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Vietnam's New Year is (1) according to the Lunar calendar. It is especially known as Tet
Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It (2) between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact
date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make (3)....... for the holiday several
weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the
family altars. (4) the New Year's Eve, people sit up to midnight to see New Year in, then
they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The
first three days are the (5) ..... important. Vietnamese people believe that how people
those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments
and smile as much as possible.
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