Vietnamese New Year 2025 History. The night leading up to the tet holiday, known as new year’s eve, is a momentous occasion. Vietnamese new year, is the most important celebration of vietnamese culture.

Tet nguyen dan is a way of saying lunar new year in vietnam, and it literally means, “the first morning of the first day of the new year”. Tet was originally held as a symbolic expression of gratitude to the gods for letting the spring sprout forth.