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The tray of Tet in Vietnam is very delicate, a harmonious combination of dishes, between water and dry dishes, between meat and vegetables. The first is BANH CHUNG wrapped in fragrant sticky rice with green color. BANH CHUNG is usually eaten with pickled onions, which increase the flavor, not bored. Next is the frozen meat - a rather strange dish: which is cold, which is eaten in the cold weather and accompanied with delicious new pickles. fried stir-fried rolls, spring rolls, accompanied by a mannequin dish filled with vegetables for a delicious meal. The dish is equally rich: pork stew, vermicelli cooked with chicken heart. People also prepare more pot of carp or carp stock with galangal , braised beef pot with cinnamon, all dishes are rich in flavor.BANH CHUNG is the soul of the New Year, showing the quintessence of heaven and earth through the hands human ingenuity. On the altar of Vietnamese ancestors on Tet holiday, it is indispensable for BANH CHUNG. Frozen meat is a unique dish of winter spring. In the cold air, frozen meat becomes more delicious.

Lunar New Year Festival often falls between late January and early February; it is among the most important holidays in Vietnam. Officially, the festival includes the 1st, 2nd and 3rd day in Lunar Calendar; however, Vietnamese people often spend about nearly a month to celebrate this special event.

Tet Holiday gets its beginning marked with the first day in the Lunar Year; however, its preparation starts long before that. One week before the holiday, in the 23rd day of the last Lunar month, is East Day—a ritual worshiping Kitchen Gods (Tao Cong). It is believed that each year on this day, these Gods go to heaven to tell Jade Emperor about all activities of households on earth. On the New Year’s Eve, they return to earth to continue their duties as taking care of families.

On the New Year’s Day, the first ones who come to visit households—called first-foot—are very important and hence need to be well chosen, as they are believed to hold in their hands the entire luck of the family in New Year (Tan Nien). After that, till the third day or even the fourth day of Tet, individuals meet relatives, friends and colleagues, wishing them all kinds of good things like happiness, health and success.