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Tết and the lantern streets
Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn
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Image courtesy of © Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Tết and the lantern streets
Tết, the Lunar New Year, is the great festival of the year: the streets fill with peach-blossom branches and kumquat trees in the days before, and many shops close for several days after. Before the Mid-Autumn festival, Hàng Mã in the Old Quarter is hung with lanterns.
Why it's on our list
- Shops close at Tết
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Tết and the lantern streets before you go.