Hayslip is an author and speaker. She lives in Escondido. In Vietnam, anticipating Tet — the Lunar New Year — was similar to children in the West waiting for Santa Claus to come down the chimney. Of ...

For many members of the Vietnamese American community, the new year celebration of Tet is – to borrow a line from a famous song – the most wonderful time of the year. “It’s as big as the Christmas ...

When I first journeyed to Vietnam at the age of 22, fresh out of college over two decades ago, the romantic allure of Hanoi captivated me. My arrival coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time ...

For many Americans, New Year’s happens when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1 and crowds of freezing people cheer in Times Square, New York. But for the Vietnamese American community in San Jose — ...