A "must" for Tet is the shopping... lots of great foods and fruits must be purchased for this time of year, and if you can buy or make the real "traditional" foods, you must "make do" with whatever is available.
Banh Tet, banh Chung is very traditional. They are made with sticky rice, beans, pork, spices, etc. and wrapped in banana leaves then steamed for a very long time. The square-shaped cakes are banh chung. The log-shaped cakes are banh tet, and they can be sweet (made with bananas inside) or savory (made w/ beans and pork). 
Day la mut mang cau va mut me (cay hay kg cay). These are varieties of preserved soursop (custard apple) candies and preserved tamarind candies. Also available are mut ging (ginger), mut dua (coconut), mut tac (kumquat), hot dua (dried watermelon seeds), hot bi (pumpkin seeds), peanut brittle, v.v.
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