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Saigon: Viet-namese New Year – TET 2009 – (Part 3)

Saigon at mid night Viet-namese New Year – TET 2009

Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

May 2009 the year of the water buffalo bring your family much happiness. May you prosper this year and always. May you and your family be blessed with good health. May you be blessed with a long [...]

Saigon: Viet-namese New Year – TET 2009 – (Part 2)

Giao Thua. As midnight approaches, all eyes maintain a close look on clocks and watches. The Giao Thua ritual occurs at that most sacred moment in time. At midnight on the last day of the year, every Viet-namese family whispers similar fervent prayers. Bells ring and drums beat in temples. The old year [...]

Saigon: Viet-namese New Year – TET 2009 – (Part 1)

Do you remember your first New Year (TET) in Saigon?

TET is the most important of all holidays in Viet-nam. TET epitomizes the identity of Viet-namese culture. Although the Lunar New Year is observed in all of East Asia influenced by Chinese civilisation, each country celebrates it in a way peculiar to that country [...]

Phoenix Study Group: Mike Erickson Joins Blog

Mike Erickson is the the ring leader of the Phoenix Study Group Alumni. After ACS closed and was converted to a hospital, the Phoenix Study Group was established to provide for the educational needs of Saigon Kids in Viet-nam.

Click here to read Mike’s informative comments about the Phoenix Study Group from 1966 to [...]

TET (Viet-namese New Year) Greeting From Mimi in the frozen North

Mimi visited and left TET greetings to all Saigon Kids as Comments on another Post that is about to roll off the front page and become buried in the Archives.

To read her Viet-namese New Year greeting and information on TET customs Click Here.

Mimi, I do what your great grand mother did, except [...]