US envoy dabbles in calligraphy for Tet

Marc Knapper, U.S. ambassador in Vietnam, shows a piece of Tet calligraphy he wrote that says "Xin chao Vietnam" (Hello Vietnam) to mark Tet. Screenshot from video courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Knapper, celebrated Tet by writing traditional calligraphy.

In a video released Thursday by the U.S. embassy Knapper could be seen writing the words ‘Xin chao Vietnam’ (Hello Vietnam) and ‘Chuc mung nam moi’ (Happy new year) on red paper, traditionally used to write calligraphy, to mark Tet.

On February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year, he had sent a congratulatory message to the Vietnamese people: "My family and I wish all of you a healthy, happy and prosperous new year!"

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