Tet is a traditional holiday of Vietnam. It often begins in late-January and ends in early-February. With the meaning of seeing the old year off and welcoming the new year, Tet becomes a special occasion of reunion for Vietnamese families. At that time, all family members try to come back to their home and get together to make such preparations for Tet as buying new clothes and cleaning their house. A branch of apricot blossoms or a Kumquat tree is indispensable decoration for every family in these days. They seem like a fresh air to the house. We display a tray full of fruits and vases of flowers on the ancestral altar. Some typical Tet's food are sweets, coconut jam, fruit candies, melon seeds, stew pork with eggs, and especially sticky rice cake. Tet meals are usually bigger and more delicious than our daily ones. On Tet holiday, people have many recreational activities. Young persons take part in the traditional games such as: tug of war, cooking rice, cock fighting, watching lion dance. Many people visit relatives to wish a happy new year. Adults will give lucky money to children. Woman like going to pagoda to wish good things for their family. In my opinion, I like cozy and fresh Tet atmosphere. All family members gather and talk about resolutions for a happy new year. I can hang out with my friend and don't worry about anything. " Tet" holiday is always in Vietnamese's heart.

Tham khảo nha!

Vietnam is the country with many beautiful festivals. There are hundreds of festivals each year. Besides the Tet Holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese children. The Mid-Autumn festival is held on the 15^th day on the 8^thlunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of autumn and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods - Moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit, such as grapefruit, longan fruit, bananas, apples, mango, etc. Moon cakes are the specific cakes and are only on this festival. Moon cake, which is made from flavour, meat, egg, dried fruit, pumpkin’s seed, peanut, is so sweet and good tasting. Everyone sounds “How delicious Moon cakes are!” after tasting them and can’t say no with them. Moon cakes symbolise Luck, Happiness, Health and Wealth on the Mid-Autumn day. Besides that, the children are provided with many nice lanterns - star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks such as clown mask, lion mask, prince or princess mask for the special performance in the evening of the full moon. Everywhere is fallen in the active and colourful air. The main point of the Mid-Autumn is that children use the beautiful lanterns, wear funny masks, perform fantastic lion dances, sing folklore songs in the house’s grounds or in the streets when the moon is rising. It is really an exciting show. The Mid-Autumn celebration is an opportunity for members of the family to visit together and share together everything in their year. The young generation express their gratitude to the old generation. The parents show their love for their children. Because the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, so the adults and parents give gifts to the children. And the teenagers receive a lot of presents with many good luck wishes before the hard school time. The symbol PhD which is made from paper represents good wishes for success to pupils. For others, because the traditional time to have this festival is usually after harvesting the crops, it is as the congratulation for the full harvest. Nowadays, although some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning and the performance has been kept and developed. It is certain that the Mid-Autumn day is important and famous for Vietnamese people. Everyone wants to join in it. And it really is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Mid-Autumn Festival is under the full moon day of the lunar calendar every year in August, over 4,000 years ago. This is the day children’s festival, also known as the “Festival looks Moon”. Children are expected Tet is because adults are often donated toys, usually light. His star, mask, light pull troops … and pies, cakes plastic. Besides the Tet Holiday, Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese children.

In this new year, we organized presentation deck, looks moon. Everywhere is fallen in the active and colorful air. Children are provided with many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks for special performance in the evening of the full moon. In some areas, people also held dragon dance, lion dance to the children happy. The main point of the Mid-Autumn is that children use the beautiful lanterns, wear funny masks, perform fantastic lion dances and sing folklore songs in the house’s grounds or on the streets when the moon is rising.

In Vietnam, Moon cakes are the specific cakes and are only on this festival. Moon cakes, which are made from flavor, dried fruit, meat, egg, pumpkin’s seed, peanut, are so sweet and good tasting. Moon cakes symbolize Luck, Happiness, Health and Wealth on the Mid-Autumn day.

Mid-Autumn celebration is also an opportunity for members of the family to get together and share everything in their year. The young generation express their gratitude to the old generation. The parents show their love for their children. For others, because the traditional time to have this festival is usually after harvesting the crops, it is as the congratulation for the full harvest.

