Lunar New year Vietnam - Tet festival (5 – 7 days in the first week in Lunar Calendar) is like Thanksgiving,Christmas, New Year's, and everybody's birthday combined. Like other cities in Vietnam, Hanoians celebrate Lunar New Year Festival (Tet holiday) but they make it in their own unique way.
Read more Lunar New year Vietnam - Tet festival (5 – 7 days in the first week in Lunar Calendar) is like Thanksgiving,Christmas, New Year's, and everybody's birthday combined. Like other cities in Vietnam, Hanoians celebrate Lunar New Year Festival (Tet holiday) but they make it in their own unique way.
Far from foreigners’ imagination that the city is mostly closed up with all the shutters down on most of the shops or families eating and celebrating around heavily decorated tables over a week, 90% of shops, bars and restaurants stay that way for the 1st or 2nd day of Tet but you will find out that over the next days more places will be open each day You can find below something to expect in Hanoi in Tet:
Where to eat: There are restaurants in the Old Quarter open throughout the entire Tet period. Your hotel will know where they are. If you are lucky enough to be invited to visit some local families here, you may have chance to enjoy traditional Chung cake or fruit jam (sugar coated fruit) which are very worth for trying
What to see: At midnight on February 2, fireworks will be set off at 29 locations around the city. The main displays are at four of the lakes: Hoan Kiem Lake (Hoan Kiem district), Dong Da Lake (Dong Da district), Thang Loi Hotel (Tay Ho district) and Van Quan Lake (Ha Dong district). Enjoy!. During this night and the days after, all the temples are open and flooded with people praying, the air is filled with incense and a generally spiritually uplifting vibe if you're into that kind of thing. None of the museums will be open during these days. The excellent Water Puppet Show runs every day throughout Tet as its a major tourist attraction for Westerners because there is not many show like that in the town.
What to wear: Wrap up warm because you may familiar to the cold climate in your country but when combining with humid condition in Vietnam, it is not easy to get along with. You'll need a warm jacket, gloves and a hat ideally. Be prepared in advance because it is hard to find somewhere to buy ones at a reasonable price during Tet.
Transportation: Streets are relatively easy to cross — and the thought “Oh look, I can cross the street without depositing my life” will jump in to your head. But this silence only lasts for a few days really, and then the city gradually comes back to life. Do not plan to get out of Hanoi during Tet unless you’ve pre-booked your transport, you might be lucky with a Open Tour bus but trains and flights will be full.
Finally, don’t expect to get a visa. Government offices pretty much shut down for two weeks.
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