First Day of 2012

The first visitor of the new year to someone's house is an auspicious occasion because it represents a pretense of events for the coming year - good or bad luck. Vietnamese heads of households (men) "select" their "first visitors" very carefully & take the "selection process" very seriously. I was honored that Vinh invited me to be the "first visitor" of the year to his house. He picked me up at my hotel @ 10AM -- this is very early for the first day of the year.
This is a pic of the Phamily around the bonsai tree I brought to them as a Tet gift. This is a very traditional gift. It comes with e different colors: yellow (from the southern provinces) and pink (from the northern provinces).