Instead of the usual greetings and saluations for all those who celebrate the coming Chinese New year, I would like to enrich you with something interesting that I have learned about Vietnamese culture.

 

The folks over at Vietname do also celebrate Chinese New Year but to them is the Year of the Cat instead of the Year of the Rabbit. In Vietnam, the Rabbit is not part of the Zodiac animals as the the Chinese character for Rabbit sounds like Cat in Vietnamese language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)

 

To end this post, I would like to share a picture (taken by my sis) of my family cat.

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新年快乐

Chúc mừng năm mới

年年有余

Mỗi năm hơn

 

心想事成

 Tất cả mong muốn trở thành sự thật

 

万事如意

Chúc may mắn

 

 

Disclaimer - Translated directly using Google Translate - meaning may be totally lost :p