NGUYÊN MINH TÂM (Tom Premo)
TET/LUNAR NEW YEARS WEBPAGE
GO CONG, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM

DATES AND UNDERSTANDING TET
08 February 2008 -- Year of the RAT
18 February 2007 -- Year of the BOAR/Pig
29 January 2006 ---- Year of the DOG
09 February 2005 -- Year of the Rooster/Chicken

This is a photo of "Dragon Dancers" (MUA LAN) taken at MINH TÂM's home in Go Cong, Vietnam, the Whitehouse East. Every year on the first day of TET we have them over, along with many neighbor friends/family, and I hand out "Red Lucky Envelopes" (BAO LI XI DO) to all of the children. I also visit the homes of my wife's relatives in GoCong and usually have visits from many of my friends, including some English (ESL) teachers and their students. Having visitors such as these during TET will bring "GOOD LUCK" for the rest of the year.

Each of the twelve year TET/Lunar New Year cycles is represented by an animal, together which make up the Chinese/Vietnamese zodiac. Of the many legends from which Chinese/Vietnamese TET/Lunar New Year sprang, one is that Buddha named the years after animals that came to him as he prepared to depart from the earth.

TET dates for upcoming years are: Rat 2008 February 7, Buffalo 2009 January 26, Tiger 2010 February 14, Cat 2011 February 3, Dragon 2012 January 23, Snake 2013 February 10, Horse 2014 January 31, Goat 2015 February 19, Monkey 2016 February 8, Rooster 2017 January 28, Dog 2018 February 16, Pig 2019 February 5.

Rat | 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
Buffalo-Ox | 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
Tiger | 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010
Cat-Rabbit | 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011
Dragon | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012
Snake | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013
Horse | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014
Sheep | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015
Monkey | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
Rooster-Chicken | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017
Dog | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018
Boar-Pig | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

Links to Vietnam related sites on the Internet (WWW):
USA Embassy-Hanoi| VN Embassy-Washington DC
ThingsAsian.com | Stories: MINH TÂM| James Murtaugh| Kraig Lieb
Asiana | CNN| VIETnam onLINE| VietGATE| VN Provinces| VN Info
XuViet| VN Avenue| VVG| Nam Viet | VN BackHome| VN Adventures
VN-MSNBC: Technical| Economy | VN Globe | Saigon Times | VNAT Info
VN Travel Info| Internet Yellow Pages| OVV Guestbook| VN News(VNS)
VN OnLine| VietLinks| MekongTour|Field Trip|Lonely Planet| VN Tourism
VNN-Internet| Yahoo VN| Tien Giang Posts&Tele| Hai's VN Photo Gallery
WWW Searches: TET| Viet Kieu| Vietnam Trips| Vietnam Maps| Google
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