The Vietnamese Lunar New Year, called Tet, is a time for personal prosperity and community engagement. Like many other New Year's celebrations, it is also a time for food. Bánh chưng, a savory cake ...

Unusual developments in the market for banh chung and banh tet (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes) this Tet holiday. While ...

Lunar New Year is full of sights and sounds. There is the popping of fireworks to ward off evil spirits, the lion dancers moving to the beat of drums and the red envelopes to give gifts to loved ones.

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I wish I could go back to Tet of the past, to sleep in a warm straw bed, to hear the crackling sound of burning wood, and to ...

In Vietnamese communities across the world, the return of the Lunar New Year is marked by the making of bánh chung, savory cakes made with glutinous rice, mung beans, and pork wrapped in banana and ...

Lunar New Year is full of sights and sounds. There is the popping of fireworks to ward off evil spirits, the lion dancers moving to the beat of drums and the red envelopes to give gifts to loved ones.