Tet is a national and family festival. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs are organized, streets and public buildings are brightly decorated and almost all shops are crowded with people shopping for Tet. At home, every is tidied, special food is cooked, offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the family altar with burning joss- sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made when the lucky visitor comes and children are given lucky money wrapped in a red tiny envelope. Tet is also a time for peace and love. During Tet, children often behave well and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best wishes for the new year.

Tet in my hometown is extremely bustling and crowded. Family members from before New Year's Eve nearly a week have started to clean the house. Everybody's home bustling with voices and buzzing. One house borrowed a temporary shovel, another borrowed a bucket temporarily, joyful atmosphere filled everywhere. After that hard cleaning day, it was shopping and preparing Tet holiday items. The market suddenly bustled up. Which is new clothes, new shoes, fruits ... Children and family members go shopping, chirping only things that catch the eye. The most popular Tet holiday is red, so the whole market is surrounded by a crimson color, symbolizing luck. The fresh fruits are used to display the five fruits, colorful flowers with the meaning of bringing fortune and happiness, each with enough.