TET
THESE TWO FLOWERS ARE OFTEN SEEN DECORATING HOUSEHOLDS DURING NEW YEARS.
WHAT ARE HOA MAI (YELLOW BLOSSOM) &
HOA DAO (PEACH BLOSSOM)?
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WHICH WAS DELIVERED BY HO CHI MINH AND FOLLOWED THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN IN WWII, WAS DELIVERED IN THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1945?
TAM HAD TO DO COMPLETE THIS TASK ASKED BY HER STEPMOTHER BEFORE BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE KING’S BALL.
WHAT IS SEPARATING A BIG PILE OF GREEN AND BLACK BEANS?
THESE ARE VIETNAM’S GEOGRAPHICAL NEIGHBORS.
WHAT ARE CHINA, LAOS, AND CAMBODIA?
DAC NHAN TAM IS THE VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION FOR THIS WORK BY DALE CARNEGIE.
WHAT IS HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE?
THIS ZODIAC ANIMAL REPRESENTS THE YEAR 2026.
WHAT IS THE HORSE?
SAIGON WAS RENAMED AFTER VIETNAM’S FIRST PRESIDENT THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1976?
HE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS VIETNAMESE POET, RECOGNISED BY UNESCO AS A WORLD CULTURAL CELEBRITY IN 2013 BY HIS 3,254 LINE POEM ABOUT A GIRL WHO’S HAD AN UNLUCKY ENCOUNTER WITH FATE.
WHO IS NGUYEN DU?
THIS IS VIETNAM’S TALLEST MOUNTAIN.
WHAT IS MOUNT FANSIPAN?
THIS ANIMALISTIC NAME IS WHAT NATIVES CALL THE HIGHEST RANKED CARD IN A POPULAR CARD GAME THAT DEALS EACH PLAYER 13 CARDS.
WHAT IS
HEO?
THIS ACT IS SEEN AS UNLUCKY AND THEREFORE AVOIDED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NEW YEAR ARRIVES AND THE DAY AFTER.
WHAT IS CLEANING?
FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL REUNIFICATION, VIETNAM JOINED THE UNITED NATIONS THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1977?
THIS FRUIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLKTALE ABOUT TWO BROTHERS WHO ARE BOTH PROMISED GOLD BY A GIANT PHOENIX BUT ONE ENDS UP DROWNING BECAUSE OF HIS GREED.
WHAT IS THE STARFRUIT?
THIS WORLD’S LARGEST CAVE IS LOCATED IN PHONG NHA-KE BANG NATIONAL PARK. IT IS ALSO A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
SON DOONG CAVE
THIS WAS THE ZODIAC ANIMAL OF THE YEAR 1973.
WHAT IS THE OX?
THIS KING IS ASSOCIATED WITH
BANH CHUNG
(SQUARE STICKY RICE CAKE) BANH DAY
(ROUND STICKY RICE CAKE).
WHO IS VUA HUNG THU 6
(THE SIXTH HUNG KING)?
THESE WERE VIETNAM’S NAMES IN THE PAST.
WHAT ARE
DAI VIET
DAI NAM
VAN XUAN
VAN LANG
AU LAC
DAI NGU?
(MORE.)
A MACARTHUR “GENIUS” GRANT RECIPIENT, THIS POET IS A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT WHO WROTE HIS DEBUT NOVEL ON HIS EXPERIENCE FLEEING WAR AND HIS MOTHER’S PTSD.
WHO IS OCEAN VUONG?
THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF VIETNAM’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
3,143 METERS
THESE TWO TIED FOR THE FIFTH MOST POPULAR VIETNAMESE LAST NAME.
WHAT IS HOANG/HUYNH?
TET OFFENSIVE
(CHIEN DICH TET MAU THAN), THE INFAMOUS AMBUSH BATTLE AGAINST U.S. MILITARY HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1968?
THIS PORTUGUESE JESUIT MISSIONARY WAS THE PRIMARY CREATOR OF THE MODERN LATIN-BASED VIETNAMESE ALPHABET, WHILE ALEXANDER RHODES ONLY PERFECTED HIS ORIGINAL WORK.
WHO IS FRANCESCO DE PINA?
THESE 2 LINES ARE THE FAMOUS OPENING LINES OF NGUYEN DU’S RENOWNED WORK THAT IS CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE.
TRAM NAM TRONG COI NGUOI TA/CHU TAI, CHU MENH KHEO LA GHET NHAU
HA LONG BAY, FAMOUS FOR ITS SCENERY AND OFTEN USED AS BACKDROP IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIES, FEATURES THIS MANY LIMESTONE ISLANDS AND ISLETS.
WHAT IS 1969 ISLANDS
VIET PHU THANH CHUONG (THANH CHUONG’S VIET PALACE) IS A RENOWNED CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ESTATE BUILT BY THE SON OF FAMOUS AUTHOR KIM LAN AND IS LOCATED IN THIS CITY.
WHAT IS HANOI?