Vietnam new year tours in Hoi An, travel to Vietnam during new year

Celebrate Lunar New Year With A Vietnamese
Family & Community

Tet, in Vietnamese language, symbolizes the very first morning of the New Year in Vietnam
and is popularly known as the Vietnamese New Year. Also known by the name of
Nguyen-Dan, its celebrations lasts for about 7 days.The celebrations of the Vietnamese New
Year involves a lot of excitement and enthusiasm and is it is regarded as one of the most
popular festivals of the year among the Vietnam people.
Tet, the Lunar New Year, is the most important of all Vietnamese festivals. Celebrating this
holiday season with Vietnamese across the country, visitors can see their many different
ways of merry-making on the New Year occasion.

During the run-up to Tet, people are busy shopping for new clothes, food, flowers and
miscellaneous decorations. They will be impressed by the colours and sounds of flower
markets and lively festivals. At Tet, excursions to the countryside and visits to local homes
and temples will give visitors rare opportunities to socialize with the locals and thereby get to
know their gastronomy, social mores and customs during this exuberantly festive time.

Come and visit Vietnam at this time of the year when there are lots of places to go, people
to see and things to do.

Day 1: Arrival in Danang
Arrive at Da Nang Airport. Pick up and transfer to our Home Stay which has a very nice
garden ( 1500 square metres) full of flowers and trees. Welcomed by the family and then
take a room for yourself. In the family you will have chance to learn how vietnamese prepare
things for Tet like different kinds of cakes and foods and you can learn. Stay up late with
family members to cook cake. This will be your unforgetable experience.

Day 2: Hoi An
On the days before the New Year celebration, Vietnamese families give their home a
thorough cleaning. It is believed the cleaning sweeps away bad luck and makes their homes
ready for good luck to arrive. All brooms and dust pans are put away on New Year's Eve so
that good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and
windowpanes a new coat of red paint. Homes are decorated with paper cutouts of
Vietnamese auspicious phrases and couplets (short phrases) that speak of "happiness,"
"wealth," "longevity.".
After breakfast, go along with family members to the market (Markets are set up near the
New Year especially for vendors to sell New Year-related products. These usually open-air
markets feature floral products, toys, clothing, for shoppers to buy gifts for new year
visitations as well as decor for their homes) to shop some flowers and food for TET. You
really have Tet atmosphere.

Day 3: Family visit
The first day is for the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth. Many people
abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure
long and happy lives for them.
New Year's day is also celebrated within the family. Usually family members gather on the
morning of New Year's Day. It is at this gathering that red envelopes are given by senior
members of the family, usually married, to unmarried junior members of the family.
Red packets traditionally consisted of amounts which were considered multiples. Amounts
like VND 5000 or VND 20.000 were acceptable. However, this is not strictly adhered to. The
gift was originally a token amount but these days it is not uncommon to receive large sums
in affluent families. In some families this tradition has evolved into the practice to substituting
money-like instruments (stocks, bonds, unit trust) in place of large sums of cash.
Red packets are also given to unmarried visitors but the sums are often smaller than the
envelope given to family members or close friends. Employers may also give red envelopes
to their employees on the first working day after the festival.

Day 4: Hoian city tour
Breakfast, then walking around the town to enjoy the Tet atmosphere. At noon, end of tour
and say goodbye to the host.

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