Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam's main holiday. It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and for agrarian people, the start of a new year.

Tet's preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter. A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banner .Shops are full of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.