The Year of the Tiger - Chuc Mung Nam Moi!........

This weekend celebrates the Lunar New Year. Tomorrow, the year of the Tiger begins.

Also known as Tết, Lunar New Year  is a very special celebration throughout Vietnam and there are a lot of traditional customs to be followed.  New Year's greetings, lucky money in red envelopes ,  Kumquat trees , Chung cakes or gift baskets.  Once again we are so fortunate to have Brian, Dat and Toan on hand to make sure ACCV runs smoothly and does the right thing.
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ACCV was very well represented by Dat and Toan, they proudly delivered Tet gifts to the different people we support. They both thoroughly enjoyed their Santa-like role and as you can see the gifts were very gratefully received.
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 Little Tuan enjoyed was thrilled with a box of choco pies and a lucky money envelope along with 5kg of rice for he and his grandmother.

The lovely children of Friendship Home where thrilled to receive a lucky envelope and a traditional Chung Cake each – let’s hope they really are symbols of good fortune for them.

Hien was very happy to receive envelopes and Choco pies  for the family, and a special bottle of Orange soda  for her very ill brother Ha. 
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Our language class at the Blind Association had an early finish to mark the occasion. Gift basket, lucky envelopes and Choco pies were the order of the day for a bit of a classroom Tet celebration! 

We wish you all the very best for the year of the Tiger!

Kind regards

Alison & Rose