidays that must be had.During Tet, people visit their relatives’ homes and give wishes. However, the Vietnamese believe that the first visitor a family receives in the year determines their fortune for the entire year, people never enter any house on the first day without being invited first. Another custom is giving lucky money, which is put into a red envelope as a symbol of luck and wish for a new age. Traditionally, elders will give lucky money to children and the oldest people in the family. Nowadays, people can give it to anyone, including friends , parents, neighbours, ... In addition, Vietnamese usually go to pagodas or temples to pray for health , wealth, success, ... Tet is the happiest time of all year round for Vietnamese, members of a family can gather together, which is a meaningful Lunar New Year festival message. All in all, it's all about Tet coming back to its origins, being good to others, enjoying the precious moment, and wishing for the best to come.