The Lunar New Year side wants to keep the traditions of following the weather and seasonal changes for agriculture and farming purposes. This is what those against Lunar New Year base their argument on: a strong country like Japan doesn't even celebrate the Lunar New Year. Agriculture Professor Võ Tòng Xuân said "If you want to cling to the Lunar New Year, our country will forever stay poor!" Some of the bad habits on Lunar New Year include overdrinking and getting drunk, drink-driving, burning firecrackers, and intense gambling, either during the holiday, or even the whole first lunar month. Tết, or Lunar New Year today has only one good thing, it pushes people to spend money to keep the economy growing.

Source: Viet Nam News January 07, 2024 13:54 UTC