How do people from Vietnam celebrate their birthday?

Answer 1

Everybody´s birthday is on Tet, the lunar new year.

The only time they celebrate their actual birthday is the first birthday. So you celbrate your baby´s first birthday with a huge party, after that you celebrate tet like everybody else. Still, the baby´s age doesn´t change on his first birthday, it still change at tet.

Vietnamese that have contact with westerners often celebrate their actual birthday too. It´s a reason to party, after all.

But to answer your question. If they celebrate their birthday the celebrate like all other people. Everything from beers with friends to a nice dinner at a restaurant.

Often people buy a cake to the person. He/she won´t eat much from it because Vietnamese don´t eat much sweet deserts, so it can be in the fridge for weeks.