Vietnamese New Year, also known as Tet Nguyen Dan (Tet Festival), is the most important festival in Vietnam. It celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Vietnamese calendar as well the coming of spring. In 2023, it falls on January 22nd. The celebrations take place from January 21st (Tet Eve) khổng lồ January 26th, 2023.

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During the New Year, people will greet và wish each other happiness, good luck, health, and prosperity. Usually, people greet and send wishes in the morning of the first day of the new year. The easiest và most commonly used greetings during Tet are "Chúc mừng Năm Mới!" (‘Happy New Year!’) and “Cung hỉ vạc tài!” (‘Congratulations & prosper!’).


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1. Chúc mừng Năm Mới — Happy New Year

2. Cung hỉ vạc tài — Congratulations and be prosperous

3. Cung chúc Tân Xuân — Best wishes for the new spring

4. An khang thịnh vượng thịnh vượng — Security, good health, và prosperity

5. Vạn sự như ý — May things go according khổng lồ your will


6. Sức khỏe dồi dào — Plenty of good health

7. Làm nạp năng lượng tấn tới — Be successful at work

8. Năm mới, thắng lợi mới — New year, new triumphs

9. Năm mới dồi dào mức độ khỏe — I wish you a healthy new year

10. Năm mới tấn tài tấn lộc — I wish you a wealthy new year

11. Năm mới tết đến thăng quan lại tiến chức — I wish that you will get promoted in the new year

12. Năm mới tết đến toàn gia bình an — I wish that the new year will bring health và peace khổng lồ your family

Vietnamese New Year Greetings & Wishes for Business Owners


1. Chi phí vô như nước — May money flow in lượt thích water

2. Làm nạp năng lượng phát tài — May your business prosper 

Vietnamese New Year Greetings and Wishes for Elders

1. Sống thọ trăm tuổi — Long life of 100 years

2. Tăng phúc tăng thọ — Increased blessings and longevity

Tet New Year Greetings and Wishes for Children

1. Hay nạp năng lượng chóng lớn — Eat often và grow fast

2. Học hành tấn tới — Make good progress in school


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Vietnamese New Year goes by many names, Tết Ta, Tết Nguyên Đán, Tết Âm Lịch, or simply TẾT!

It is the most important and popular festival in Vietnam where everyone comes trang chủ to celebrate the new year with their families.

If you're living in Vietnam or have Vietnamese friends or family members, the best way to lớn anticipate for đầu năm mới is to learn how to greet và wish others Happy New year in Vietnamese.

So in this lesson, you'll learn:


"Happy New Year" in Vietnamese

There are two ways that the locals often use to lớn say "Happy New Year" during Tết.

1. Chúc mừng năm mới

This is the standard way of saying "Happy New Year" in Vietnamese, especially during your visit lớn others' homes, or right after the countdown.

You can use it khổng lồ wish everyone, including your family members, relatives, boss, co-workers, and friends.

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The word chúc means "to wish", và mừng means "glad" or "joyful". Chúc mừng together has the meaning of "to congratulate" in Vietnamese.

The word năm means "year", & mới means "new". So Năm mới literally means "new year".

2. Năm mới tết đến vui vẻ

This is another common way of saying "Happy New Year" in Vietnamese. Somehow, it doesn't sound as flashy as Chúc mừng năm mới.

The words năm mới as we know means "new year", & vui vẻ means "happy". So the whole phrase literally means "Happy New Year".

Common Vietnamese New Year Wishes

On the first few days of Tết, family members, relatives, & close family friends would wish each other health, happiness, luck, và prosperity.

Below are 10 common New Year wishes in Vietnamese that you can use yourself.

General wishes

Vạn sự như ýliterally "Everything goes according khổng lồ your wishes"

An khang thịnh vượngto wish for "Security, good health, & prosperity"

Career wishes

Công nên danh toạito wish someone succeed in their career lượt thích how they desire

Thăng quan liêu tiến chứcto wish someone getting the promotion at work

Money wishes

Phát tài phân phát lộcto wish someone become rich and prosperous

Tiền vô như nướcliterally "Money goes in like water"

Tiền ra nhỏ giọtliterally "Money goes out like water drops"


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Good health wishes

For older family members or someone who is old enough to lớn be your parent, aunt, uncle, or grandparent, you would want khổng lồ wish them "good health", you can say:

Dồi dào mức độ khoẻliterally "Plenty of health"

Sống thọ trăm tuổiliterally "Live long till 100 years old" (for elders)

Trẻ mãi ko giàliterally "Forever young, never gets old"

For little children, you can wish them:

Hay ăn uống chóng lớnEat well, grow rapidly (for kids)

Wishes to lớn friends (casual)

The next few phrases are not that common, but they are quite casual & fun lớn use it to wish your siblings or friends that you are close with.

Tiền đầy túi, tình đầy timPocket full of money, heart full of love

If it's a male person, you can wish him lớn have ...

Một vợ, hai con, nhà cha tầng, xe tứ chỗOne wife, two kids, 3-level house, 4-seat car
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Example sentences:

Năm mới, chúc anh/chị vạn sự như ý, phát tài - phát lộc phát lộc New year, wish you get everything you wish for, become prosperous

Năm mới, chúc ba/mẹ/ông/bà dồi dào sức khoẻ, sống lâu trăm tuổiNew year, wish you (dad/mom/grandpa/grandma) have plenty of health, live long till 100 years old

Năm mới, chúc bé hay ăn uống chóng lớn New year, wish you (kid) eat well, grow rapidly

Besides the above phrases for new year wishes, you can also wish them more simply using the following words và literal phrases:

sức khoẻ - healthbình an - peace (= nothing bad would come)tài lộc - fortunecông câu hỏi thuận lợi - work/job goes smoothlycông bài toán thăng tiến - work/job advancescó những niềm vui - have lots of happiness

Following the given patterns, we'll have complete phrases lượt thích this to wish someone.

Năm mới, chúc ông mức độ khoẻNew year, wish you (grandpa) health

Năm mới, chúc anh các bước thuận lợiNew year, wish you your work goes smoothly

Năm mới, chúc mẹ sức khoẻ và có rất nhiều niềm vuiNew year, wish you (mom) health và have lots of happiness.


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Must-know words for Vietnamese New Year

Below is the danh sách of common words that you would hear or see during Tết.

ăn Tết means "to celebrate New Year"

giao thừa means "New Year’s Eve"

pháo hoa / pháo bôngmeans "fireworks"

lì xìrefers lớn the lucky money given khổng lồ the children by the adults during Tết, often in a red envelope