They say it's bad to get married during your year on the Lunar Calendar.
But can't luck be made to change if the right envelopes, bottles and snacks make their way into the right hands?
Check out our modern imagining of the classic Rat's Wedding Dong Ho painting in the postcard below and click to flip to read our Tet message:
Humans adapted to fields, birds to branches... and yet, in Saigon...
Rarely does preparing a traditional Tết meal put you at risk of papercuts.
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Every Tết arrives accompanied by netizens sharing collections of poorly constructed statues of the year’s zodiac animal. Viewing the online collections with colleagues is one of my favorite holid...
Every year, as the pages from my block calendar peel off, bringing me towards another Vietnamese New Year, my mind once again fills with nostalgia about an old Tết. Tết in my memory begins with my chi...
Tết in 1992 was an especially fortuitous time to be a foreign arrival to Saigon.
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Success at the International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) can be measured according to many metrics. From IB DP test scores well above the world average to impressive academic careers post-graduat...
This Halloween season, travelers to Đà Nẵng are thrilled by the unexpected appearance of a giant pumpkin at the entrance of Da Nang International Terminal. Aiming to instill a pleasant surprise and co...
A meal that celebrates French and Korean cuisine and incorporates Vietnamese techniques served in a Phú Quốc restaurant designed in homage to 1920s American opulence? Such an outlandishly unique meal ...
In Sino-Vietnamese, Ninh means “peace, tranquility, and happiness,” while Vân means “cloud.” Together, they form "clouds of peace," which evoke a sense of calm freedom and gentle romance amidst the va...
