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Swedish pop group ABBA has always been popular in Vietnam, with one song in particular holding particular poignancy (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Sergio Mendoza Hochmann / Gus Stewart)

The ABBA song that's huge in Vietnam

Hanh Nguyen
The Chinese New Year of Snake Figurine (Getty Images/Wokephoto17)

My mom owns her year of the snake traits

Nicholas Liu
Stanley 1913, Lululemon, Coach, and Kate Spade logos, over Chinese lanterns at a temple on Lunar New Years Eve (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cruel joke of Lunar New Year cash-ins

Kelly Pau
A Chinese chooses red underwear displayed in a shop on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai on February 3, 2011 (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Wearing red undies for Lunar New Year

Joy Saha
The author, Natasha Steer, and her son in Phom Penh, Cambodia. (Courtesy of the author)

Travel and the joy of not playing safe

Natasha Steer
2023, Year OF The Cat/Rabbit (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why there is and isn't a Year of the Cat

Joy Saha, Hanh Nguyen
Chinese new year reunion dinner (Getty Images/twomeows)

Stock your pantry for Lunar New Year

Ashlie D. Stevens
A Lunar New Year Message From The Bidens (The White House)

Why the Bidens' holiday warmth matters

Ashlie D. Stevens
Detail of the 'Spiral Pig' zodiac lantern by artist John Deng on February 01, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney Lunar Festival has evolved from a small community celebration in Chinatown 23 years ago and now attracts more than 1.3 million visitors from all over the world each year. (Getty/Cameron Spencer)

Lunar New Year: Feast for gods & family

Yangsze Choo