Top 11 Unique Bestselling Items for Tet Lunar New Year 2022

Every year during Tet, according to the longstanding tradition of Vietnamese people, the indispensable dish is golden boiled chicken to offer to ancestors, so rare chicken breeds like Hồ chickens, Đại Cát chickens, Đông Tảo chickens... are warmly welcomed for the new year. Therefore, rare chicken breeds are being sought after everywhere, even though their prices are quite steep.

In chicken farming areas like Bình Dương or Bắc Ninh, the market is even more bustling with rare and precious chicken breeds imported from abroad, serving not only as ingredients for dishes but also as luxurious hobbies of the wealthy at the beginning of the new year.

Originating from the legendary tale of 'Mountain God - Water God,' chicken enthusiasts are increasingly fond of finding the '9-toe legendary chicken breed' - a rare and precious gift in the wedding challenge of King Hùng when choosing a husband for Princess Mị Nương. In fact, this nine-toe chicken species has appeared in Phú Thọ, but the quantity is quite rare, pushing the price up very high compared to normal.

A pair of chickens can cost from hundreds to tens of millions of dong according to chicken business owners evaluating them based on the criteria of 'beauty - rarity - uniqueness.' The trend of choosing Tet gifts is rare chicken breeds, which is the hot trend among the wealthy today.

To welcome the new year with abundance of wealth and luck, the handmade money tree is an excellent choice for customers during Tet. That's why it's ranked among the top-selling handmade items. Especially for business people, they are extremely interested in luck and wealth. Therefore, they always choose unique products like this money tree because they are made from different denominations of paper money such as 500 dong, 1,000 dong, 5,000 dong, or dollar bills, decorated with various designs depending on the maker's aesthetic.

The process of making this handmade item is quite simple. In addition to the main material being various denominations of banknotes, you need a small flowerpot, a small wooden stem, thin metal wire in gold color, and some other decorative items. For detailed instructions on making this top-selling handmade item, you can refer to tutorial videos on YouTube.

There are plenty of handmade items to sell during Tet, and handmade wall art is a favorite choice among many young entrepreneurs this Tet season. If you have an artistic talent and aspire to start a handmade business, creating 3D wall art is an excellent suggestion.

It's no surprise that handmade wall art is among the best-selling items. Various types of handmade wall art, especially 3D art, have become a hot trend, widely used for home, shop, and store decorations.

With the ability to create realistic 3D paintings using unique materials like luminous powder mixed paint, these artworks bring life to dull walls, adding a dazzling and authentic beauty, making them the most sought-after items this Tet season.

During Tet, people often buy two whole sugarcane stalks with roots and leaves intact to place on both sides of the ancestral altar for worship. They wait until the plowing festival or until a guest arrives during the first full moon of the lunar new year to consume them.

There have been various explanations for this peculiar custom, such as preserving sweetness from the old year to the new year in hopes of a sweet year ahead; some believe that each sugarcane segment represents a ladder rung for souls to ascend to the heavens; others interpret the two cane stalks as walking sticks for ancestors to find their way back to their descendants... Regardless of the interpretation, they all reflect a positive outlook and aspiration for goodness. Therefore, sugarcane has become one of the most unique and popular items sold during Tet.

In Vietnam, when visiting a pagoda, which symbolizes coming to the Buddha's realm, people often buy sugarcane as walking sticks, symbolizing a return to the Buddha's lineage. Thus, according to tradition, ancestral worship is a ritual that contains deep-rooted inspiration, with sugarcane symbolizing the ancestral roots of Buddhism. Worshipping sugarcane is also worshipping the roots of Buddhism.

This year's engraved fruit products come in a variety of designs for customers to choose from, such as images of Prosperity, Wealth, and Longevity, as well as images of paired roosters, and images of fortune... Additionally, artisans also offer custom calligraphy engraving services upon customer request.

As unique feng shui decorative items, Tet specialties are produced abundantly in provinces and cities in the Southern region. There are many types of fruits engraved with meaningful characters, suitable for New Year's wishes. Especially in Ben Tre - the homeland of coconuts, coconuts engraved with calligraphy are a scarce commodity, in high demand during the current Tet shopping season. In addition, the Northern region also produces various types of fruit engraved with characters and flowers on watermelon, pomelo...or papaya. Most are created using the method of shielding light from the fruit bag. Long, dense papayas with rich pulp can be displayed for a long time, engraved with the characters of Wealth and Fortune, looking very eye-catching and unique. Besides the two common characters of Wealth and Fortune, there are also limited quantities of other characters such as Auspiciousness, Prosperity, and Luck engraved by gardeners. This is also one of the most popular and unique items selling during Tet.

