Traditional cakes and jams

Steamed  glutinous rice with Gac flesh and bamboo sprout soup 

Yellow apricot flowers, watermelons and kumquat trees

A five-fruit tray which presents hopes for happiness and prosperity

A traditional food tray for Tet

La dong, sticky rice, green beans, dried bamboo sprouts and mushrooms are sold at a year-end mountain market.

The village of Tranh Khuc, which specialises in making Banh chung(square sticky rice cake), becomes busy ahead of Tet

Banh tet la cam, a specialty of the people in the Mekong Delta of Can Tho city on Tet

Dai Hoang braised fish in Ly Nhan, the northern province of Ha Nam

Peach flowers ​in Nhat Tan

Le Duc Giap, a farmer in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, has succeded in grafting 5-Tet fruit trees - pomelos, oranges, mandarins, kumquats and Buddha’s hands.

Peach flowers and kumquat trees are sold at the flower market on Hang Luoc street, Hanoi.

Writting calligraphy letters  on a spring day

Nguyen Dang Che in Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh province, Hanoi, gives final touches to a painting of chickens. Dong Ho folk paintings are much sought after in the north for Tet decoration.

Southern artisans make a fruit dragon to welcome Tet