Tet atmosphere is overwhelming everywhere in the country. The most important national holidays is also come to overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia.
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| Vietnamese Cambodian Le Van La cares for a yellow apricot tree. |
The Leuk Daek Distric in Kandal province, Cambodia near the Khanh Binh Border gate of Vietnam is home of the largest number of overseas Vietnamese.
Vietnamese Cambodian Le Van La, 65, said his family has been here 21 years. The lunar New Year is an occasion for the family reunions.
“We usually get together to make Banh tet (Cylindrical glutinous rice cake) on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. My wife and daughters-in-law buy flowers and fruits from the homeland to worship the ancestors” he said.
Bus driver Pham Van Tien and his family have been lived in Cambodia for 40 years. He usually holds many trips bringing overseas Vietnamese to the homeland for Tet.
“I am Vietnamese. I always remember the national habits and custom. My family will return the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the 2nd day of lunar New Year (February 15) and come back on Tet Thanh Minh (the grave-visiting festival falls on the 100th from Lichun" (the first solar term in the East Asia Calendar), he said.
Overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia often visit and wish each other prosperity and luck on Vietnamese traditional Tet occasion. They reminisce memories of the homeland, Vietnamese Cambodian Le Xuan Tung added.
Vietnamese Cambodian Le Van La, 65, said his family has been here 21 years. The lunar New Year is an occasion for the family reunions.
“We usually get together to make Banh tet (Cylindrical glutinous rice cake) on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. My wife and daughters-in-law buy flowers and fruits from the homeland to worship the ancestors” he said.
Bus driver Pham Van Tien and his family have been lived in Cambodia for 40 years. He usually holds many trips bringing overseas Vietnamese to the homeland for Tet.
“I am Vietnamese. I always remember the national habits and custom. My family will return the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the 2nd day of lunar New Year (February 15) and come back on Tet Thanh Minh (the grave-visiting festival falls on the 100th from Lichun" (the first solar term in the East Asia Calendar), he said.
Overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia often visit and wish each other prosperity and luck on Vietnamese traditional Tet occasion. They reminisce memories of the homeland, Vietnamese Cambodian Le Xuan Tung added.
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