Apart from moon cakes and lanterns, the other most visible tradition related to Mid-Autumn festival is the lion dance. On the nights leading up to the holiday, groups of children parade through the streets – some of the children maintain a martial beat on drums, while others control an extravagantly decorated ‘lion’ crafted from molds and paper.

The children approach homes and businesses and ask the owners for their permission to perform. If they agree, the children put on a show that is believed to bring a blessing of luck and fortune. Afterwards the host gives the children lucky money as a sign of gratitude.

In Viet Nam , the Mid- Autumn Festival, also referred as Tet Trung Thu, is one of the two most celebrated festivals to current date. The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back over 15,000 years ago, and is traditionally held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. A Vietnamese folklore indicates that the festival came about as a way for parents to make up lost time, showing love and appreciation to their children after the harvest season. Appropriately, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children's Festival. Trung-Thu activities are often centred around children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school. Vietnamese markets sell a variety of lanterns, but the most popular children's lantern is the star lantern. Other children's activities include arts and crafts in which children make face masks and lanterns. Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances and participate in contests for prizes and scholarships. Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung-Thu festivities. In addition, Vietnamese parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon. I like the festival very much because it is an opportunity for me to gather with my family and friends to enjoy the moonlight and many special refreshments.

- Dịch :

Tại Việt Nam, Lễ hội Trung thu, còn gọi là Tết Trung Thu, là một trong hai lễ hội được tổ chức nhiều nhất cho đến ngày nay . Tết Trung thu bắt đầu từ hơn 15.000 năm trước và thường được tổ chức vào ngày 15 tháng 8 âm lịch. Một nền văn học dân gian Việt Nam cho thấy lễ hội đã trở thành một cách để cha mẹ bỏ thời gian ra để thể hiện tình yêu và sự đánh giá cao cho con mình sau mùa thu hoạch. Đặc biêt , Tết Trung Thu còn được gọi là ngày lễ của trẻ em. Các hoạt động của Trung Thu thường tập trung quanh trẻ em để chúng có thể tham gia vào một đám rước đèn nến vào buổi bình minh. Lồng đèn tượng trưng cho độ sáng trong khi đám rước tượng trưng cho sự thành công trong trường học. Thị trường Việt Nam bán nhiều loại đèn lồng, nhưng đèn lồng của trẻ em phổ biến nhất là đèn lồng sao. Các hoạt động của trẻ em khác bao gồm nghệ thuật và hàng thủ công, trong đó trẻ em làm mặt nạ và đèn lồng. Trẻ em cũng biểu diễn những điệu múa truyền thống của Việt Nam và tham gia các cuộc thi cho các giải thưởng và học bổng. Những vũ công kỳ lân cũng rất phổ biến ở các lễ hội Trung Thu. Ngoài ra, cha mẹ Việt Nam kể cho các con câu chuyện cổ tích của họ và phục vụ bánh trung thu và các món ăn đặc biệt khác dưới ánh mặt trăng . Tôi thích lễ hội rất nhiều vì đây là cơ hội để tôi sum họp với gia đình và bạn bè để thưởng thức ánh trăng và nhiều đồ ăn nhẹ đặc biệt.

The Mid-Autumn festival dates back to the Rice Civilization of the Red River delta, over 4,000 years ago. It is held on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of autumn and it is celebrated for a whole day. Besides the Tet Holiday, Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese children.

Children are provided with many nice lanterns - star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks for special performance in the evening of the full moon. Everywhere is fallen in the active and colorful air. The main point of the Mid-Autumn is that children use the beautiful lanterns, wear funny masks, perform fantastic lion dances and sing folklore songs in the house's grounds or on the streets when the moon is rising.

Moon cakes are the specific cakes and are only on this festival. Moon cakes, which are made from flavor, meat, egg, dried fruit, pumpkin's seed, peanut, are so sweet and good tasting. Moon cakes symbolize Luck, Happiness, Health and Wealth on the Mid-Autumn day.

