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Vietnamese all the world are preparing their most important and popular day the year – Tet, or the Lunar New Year. Tet is celebrated the same day as the Chinese New Year, but does not start the same time. There is a one-hour time difference Hanoi and Beijing. The holiday celebrates the arrival spring. There are a lot traditional customs that people practise during Tet. These include remembering ancestors, sending people New Year's greetings, and giving lucky money children. It is a time to forget the troubles the past year and hope better things in the coming year. It is also a good excuse people to have big family reunions.

People villages across Vietnam are working overtime to prepare food and crafts time the holiday. In Ho Chi Minh City, 68 flower markets opened February 3 to start selling different kinds blooms and decorative trees. Thousands of boats bring flowers from all the country down the Mekong River to Ho Chi Minh's floating markets. Food is also big business Tet. Villagers in Dong Thap province are working day and night to make sure they have enough pork rolls to sell – these are big demand during the festival. Tourism is also booming because the holiday. Vietnamese travel agents say domestic bookings are 15 per cent higher than last year, and the number of foreign tourists will rise 46 per cent.