Lucky money giveaway – an exchange for best New Year wishes

HÀ NỘI — Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tết) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck. Lucky money giveaway is a long-standing practice that represents “mừng tuổi” or “lì xì”, literally meaning “congratulation on a new age”. In return, the seniors also give several coins as lucky money to their children. In the country, lucky money giveaway is a custom at the start of a lunar new year. Given its meaning, lucky money giveaway has long been a cultural identity of Vietnamese people once Tết arrives.