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Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year (called Tết in Vietnam) actually have a lot in common. Both China and Vietnam follow the same calendar (5th of Tet and Chinese new year is a significant holiday in both Vietnamese and Chinese cultures. While the two countries share similarities in celebrating the New Year, each has its unique traditions and customs. Lunar New Year Traditions. In both Vietnam and China, the traditional Tet is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. Among the 12 zodiac animals, Vietnam has the year of the Rabbit (cat), and the Chinese have the year of the Rabbit. Differences. The first is the time people have holidays during Tet. For Vietnamese people, the holiday can last from 7 to 9 days, including the break before and after Tet. 1. New Year's Eve dinner: During the Chinese New Year, fish is usually served for the New Year's Eve dinner, which means "abundance every year". During the Vietnamese New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán), pig heads or chickens are prepared for the New Year's Eve dinner, and there is no custom of eating fish. 2. Lune New Year is primarily celebrated in many Asian cultures, including by Chinese, South Korean, Vietnamese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian. Each culture has its own name for the Vietnamese New Year is celebrated on the same date as Chinese New Year. Both are based on the same lunisolar calendar. In 2025, it falls on Sunday January 29th. But Vietnamese people celebrate New Year with different customs, celebrations, and traditions from China. Read more on Vietnamese Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year vs Lunar New Year. Tet celebrations can range from 3 days and continue for up to one week. The festival is split into the day before New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. All of these days correspond to the Vietnamese or lunar calendar, so they will happen on a different date every year. Tet Festival falls on January 29th in 2025. The Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tết) and the Chinese Lunar New Year both occur on Jan 22nd 2023. They are based on the same ancient calendar and have the same cultural origins. They share certain elements like giving lucky money to chrildren , the colour red, and the 12-animal Zodiac . The Vietnamese New Year celebration of Tet, short for Tet Nguyen Dan which means “festival of the first day”, is celebrated over three days as opposed to the traditional 15 of the Chinese New The Vietnamese lunar calendar follows a 12-year cycle, with each year represented by an animal. While similar to the Chinese Zodiac, the Vietnamese version includes the cat (instead of the rabbit) and the water buffalo (instead of the ox). [6] [7] Vietnamese Lunar New Year today still retains a degree of the original Chinese customs such as giving of lucky money in red envelopes and use of the lunar calendar, but has also over time, evolved its own separate and unique traditions that reflect Vietnam's distinct culture and identity, which includes the Vietnamese zodiac where the The "Lunar New Year" is actually celebrated in April by Thailand and Cambodia. You can call it Korean New Year in front of Koreans, Vietnamese New Year in Vietnam, Japanese New Year in Japan, etc. Outside of the country, it should be called Chinese New Year because its where the festival originated. Or Spring Festival to be non-political and Saying “Happy Chinese New Year” will only reinforce the Chinese claim of both cultural-supremacy and hegemonic-masterhood over the historical lands they once occupied, including Vietnam. Is the Vietnamese New Year the same as the Chinese New Year? The Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tết) and the Chinese Lunar New Year both occur on Jan 22nd 2023. The Vietnamese Lunar New Year Tet (Tết) is one of the most important traditional holidays in Vietnamese culture. Similar to the Chinese New Year, Vietnam celebrates the new year according to the lunar calendar. In this article, we'll discuss Tet's history, traditions, methods of celebration, and cultural significance in detail. Same with Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean New Years. Greet a Korean Happy Korean New Year, a Vietnamese Vietnamese New Year, and a Chinese Chinese New Year Catch-all greetings are problematic. It homogenizes diverse communities. It is a "politically correct" way to lump diverse people into one mega-category. The festival begins on the first new moon of the lunar calendar and lasts for 15 days, culminating in the Lantern Festival. In 2025, Lunar New Year falls on January 29, ushering in the Year of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year in the next 10 years. Since the Lunar Calendar always comes after the Solar Calendar and the "leap month" rule, the Lunar New Year Day varies but will only fall between 21 Solar January and 20 Solar February. To get an overview of Vietnamese Lunar New Year in the next 10 years, check out the table below: Lunar New Year "Our" New Year, or rather, Vietnamese New Year First Day Period Traditional New Year Ofc calling them Vietnamese New Year is stupid, same with the 2nd and 3rd. So the preferred name is Lunar New Year. Calling it Vietnamese, or Chinese New Year completely removed the fact that it is based on Lunar calendar, which is a very The Lunar New Year is traditionally a time for food, festivities, and family gatherings. It is celebrated in many countries, including China, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia. Yet, there may be differences due to time zone offsets. For example, the Chinese Lunar New Year will be 1 hour or 1 day later than the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Interestingly, the Vietnamese usually start Tet preparations two weeks or even a month before, creating a buzzing atmosphere at the spring entrance.
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