Apart from moon cakes and lanterns, the other most visible tradition related to Mid-Autumn festival is the lion dance. On the nights leading up to the holiday, groups of children parade through the streets – some of the children maintain a martial beat on drums, while others control an extravagantly decorated 'lion' crafted from molds and paper.
The children approach homes and businesses and ask the owners for their permission to perform. If they agree, the children put on a show that is believed to bring a blessing of luck and fortune. Afterwards the host gives the children lucky money as a sign of gratitude.

Mid-Autumn celebration is also an opportunity for members of the family to get together and share everything in their year. The young generation express their gratitude to the old generation. The parents show their love for their children. For others, because the traditional time to have this festival is usually after harvesting the crops, it is as the congratulation for the full harvest.

New Year day is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in our country. This is the occasion that people celebrates with great joy, hope, festivity and different cultural and other programs.

New Year is the time when a new calendar year begins and the year count is incremented. According to the Gregorian calendar, this festival falls on the first January each year.

People start the arrangement to celebrate this festival about one week prior to the 1st January. On the 31st night, people gather together, eat western foods and sometimes the traditional foods, make prayer for the prosperity of for the New Year and stay awake till late night to enjoy the night.

In my country, people groom well in the first January. To some extent, people believe that the first January is important to them as it the starting of a new year. They believe that remaining happy, eating good foods and wearing nice clothes would make them happy and prosperous for the whole year.

People greet others, give and receive gifts, visit the amusement parks and do many other activities. Some fares held on for the occasion and a great gathering is observed there. So of the big trade fares, book fares start on the 1st day of the year.

This is an important festival to us. We along with the whole world take this day as an important festival day. In our tradition, we start the year with the hope of eliminating the bitterness and failure of the past year and start a fresh year with the hope of fortune and happiness.

Bài 2 :

On summer holiday, I often go back to my hometown and I have seen many changes in this rural area over the years.

The most impressive change is in education. Recently, there are more schools rebuilt nearby and they are all better equipped. This summer, my hometown friends and I enjoy reading different kinds of books and comics in the new library. This change makes my stay here a lot more enjoyable.

Means of communication is the second big change I can see in the area. In the past, the common way to contact somebody faraway was to write letters by hand. Nowadays, thanks to mobile phones and even social networks, the locals can keep in touch more easily.

However, the negative change in the environment is something I dislike. Vast paddy fields where the children used to fly kites no longer exist. Instead, a new industrial zone appears. Worse, factories in the zone are polluting the river and make it too dirty for us to swim in.

Festival in Hội An

The ancient city of Hội An will host a series of performances to celebrate the festival in the old quarter and in the Hoài River Square on September 12-15.

The city’s Culture and Sports Centre said yesterday a contest between lion and unicorn dances will open the festival at the Hoài River Square on the nights of September 12-13.

A performance re-enacting a mid-autumn night in the ancient town during the early years of the 20th century will be staged in the Old Quarter on September 14 from 6.30pm to 10pm.

Visitors can watch local residents make their offerings to celebrate the Full Moon Festival in front of houses on every corner of Hội An on September 14 (the 14th day of the eighth lunar month).

Lanterns will light up the houses, restaurants, cafés, shops and streets of Hội An during the festival. Candle-lit paper flowers will be also be released on the Hoài River.

Festival for disadvantaged kids

More than 1,000 homeless children in HCM City will receive mooncakes, lanterns and other gifts this weekend from charity groups.

The children will take part in a two-day cultural programme called Trung Thu Mơ Ước (Mid-Autumn Dreams), enjoying traditional games, puppet shows, and lantern design and singing contests.

They will be entertained by young pop star Sơn Tùng MT-P, singers Bùi Anh Tuấn and Trang Nhung, who will perform for free at a music gala called Hát Với Chị Hằng (Singing with Moon Girl).

Children and artists will join a lantern parade at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Trung Thu Mơ Ước, organised by the city’s Department of Information and Communication, will begin on Saturday night at the Book Street on Nguyễn Văn Bình Street in District 1.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its partners will organise a festival called Thành Phố Tuổi Thơ (City of Childhood) for young kids and teenagers at Nguyễn Huệ Street in District 1.

