Study and work abroad without conditions Vietnam Welcoming Tet, but young people of the Genetomo Z has always remembered and desired to preserve the tradition of Vietnamese people in foreign land.
Pictures of the New Year tray of Huong’s family in the US
Photo: Do Thi Huong
Despite 8 years of living and working in Australia, every Tet comes, Nguyen Dieu Linh’s family (born in 1999) still retains the tradition of lucky money at the beginning of the year and goes to temples in Melbourne to pray for blessings. “I still remember the years of Covid-19 Pandemic, relatives stayed up all night staying up late, wrapped and cooked banh chung to give to the expatriates unable to go home to celebrate Tet. The banh chung is also carefully given to friends and giving them to relatives as a happy new year greeting, ”said Linh.
However, finding ingredients to create food Vietnam It is not easy for international students in the central area of Australia. “It will be difficult to find banana leaves to wrap banh chung, sour to make stir -fried snail beans, herbs like cilia, coriander to create the typical flavor of the dish. Vietnam”, According to Linh.

Ms. Linh and her friends wrapped banh chung on the occasion of Tet
Photo: Nguyen Dieu Linh
Even so, she tried to complete the dishes. Ms. Linh said she brought food Vietnam Coming to the company to introduce colleagues, despite facing many wary eyes about dishes such as snails, durian, shrimp sauce … gradually, her Australian colleagues started to love food Vietnam. “Even I have brought Tet to my company. Food Vietnam is the best, ”Linh said. “Although I have been living and working abroad for a long time, I always have a strong belief that every footprint will leave in the hearts of the people there a memory of people. Vietnam. We do not go abroad to dissolve but to integrate, to be able to show international friends the beauty in the long -standing culture of people Vietnam”, Linh said.

Ms. Linh decorated Tet at the company in Australia
Photo: Nguyen Dieu Linh

Ms. Linh and her family take photos of ao dai on the occasion of Tet
Photo: Nguyen Dieu Linh
Tet this year is another holiday season Do Thi Huong (born in 2001) – International students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Massachusetts (USA) Vietnam. On the days near Tet, Huong is more homesick. Huong confided: “Although away from home, but keeping Tet customs when living abroad not only preserves the traditional culture but also is an opportunity to unite the family”.

Huong dressed in ao dai and took photos in the American Tet scene
Photo: Do Thi Huong
Huong said that the family often decorates the house to create an atmosphere for Tet days, preparing the tray to show gratitude to the ancestors and the same relatives taking photos in traditional ao dai costumes. In addition, as a student, Huong also often participates in the Vietnamese club to meet their compatriots, cultural exchanges and respond to the atmosphere of Tet in the days away from home.

Huong family decorated Tet in America
Photo: Do Thi Huong

Huong sown hexagrams on Tet in the US
Photo: Do Thi Huong
Huong is always proud to be the Vietnamese -land and always considering the preservation of tradition as necessary to affirm the identity, spreading beautiful values to international friends. “The younger generation, people living and studying abroad are special bridges Vietnam And the world, between tradition and modernity. I always remind myself that remembering and preserving national pride so that no matter where you go, I still do not forget the source, ”Huong said.