Tet reunion with relatives of Vietnamese beauty queens and runners-up

Thien Anh• DNUM_CDZABZCACD 17:20

Thuy Tien and Khanh Van celebrated Tet in Ho Chi Minh City, while Tieu Vy, H'Hen Nie, and Do Thi Ha returned to their hometowns to reunite with their families.

H'Hen NieTaking a photo with her mother in front of her family's stilt house in Sut M'Dung village, Cu M'gar district (Dak Lak). This year, she returned home to celebrate Tet with her relatives on the 28th of the lunar calendar. When she got home, she visited graves, cleaned the house, helped her family wrap banh tet and cooked Ede New Year dishes. She said she felt grateful to be with her family during the early spring. "All fatigue and sadness disappeared because for me, family is always where I belong and gives me great energy to move forward," she said.

Ngoc Chaureunited with her mother after returning from the Miss Universe contest in the US. Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 said that this year, she and her mother went to the Tet market to buy flowers and offerings, then gathered with relatives around a New Year's Eve meal with delicious dishes her mother cooked such as braised pork with duck eggs, pickled onions, and pickled onions. Ngoc Chau revealed that she will give her mother a larger sum of money than every year. "I cherish the Tet holiday because this is when the two of us have more time to be together, eat and talk," she confided.

Thanh ThuySpring trip with her parents and younger sister in her hometown - Da Nang City. Miss Vietnam 2022 said she cherishes the moment of welcoming New Year's Eve with her family members. Even though her friends invite her to go out, she still chooses to stay with her relatives. Cooking a meal with her parents to worship her ancestors, eating cakes and watching fireworks is her great joy. Even though she is grown up, Thanh Thuy still receives lucky money and fortune from her parents at the beginning of the year.

Thuy Tiencelebrate Tet in Ho Chi Minh City with her father and grandparents. "My family atmosphere is very happy. Normally, every time Tet comes, I come home, everyone has already cooked everything, I just have to enjoy it," she said.

MissNgoc Hanwearing ao dai with her husband Phu Dat, wishing both families a happy new year on the first day of the new year. This is the first year she celebrates Tet as a married woman.

MissDo Thi HaCelebrate Tet with extended family in Thanh Hoa.

Runner-upThanh Tuwearing ao dai, celebrating the new year with her husband Thanh Phuong at a villa in Hanoi.

MissKy DuyenCelebrate Tet in Nam Dinh with her parents, brother and his wife, and her nieces and nephews. Ky Duyen's family is originally from Nam Dinh, but after she moved to the South to start a business, her parents followed her and the whole family often returned to the North during holidays and Tet.