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Traditional Tet delicacies showcased to international friends in New York

With the Lunar New Year (Tet) right on our doorstep, on February 7, the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in New York organized an event to showcase Vietnam's traditional Tet dishes and celebrate the Lunar New Year being recognized as a floating holiday by the UN.

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14 February, 2024

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The event was attended by diplomats from various countries, including ambassadors and chargés d’affaires from all the member and observer countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as the Vietnamese National Assembly delegation attending a joint Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – UN hearing, and the ASEAN Chair’s special envoy for Myanmar.

Emphasizing the significance of Tet in the traditional culture of Vietnam and other Asian countries, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, expressed his hope that in the Year of the Dragon 2024, the UN member states, particularly the ASEAN Committee in New York, will continue to enhance cooperation and solidarity, and collaborate to find solutions to global challenges, thus contributing to a world of peace, stability, and sustainable development.

During the event, the ambassador, along with his spouse and the staff members of the Vietnamese mission, prepared and served traditional and typical Tet dishes from Vietnam to the guests.

On December 22, 2023, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing the Lunar New Year as a UN floating holiday. The resolution acknowledges that this is a holiday celebrated in many member states and encourages UN agencies to avoid scheduling meetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The recognition of the Lunar New Year as a UN floating holiday was the result of coordinated efforts at the UN. Vietnam was one of the twelve countries that jointly proposed this recognition to UN leaders in August 2023, and actively campaigned for its approval.