Happy New Year! (Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới is how you say it in Vietnamese.) We call the Lunar New Year "Tết Nguyên Đán" or Tết for short. The festivities are basically the same as Chinese New Year, like giving lucky money, honoring ancestors, eating/preparing special foods, and forgetting the past and moving onto the new year. It is not only celebrated in Vietnam and China, but in many other countries where there has been a lot of Chinese influence (Korea/Thailand/Mongolia/Whereever Chinese are), and can last anywhere from a few days or up to 2 weeks (starting on the first day of the year with a new moon).
It's times like this when I miss my family so dearly.
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