In Vietnam the festival that is the biggest and most popular is Tết. Tết
is the Vietnamese New Year. It is celebrated on the first day of the first
month in the lunar calendar. Tết is also the longest holiday in Vietnam, it can
last up to 7 days. A few days before Tết families will thoroughly clean their houses,
buy new clothing for children, pay all bills and debt. They do this to try and
get rid of any bad luck that may have happen during the year hoping good luck
would take place instead. During Tết children get red pockets filled with
money.
There are also lots of fire crackers and dragon dances that happen.
The
colour red represents good luck and fortune in Asian cultures so most
decorations for Tết are usually red and gold representing money. One of the
most traditional foods that we eat during Tết is Banh Chung or sticky rice
cake. It is made out of sticky rice, pork meat, and green beans, it’s all
wrapped in banana leaves.
There are both sweet and savoury ones. Also during
Tết is usually when all the Mut comes out. Mut is a snack you would give to
your guests. It is candied fruit with lots of variety such as coconut, pineapple,
and star fruit. Tết is usually celebrated with family and friends in the comforts of their homes but it’s always fun to walk around the streets in
Vietnam and stores to see all the decorations that are put up. 
Also there is an aquarium located in Nha Trang that
is absolutely amazing and its shaped like an old shipwreck.
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