(VOVworld) – Some of the most distinctive features of the Vietnamese Tet holiday were showcased at an event called “Cho Que”, or a traditional Vietnamese market, at the Hanoi Sofitel Legend Metropole. The venue for the event was the hotel’s open-air courtyard. At Cho Que, vendors set up shops along the walkway bordering one side of the hotel’s inner sanctum. Dressed in traditional garb, vendors sold food and handicrafts. Other activities included a dragon dance, Vietnamese traditional music performances and a special Chung or square sticky rice cake making competition. The event drew many young Vietnamese as well as foreigners.

Foreign guests were interested in the Vietnamese Dong Ho paintings.

Vietnamese traditional Pho beef noodle was served at Cho Que.

The traditional Vietnamese dragon dance kicked-off the event.

A spectacular dragon dance performed around the hotel’s pool.

Young Vietnamese were eager to find out how To He or toy figurines were made.


Artisan Le Dung was showing visitors how to make Chung or square sticky rice cake.

The three contestants of the making Chung cake competition were ready to start their game.

A calligrapher was showing a calligraphic word to a foreign visitor.

Fried Chung cake, boiled corns and boiled sweat potatoes were among the most common foodstuffs featured at Cho Que.


A traditional Vietnamese orchestra heated up the event’s atmosphere with their passionate traditional musical performance.