Flowers, Fireworks, Food – It must be Tet in Vietnam

Ask any Vietnamese and they will tell you, in the most sincere voice, that the Tet holidays are a quiet time for relaxing with family. But in the days leading up to lunar new year, Ho Chi Minh City is electrified with its own merrymaking.  A week before the official countdown, it looks as if a yellow, red and gold flower farm has exploded downtown. Wives descend in a mass raid on markets, dancing dragons shimmy on pavements, parking lots are transformed into calligraphy art galleries, and y... [More]