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Vietnam: The long goodbye

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February 1, 2019

In Vietnam, the final farewell can come long after someone dies. Many Vietnamese honor their dead with reburials, three years after relatives are first laid to rest. It's a sacred rite, usually carried out before the Tet Lunar New Year.

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