Vietnamese words and phrases

Tết (, ), short for '''''' (; ), is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring, which is on the first day of the first Vietnamese lunisolar month, and usually falls between late January and 20 February in the Gregorian calendar.

economic reforms initiated in Vietnam in 1986

form of Vietnamese court music

thumb|upright|Two girls in yếm carry goods to sell

Vietnamese person with a South Korean father

southward expansion of the territory of Vietnam from the 11th century to the mid-18th century, from its original heartland in the Red River Delta, tripling ts territory

thumb|A woman selling chè in Hội An Chè () in traditional Vietnamese cuisine refers to a wide variety of distinct sweet beverages, puddings and desserts. Varieties of Chè can be made with mung beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, tapioca, jelly (clear or grass), fruit (longan, mango, durian, lychee or jackfruit), and coconut cream. Other types are made with ingredients such as salt, aloe vera, seaweed, lotus seed, sesame seed, sugar palm seeds, taro, cassava and pandan leaf extract. Some varieties, such as chè trôi nước, may also include dumplings. Chè are often prepared with one of a number

Xôi () is a traditional Vietnamese dish of sticky rice.

Vietnamese dish

traditional Vietnamese clothing

kind of traditional Vietnamese shawl

traditional Vietnamese toy

Traditional Vietnamese garment

traditional Vietnamese verse form

traditional Vietnamese headwear