Special Tet tours for visitors

HCM City-based travel agencies have unveiled special tours for foreigners who want to experience the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year or Tet.
Ben Thanh Tourist has launched a one-day tour to the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long that will take visitors to Vinh Sang Tourist Park and people's houses in Vinh Long to take a look at rural life and Tet celebrations. It costs US$45 per person for groups of ten.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co has launched a tour called Celebrate Tet with Saigonese for five hours which will take in Cho Lon by cyclo, the flower market, and other tourist destinations in HCM City. Foreign guests can also join local people in making banh tet (the cylindrical glutinous rice cake) and have a meal with a local family. The tour is priced at $30 while a tour of My Tho costs $45.