Vietnamese Tet Festival

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-150108

Hansard session: Fifty-Eighth Parliament, First Session (58-1)

Vietnamese Tet Festival

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley)

—Speaker, I rise to thank the Vietnamese Community in Australia Inc. who recently hosted the Tet Festival in Fairfield. It was a fantastic opportunity to join with my Parliamentary colleagues to take part in the celebrations. The Tet Festival celebrates the beginning of the new year in the lunar calendar and of course, this year, we celebrated the Year of the Snake. The event was very well-attended, with thousands of families of Vietnamese heritage coming out to enjoy the celebrations. There was truly so much to do and see! It was great to see people enjoying traditional foods, taking part in traditional dances and ceremonies and embracing their cultural heritage. We are so blessed to live in a multicultural society where events like this aren't just possible – they're cherished by the rest of the community! Did you know that New South Wales is home to some of the biggest Lunar New Year Festivals outside of Asia? I would once again like to thank the Vietnamese Community in Australia Inc. for the work that they do in promoting cross-cultural tolerance and cohesion within our State's Vietnamese community. I sincerely look forward to attending next year.