The young children will enjoy a street mooncake and lantern party, while poor kids will get gifts from the organisers on the full-moon night on September 15

The event will also feature dragon dances and fashion shows staged by young performers of cultural houses for children.

More than 2,000 children from rural districts will be invited to participate in Trung Thu Sum Vầy (Happy Mid-Autumn Night), a variety programme at Suối Tiên Theme Park in District 9.

Lantern and fruit-tray design competitions, circus and magic performances, and water-puppet shows will also be featured.

A charity event party supported by local organisations on September 15 will be held for more than 100 disadvantaged kids, who will enjoy toys, cakes and gifts.

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations also attract tourists who want to learn more about Vietnamese culture. — VNS.

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Bài 2 :

Bài làm 1 :

My hometown changes so much. The first change is life of local people. They have a better life because they have electricity, TV, hospital, schools nearby the village. The second change is the people There are more people and more houses here. The houses are more modern in brick not by soil anymore. The last change is the place for children to play. There is a park in the village.

Bài làm 2 :

I live in a mountainous village. My parents often tell me stories about their life in the past. It’s not much like the village I can see nowadays. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside our village. We don’t use oil lamps any more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We — village children — no longer have to waik a long way and cross a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there’s a new school nearby. We also have more visitors from the city. They come to experience our way of life.

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Andrew: Hi, Binh, how are you?

(Chào Bình, bạn khỏe không?)

Binh: Hey, An. Very good, thanks. It’s Mid – Autumn here in Vietnam.

(Chào, Andrew. Mình khỏe lắm, cảm ơn nhé. Ở Việt Nam đang là Trung thu đó.)

Andrew: Mid – Autumn? What’s that?

(Trung thu? Đó là cái gì?)

Binh: Mid – Autumn is a traditional festival in Vietnam.

(Trung thu là một lễ hội truyền thống ở Việt Nam.)

Andrew: What do people do for the festival?

(Mọi người làm gì vào dịp lễ hội này?)

Binh: Before the Mid-Autumn festival, people buy lantenrs and mooncakes. During the festival, they give gifts to their family and friends, watch lion dances and parades.

(Trước Tết Trung thu, mọi người mua đèn lồng và bánh trung thu. Trong suốt lễ hội, họ tặng quà cho gia đình và bạn bè, xem múa lân và diễu hành.)

Andrew: Sounds fun!

(Nghe có vẻ vui đó!)

Binh: It is! Everyone is happy and excited about the Mid-Autumn festival.

(Ừm! Mọi người đều vui và háo hức chào đón ngày tết trung thu.)

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Mid Autumn is a special Festival in some countries of Asia in general and VietNam in parular. In fact, Mid Autumn is festival which intended for children. In VietNam, this festival springs from legend : The moon and a kid. The legend explains how the moon is shinest in mid autumn and why people see a banian tree and a kid on the moon. The moon is called Sister Moon and the kid is Cuoi.

Mid Autumn begins from 14 to 15 August, in Vietnamese lunar calendar. In these days, children are going to pick the lantern up and go around the streets or towns. Children will be given gifts such as pie, candy, star lantern... They will be seen lion dance or musical concert. almost children are really into seeing lion dance and follow it that go everywhere. Some children bring a small torch that includes oil and rag to burn. And others bring clarinet and drum to make the festival more eventful.

However, mid autumn festival is also festival for business. The streets have many stores that sale pie, cake. This is occasion that many people present cake each other. Pie mid autumn is a kind of special cake that is only in mid autumn festival. There are many kind of pies such as soft cake, pie with egg , hog pie, croissant… The Pie mid autumn have special taste. It is sweet smelling and very delicious. Almost Vietnamese people love pie mid autumn and buy it for family.

Mid Autumn became a traditional festival in VietNam. It is a part of Vietnamese culture. Anyone who grown up in VietNam, is regular knowing and joining in this festival.