4 non-traditional Tet experiences

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Welcoming New Year’s Eve far away, in modern resorts, it will be suitable for families who choose to go out during Tet.

Staying at home on New Year’s Eve, making offerings, breaking the ground at the beginning of the new year… is no longer a mandatory custom for many people. Some young families now tend to travel spring through Tet. Therefore, experiencing New Year’s Eve at the resort in many different styles will be an appropriate suggestion.

Welcoming the new year on the heritage bay

On the 29th of Tet, visitors can welcome the new year on a cruise in Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh). Some yachts such as serving throughout Tet, bring tourists to visit Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay (Hai Phong). At Heritage Cruises, there is an exhibition of 30 Hang Trong paintings and an experience of wrapping Banh Chung. During the day, the boat takes visitors through the bay. New Year’s Eve has dinner party in the restaurant with a live music program. The price of accommodation on the cruise is from 3,050,000 VND/person, including rooms, 4 meals, and kayaking experience, visiting Bright Dark cave, experiencing Tet… La Casta Cruise welcomes guests from 2/ 2 and Stellar of the Seas from 3/2.

Each visitor is prepared with a five-piece ao dai to have dinner on Heritage Cruise.  The Tet schedule still includes kayaking, boating to visit the bay, practicing martial arts on the deck to welcome the dawn.
Each visitor is prepared with a five-piece Ao Dai for dinner on Heritage Cruises. The Tet schedule still includes kayaking, boating to visit the bay, practicing martial arts on the deck to welcome the dawn.

Celebrate Tet in the hotel

Hotels in Hue, Cam Ranh (Khanh Hoa)… all organize Tet celebrations. Specifically, Alma Resort Cam Ranh (Khanh Hoa) celebrates Tet from the 29th to the 5th. In, the main lobby has a Tet atmosphere with 6 food stalls. Guests can pack Chung cake with their family, watch a lion dance, ask for the New Year’s word… On this occasion, guests staying for 3 nights will be offered many services such as free Jet Ski, 5 minutes of float experience. banana…

Laguna Lang Co complex (Hue) recreates the old Tet from the 28th to the 6th of Tet. Visitors will participate in the spring fair with many folk games and cook Banh Chung. In addition, the culinary area serves specialties of the three regions, New Year’s Eve is Hue royal cuisine party, seafood BBQ to celebrate the New Year.

A cozy Tet party in the Hue atmosphere of Banyan Tree Lăng Cô.
A cozy Tet party in the Hue atmosphere of Banyan Tree Lăng Cô.

Experience the highland Tet in Sapa

From the 29th to the 6th of the Lunar New Year, Topas Ecolodge Resort organizes many activities such as receiving lucky money with lucky spin at room check-in, buffet breakfast with Tet flavors. Local staff will wear traditional costumes of the Tay ethnic group, and visitors will enjoy rice wine, fire dance, stall dance…

Sapa Jade Hill Resort, a resort with palm-roofed villas on the hill, offers visitors a warm Tet holiday. Guests staying in a completely wooden space can watch the sea of ​​clouds, bathe in Red Dao cigarettes and enjoy the cuisine at the upland fair that is faithfully recreated from the 2nd.

The upland market is an annual activity during Tet in Sapa Jade Hill.
The upland market is an annual activity during Tet in Sapa Jade Hill.

The Mong Village also organizes many activities such as fireworks on the ground to welcome the new year on New Year’s Eve. In addition, there are activities such as making campfires, wrapping green Banh Chung, and boiling cakes together. Gathering around the fire with their loved ones, visitors can enjoy sweets, potatoes, corn… that the resort prepares. These days, each meal will be served with salted onions and Banh Chung so that visitors can celebrate Tet far away but still feel warm and reunited.

Exciting party in Phu Quoc

Pullman Phu Quoc Hotel located in the southwest of the island organizes many activities during Tet. Specifically, on the night of January 31, visitors staying here will welcome the new year with a countdown party on the rooftop. The hotel serves light snacks during a live performance with a DJ and brilliant ground fireworks. The next morning to the 3rd, visitors can experience the miniature Tet market, with stalls eating local specialties priced from 50,000 VND.

On the evening of January 31, Sunset Beach Resort and Spa also held a party with a live music space. Guests are treated to a delicious seafood buffet with tuna, black tiger shrimp, cockles… Also welcome cocktails, fruit juices. The service price is 1,050,000 VND/person.

New Year's Eve party at the rooftop of Pullman Phu Quoc hotel.
New Year’s Eve party at the rooftop of Pullman Phu Quoc hotel.
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