The Lunar New Year will be marked by Hawaii’s Vietnamese community this weekend at the annual Tet Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand and surrounding area.

Tet is widely considered the most important holiday among Vietnamese, who celebrate ancestors and family with gatherings, food and flowers, among other cultural traditions. “Chuc Mung Nam Moi,” or “Happy New Year,” is likely to be the most-heard, most-displayed sentiment at the festival.

The Hoi Den Hung Foundation is staging Honolulu’s celebration, which will include traditional Vietnamese music and dance; flower vendors offering bright blooms, each with special meanings and popular for family celebrations; and “plenty, plenty, plenty” food vendors offering dishes appropriate for the occasion, said Phen Bob Pham, a co-organizer of the event.

Traditional Vietnamese dishes that vendors will be offering include pho, an internationally popular noodle soup; hue, a Central Vietnamese-style soup; barbecued pork and chicken skewers; spring rolls; and “original Vietnamese coffee with milk and sugar — sugar cane juice,” among many other dishes, Pham said.

Additional food vendors will offer different ethnic choices including Hawaiian and Filipino dishes, and “then American, a little bit,” Pham said.

Entertainment will be provided by local Vietnamese cultural groups and will include a lion dance, and handcrafted items also will be offered by an array of vendors at the park.

“We will have something special for the kids,” Pham said. The organization promises everything for Vietnamese New Year — “food, games, fun, everything,” said Pham.