Continuing to play a meaningful role in modern life, the Tet holiday is an important occasion for Vietnamese families to gather together and/or reunite. The time evokes memories such as the well-known saying “A quid of betel and areca nuts start the ball rolling”, which is often included in a grandmother’s stories to her grandchildren. The tradition continues with offerings of pairs of square glutinous rice cakes to the ancestors. People are still moved by the parallel sentences at Tet, when thoughts of the past, present and future swarm in during the final days of the year.

During recent years international tourists have been travelling to Vietnam during this period to discover for themselves the ever-vibrant celebration. Furama Resort Danang proudly celebrates this holiday with a wide variety of activities while playing host to both foreign guests and Vietnamese families looking for a more luxurious approach at this festive time. 

Glamour and warmth 

At the entrance guests will be welcomed with 500 red lanterns and 12 handmade animals representing the Chinese zodiac on cyclos and decorated with Tet flowers. Our beautiful “Spring Garden” will be outstanding, with four significant trees, Tung (pine tree), Cuc (daisy), Truc (small bamboo) and Mai (apricot blossom) in the garden with peach blossom trees and a small river. The lobby will feel warm and welcoming, highlighted by the lanterns, parallel sentences and the bright colours of the flower garden ensuring a happy, luxurious and successful New Year for everyone.

The resort’s courtyard during the Lunar New Year will transport you to an ancient Vietnamese market. Drop by “Mrs Ly’s Tea Shop” and taste traditional food featured only during Tet holidays. Rural girls in traditional clothing of kerchiefs and green belts with their flowing black hair walk by selling goods, a wizened old woman demonstrates how to make and pack square glutinous rice cakes, consult an old fortune-teller, or watch a scholar writing parallel sentences and other calligraphy. There will be portrait painting and an exhibition of Dong Ho and Hang Trong folk paintings, a booth of handmade wooden children’s toys and handicrafts of conical hats, Non Nuoc stone carvings, Hoi An lanterns and a demonstration of SQ embroidery paintings - a well-respected trademark known to domestic and foreign tourists alike. 

The “Ancient Vietnamese Market” at Furama Resort Danang will present specialties of central Vietnam such as Quang noodle (“mi quang”), pork rolled in pancake (“banh trang cuon thit heo”), and Hoi An and Hanoi noodles to highlight the Vietnamese culinary arts. 

For additional entertainment there will be traditional Cham dancing, the haunting melodies of a shepherd playing the flute and other traditional musical performances to welcome in the New Year.

The festivities of the “Ancient Vietnamese Market” at the Furama Resort Danang will take place over three days, from February 10 to 12 (the 27th, 28th and 29th days of the Lunar New Year).

The Furama Resort Danang will host delicious buffet parties at our signature Café Indochine on the last and first days of the Lunar New Year. Come along to enjoy luxurious five-star service and be entertained by our exciting Filipino band during the final minutes of the Year of the Buffalo and welcome in the Year of the Tiger with a roar! 

With a range of inclusive packages offering a host of exciting and unusual extras, including some beauty treatments at the new Furama Beauty Salon, revel in the luxury of our five-star resort and touch the heart of Ancient Vietnam with our incredible Tet promotions. Stay from February 5 - 21 for $199++ per person based on twin or double sharing and $342++ per package for single, including two nights accommodation in a Luxurious Garden View Room, delicious daily buffet breakfasts, one dinner buffet per person at Café Indochine, and complimentary round trip airport transfers.