Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes ...

The tourists embraced the Vietnamese tradition of giving and receiving lucky money in red envelopes, known as li xi in Vietnamese. Ana Sanchez, 40, said, "I love the red envelopes. This small gift ...

From Hawaii to Vietnam, discover five luxury hotels that are celebrating the lunar new year 2025 with incredible cultural programming, culinary events and fun activities.

Even numbers, except for the number four (considered unlucky due to its phonetic similarity to the word for“death” in Chinese), are regarded as lucky ... red envelope!” (“gong xi fa ...

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

An area nonprofit hosted its official launch party as members also welcomed the Lunar New Year in Kansas City.

Fast forward to 2025, when the mild morning sun of January will, again, welcome the Year of the Snake. The quiet streets of Saigon are very different now, but the culture and tradition of Tet remains ...

attendees, each visiting group or family will receive a lucky red envelope — a Lunar New Year tradition —- containing a special offer from the Museum Shop. Website author Chengxin Li ...

Red envelopes containing money are given out so ... and happiness and is incorporated into the holiday, as well. The lucky color for the Year of the Wood Snake is Blue while the lucky gemstone ...

Auspicious dishes include Maine lobster with ginger and onion called Long Ha Gin Sui, and a vegetarian dish eaten to cleanse the system for the new year called Xin Nian Fat Choi Jai.

The Lunar New Year festival is one of the biggest events on the parish calendar at Our Lady of Vietnam Church. The lion ...