Join our annual activity Hanoi Tet Festival Bike Tour to experience the colorful, busy Hanoi streets that are filled with flowers, apricot and peach blossoms… The countdown to Tet begins up to a month before the festival starts. Two weeks before Tet there is a noticeable increase in the number of shoppers. People buy clothes and presents for family and friends, and stock up on food for guests over the five-day holiday. Stalls are set up to sell New Year…
Find out moreTet, or Vietnamese New Year, is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tet Nguyen Dan, which is Sino-Vietnamese for "Feast of the First Morning of the First Day". Tet celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar, which usually has the date falling in January or February. Vietnamese people celebrate the Lunar New Year annually, which is based on a lunisolar calendar (calculating both the earth's movement around the sun…
Find out more »Phat Tich pagoda festival takes place on the 4th day of the first lunar month in Phat Tich Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province. The ancient pagoda is famous for its beautiful architecture, serene landscape and sets of precious stone statues imbued with sculptures of the Ly Dynasty (the 11th century). The festival is organized in commemorating the merit of Ly Thanh Tong King. It is also an opportunity for pilgrims to have offering ceremony, worship Buddha, listen to…
Find out moreTay Son Festival is held annually on the 5th day of the 1st lunar month in Nghi Binh Commune, Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province. The festival is organized to honor the leaders of the Tay Son movement, Vietnamese hero Quang Trung in particular, and to celebrate the Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da victory in 1789 in which 290,000 Qing soldiers from China were defeated. The main day of the festival is the 5th day of the 1st lunar month…
Find out moreXuong Giang festival is held on the 6th and 7th of the lunar January in Bac Giang province, northeast Vietnam. It reflects the magnanimous history of our country against invaders through cultural images in Xuong Giang. Before the festival opening date, in the evening of the 5th of lunar January, the young hold camp fire. At that night, in villages, hamlets, wards and communes, people almost do not sleep. They prepare for the process on the later year. In communal…
Find out moreVieng market festival is launched on the annual 8th day of the first lunar month in Nam Truc and Vu Ban, Nam Dinh. Legend has it that Vieng market is linked somehow to the person who brought copper casting to the area, Nguyen Minh Khong, so people who go the market feel that they will get lucky if they buy something made of copper at Vieng market on this day. The unique thing of Vieng market is that it is organized…
Find out moreSinh Village Wrestling Festival takes place from the 9th to the 10th day of the first lunar month in Lai An Village, Phu Mau Commune, Phu Vang District, Thua Thien Hue Province. The Sinh Village’s Wrestling Festival has made itself different, and distinguished from others by its entertainment purpose. In the past, while most of the wrestling events were organized to select talented martial artists for the military and armed forces under the imperial reign of Nguyen Dynasty, the Sinh…
Find out moreThe Lim Festival is organized in the communes of Noi Due, Lim, about 18 km from Hanoi, and is a traditional festival involving weaving and the singing of folk songs, the Quan Ho.
Find out moreBa Pagoda Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month in Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province. The festival worships the Holy Mother Thien Hau (Thien Hau Thanh Mau). The pagoda was built in the first half of the 20th century by a group of Chinese people. On the day of festival, the pagoda is decorative with flags, banners, colorful lanterns… 12 lanterns are decorated along the road from the three-entrance gate (tam quan) to…
Find out moreThe Cau Vong Festival is held on the 16th January of the lunar year in Tan Yen District, Bac Giang province to honor the martial tradition, revolutionary heroes of the historic land of Cau Vong
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