A man wearing a mask carries the cat on a backpack during Vietnam’s first national cat show in Hanoi on February 16, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.A judge holding Diamond, uncle British Shorthair Cat during the event in Hanoi on February 16, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, owner of a cafe and place cat rescue Caring for a rescued cat in Hanoi on August 7, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.Live cat cages are seized by police forces on a truck in Hanoi, January 27, 2015. They are smuggled from China to serve cat meat restaurants. Photo: STR / Getty Images.The cat sunbathes in Da Lat. Photo: Thanvaritch Phonganantakarin / Getty Images.A Manx-like cat without a tail loitering on the sidewalks of Ho Chi Minh City at night. Photo: Miha Pavlin / Getty Images.A Turkish cat with two eyes in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Pinnee / Getty Images.This cat is chained at a shop in Sapa. Photo: Marie Cristabern Joyce Villamor / Getty Images.A yellow cat “sits in meditation” at a temple in Vietnam. Photo: Tshab.Plig / Getty Images.Invite readers to watch the video: Meaning of Vietnamese New Year customs | VTC1.
A man wearing a mask carries the cat on a backpack during Vietnam’s first national cat show in Hanoi on February 16, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.
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A judge holding Diamond, uncle British Shorthair Cat during the event in Hanoi on February 16, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.
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Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, owner of a cafe and place cat rescue Caring for a rescued cat in Hanoi on August 7, 2020. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images.
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Live cat cages are seized by police forces on a truck in Hanoi, January 27, 2015. They are smuggled from China to serve cat meat restaurants. Photo: STR / Getty Images.
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The cat sunbathes in Da Lat. Photo: Thanvaritch Phonganantakarin / Getty Images.
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A Manx-like cat without a tail loitering on the sidewalks of Ho Chi Minh City at night. Photo: Miha Pavlin / Getty Images.
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A Turkish cat with two eyes in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Pinnee / Getty Images.
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This cat is chained at a shop in Sapa. Photo: Marie Cristabern Joyce Villamor / Getty Images.
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A yellow cat “sits in meditation” at a temple in Vietnam. Photo: Tshab.Plig / Getty Images.
Invite readers to watch the video: Meaning of Vietnamese New Year customs | VTC1.