For example, single middle-aged women should never be the first people to visit their relations or neighbors on Tet morning. Also on the Tet blacklist those people who have lost a member of their family during the previous year. These families are often ostracized from the community and sometimes stay home during the whole Tet period. Tet is a strange time for foreign tourist and expatriates in Vietnam. There's no raucous beer drinking, for instance.
Many visitors are surprised to find that almost everything is closed during the week of Tet.
No bars, no restaurants. Far from being a boisterous celebration, Tet is closed to a European Christmas day and a quite family affair. The best person to have in your house on Tet morning is a wealthy, married man who has several children. If the host have a bad year, they will likely remember their first visitor and blame their woes on him. Li Xi , or lucky money, is another Tet tradition.