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Saigon market packed as people buy Tet offerings

Saigon market packed as people buy Tet offerings

Thiec Market in HCMC’s District 11 is filled with shoppers these days looking for votive papers to offer to the gods for Tet, the Lunar New Year.

Vietnamese lose burning desire to please the deceased with joss paper

Vietnamese lose burning desire to please the deceased with joss paper

Vietnamese have gradually abandoned the traditional custom of burning joss paper during festivals as perceptions change.

Votive paper manufacturer triples profits as people burn cash

Votive paper manufacturer triples profits as people burn cash

An Yen Bai company that makes votive paper tripled its net profit to VND34.3 billion ($1.48 million) last year.

January 20, 2019 | 11:39 pm PT

Firms grow along with Vietnam's tradition of burning votive paper for dead

Firms grow along with Vietnam's tradition of burning votive paper for dead

With burning paper copies of money as votive offerings to ancestors being a popular tradition, the few companies that make them have seen sales rise.

August 20, 2018 | 08:25 pm PT

Hanoi villagers make a mad dash to bring ‘lucky fire’ home for new lunar year

Hanoi villagers make a mad dash to bring ‘lucky fire’ home for new lunar year

For these villagers, this new year fire is more sacred than the Olympic flame.

February 26, 2018 | 08:48 pm PT

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