Tet Food
Vietnam's Most Common Seeds & Nuts For New Year
During Tet, every family in Vietnam prepares a special tray of snack to offer guests, containing a variety candies, biscuits, jam, fruits; and roasted nuts are indispensable components off the tray.
Essenstial Vietnamese New Year's Food
Vietnamese people have a very good habit of saving, which are reflected by the regular meals – rice with a main dishes (meat or fish/shrimp), a vegetable food and a bowl of soup.
Vietnamese Pickled Onions (Hanh Muoi)
According to Vietnamese perspective, people may suffer from the hunger all year round but they always try their best to be full at Tet, it is true even for the poorest people.
Boiled Chicken - A Simple yet Unique Taste of Vietnamese food
Living in a cradle of the wet rice civilization, Vietnamese has a deep connection with nature and to them, besides the buffalo, chicken is one of the six most familiar animals (including: chicken, pig, goat, buffalo, and horse).
Red sticky rice- Xôi Gấc- An Essence of Vietnamese Tet
It seems to look like sticky rice, but its bloody red color makes it so bizarre. That is “xoi gac”- the unique red sticky rice that people can find nowhere else in the world except for Vietnam!
Bánh Tét - Essential to Tet in the South of Vietnam
Banh Tet, a representative cake in the South Vietnam, can be easily found at any house during Tet.
Mung Bean Pudding - Vietnamese Che Kho
To many Hanoian generations, mung bean pudding has become a familiar dish which always presents on the ancestors’ altar at New Year’s Eve.
Time in Vietnam
Public Holidays 2023
Insider Guides
Food for Tet Holiday
What Vietnamese usually eat for Tet holiday.
New Year’s Flowers
Traditional flowers for Tet holiday.
New Year’s Wishes
What people often wish each other
Meet our experts
Unlock experiences far beyond the ordinary
