In recent years, more and more foreigners have traveled to Vietnam for working and learning. Despite having different nationalities, many foreigners have seen Vietnam as their second homeland. For them, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival features Vietnamese cultural identities and they are also very eager to welcome it…
Teacher John O’ahony and pupils in an extra-curricular activity
Foreign teachers at the Baby’s Star International Pre-School in TDM town have felt elated when mentioning Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival. Teacher Fortune from the US said that enjoying Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival has helped him to know more about Vietnamese people’s traditional culture. Whilst, teacher John O’Mahony, 43, from Ireland said that this will be his first Tet in Vietnam, helping him to get more about Vietnamese people’s customs and habits. He is very fond of Vietnamese dishes like chicken porridge, grilled chicken and especially beef noodle soup (Pho)…
Unlike other foreigners, Shane Barton, from Australia, a manager of Le Tan Garden Commercial Center has intended to have a long settlement in Vietnam. More especially, he is the son-in-law of a Vietnamese family. Enjoying Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival has helped him to have a more profound understanding about Vietnamese culture. Compared to the Western New Year festival, Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival has many differences, including the bustling atmosphere of preparation for Tet; the customs of cleaning houses to welcome Tet…
Regarding Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival, Olam International Corporation Director Jasvinder Singh Sethi, 30, from India said: “Vietnam’s traditional Tet festival makes me remember family unity and parties. The atmosphere of Tet is very warm with many colors, delicious food, new clothes, fire-work display, lucky money for children…Dishes during Tet are very delicious and I like banh chung (steamed cake), coconut jam and gio lua (lean pork paste) best…”.
Nguyen Khuong has so far lived in the United States for more than ten years. Owning to being busy with work, he has frequently returned Vietnam to enjoy Tet every two years. He said that during Tet days, he has always felt the habits and customs of Vietnamese families that have still been preserved. In addition to preparatory activities that are very animated, Vietnamese people frequently go to pagodas at the beginning of the lunar New Year to aspire fame, profit, health…For him, how interesting this is!
Reported by Thoai Phuong-Translated by K.T
