China ruled Vietnam for a thousand years, so you can say we inherited a few things. A big thing was Chinese New Year, which we Vietnamese call Tet. And although the Chinese zodiac says Sunday begins ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. When Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener left their posts ...

When I first journeyed to Vietnam at the age of 22, fresh out of college over two decades ago, the romantic allure of Hanoi captivated me. My arrival coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time ...

With Vietnam’s Tet or Lunar New Year festival fast approaching, some parishes are preparing banh chung, a traditional glutinous rice cake eaten during the festival, and offered to the poor. Banh chung ...

Tet is the Vietnamese celebration of the Lunar New Year, which this year falls on Feb. 17, Mardi Gras Day. But the biggest local celebration around it arrives the weekend after, Feb. 20-22, at Mary ...