With prices ten times higher than the usual price of 20,000 - 30,000 VND/piece, in the 2022 Tet season, they continue to dominate the market, with each engraved coconut ranging from 300,000 - 500,000 VND/piece, yet still not sufficient to meet consumer demand.

Alongside traditional fruits for Tet, there are also unique Tet offerings like the loquat pomelo, nurtured and brought to market by gardeners in distinctive shapes such as the Buddha's palm pomelo.

Special Fortune Loquat Pomelo: Weighing over 1.4kg, the round pomelo resembles a loquat fruit. On both upper sides of the pomelo are embossed the characters 'Prosperity' and 'Fortune,' the fruit has a complete stem and a shiny skin without sunspots, adorned with full netting, accompanied by a base and a basket.

Twins Fortune Loquat Pomelo: In the same pomelo garden, there are pairs of pomelos born on the same branch, extremely similar to each other. These pairs of pomelos, called Twins Fortune Loquat Pomelos, bear a very unique meaning, doubling the luck and fortune in the new year for the owner of these distinctive and eye-catching gifts.

Alongside fresh flowers, artificial flowers are also favored by many due to their novel appearance, long-lasting use, and easy cleaning. Some of the best-selling artificial flowers for Tet include: Voan flowers, silk flowers which provide a soft, delicate feel. Plastic flowers, rubber flowers offer a realistic and lifelike feel. Glittering crystal flowers bring vibrant colors.

Many families opt for artificial flowers instead of real ones because they last longer, even lasting from one Tet to another without withering. Most of these artificial flowers are handcrafted for sale, and you can buy materials at places like Dong Xuan Market, Hang Ma Street, Hang Bo Street, etc.

Currently, our country allows people to use fireworks on occasions such as holidays, Tet, birthdays, weddings, conferences, openings, and anniversaries. Lighting fireworks is one of the indispensable customs on Tet days of our ancestors. This custom has a long history and has existed for thousands of years, becoming a unique cultural feature on Tet.

In the past, Tet celebrations were often filled with the sound of fireworks, especially on New Year's Eve when every household echoed with joyful sounds to welcome the new year. But recently, the government has banned the sale and use of firecrackers due to their danger, causing Tet to lose some of its festive atmosphere. However, there is a type of firecracker that is not included in the banned list and is equally popular among people, that is paper firecrackers. These firecrackers look like candles and when lit, they emit colorful lights, with a wholesale price of only about 5,000 VND per bag. Currently, in Vietnam, there is only one limited liability company responsible for producing and supplying fireworks, which is Chemical Company 21 (Factory Z121). Therefore, this year, with some types of fireworks being licensed, people rush to buy them to have a more festive Tet atmosphere.

In the Vietnamese psyche, Buddha's Hand Citron symbolizes luck, longevity, and happiness. Resembling the hand of Buddha, this unique fruit is favored on ancestral altars and Tet fruit trays. This year, due to increased market demand, many garden owners are focusing on producing large and beautiful fruits.

Before the lunar New Year, the retail price of Buddha's Hand Citron was only a few tens of thousands of dong per fruit, but later it is expected to range from 100,000 to 500,000 dong per fruit depending on size. If you want to trade in this unique item during Tet 2021, you can easily find cheap sources at wholesale fruit markets such as Long Bien.

During the period approaching Tet and during Tet, there are often many occasions for offering ceremonies, so ancestral altars are frequently lit with various types of incense and rings. These types of incense are relatively inexpensive, suitable for those with little initial capital who want to quickly turn a profit. However, you need to carefully research different types of incense because there have been reports of incense containing harmful substances that can cause cancer when burned, causing concern among many consumers.

In addition to incense, you can also import golden branches and jade leaves to increase revenue. The source of these items is easy to find at markets specializing in bulk goods, with wholesale prices relatively cheap, ranging from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand dong depending on size, number of branches, and decorative items.

Prosperity towers, symbolizing abundant luck and wealth, are highly favored by families during the Tet holiday season. These multi-tiered lucky bamboo plants, also known as prosperity bamboo or lucky bamboo towers, are often used to adorn work desks, study tables, coffee tables, especially during every Lunar New Year...