If the Philippines celebrates Christmas in a major big way, Vietnam has its own version of the festivity called TET (Vietnamese Lunar New Year). This year it will fall on the 3rd of February, same time as the Chinese have theirs. Tourists, expats and locals know and feel that Tet is near when different exciting decorations spruce up the city.
Take a quick look at some men changing the decors along Dong Khoi st. in District 1.
(not minding the danger of falling over or vehicles smashing against the scaffolding they are using!mind you, they are hanging all these things in broad daylight)
Dong Khoi looks more beautiful at night when all the lights and decorations are lit. The whole city centre has been "prettified" with various concepts such as "cat" (year of the cat - for Vietnamese and year of the rabbit - Chinese), lotus flowers, a huge watermelon on top of Saigon Tax etc.
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