Tết Holiday is a major holiday it is for the Vietnamese - imagine Christmas, New Year and Easter all rolled into one! It’s hectic, crazy, busy and noisy, but it is fantastic. Find out how to get involved!
Tết is shortened from Tết Nguyên Đán, which means ‘Feast of the First Morning of the First Day’, and is the biggest and most important festival of the year in Vietnam, lasting up to one week with even a few weeks of aftermath.
In Western culture, the concept of celebrating death anniversaries may seem rather alien to us, not to mention a bit macabre. That is not the case for the Vietnamese people, also known as the Kinh people, where death anniversaries (ngày giỗ) are amongst the most important dates of the year.
You can now learn how to make your very own Vietnamese hat (Non La Viet) at Wild Boar Eco Farm in Bong Lai Valley.