Nguyen Tieu Festival / Lantern Festival
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Tết Nguyên Tiêu (or Rằm Tháng Giêng) Nguyên means ‘first,’ Tiêu means ‘night’ (First Night of the Full Moon). Date 15th day of the 1st Lunar Month (Rằm Tháng Giêng). Marks the end of the month-long Tết (Lunar New Year) celebrations. Focus Ancestor worship, […]
Tay Son Festival (Commemorating the Tay Son Uprising)
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Đống Đa – Tây Sơn (or Quang Trung King Festival) Commemorates the Ngoc Hoi-Đống Đa Victory. Honoree Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ) and the Tây Sơn brothers. National hero and leader of the Tây Sơn Uprising (late 18th century). Location Quang Trung […]
Nguyen Hue Flower Street
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Đường hoa Nguyễn Huệ Translated as the Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street. Occasion Lunar New Year (Tết Holiday) The most important annual celebration in Vietnam. Location Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Central pedestrian boulevard, connecting the City Hall and […]
Whale Worship Festival / Cau Ngu Festival
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Cầu Ngư Translates to ‘Praying for Fish Festival’ or ‘Fishermen’s Festival’. Alternative English Name Whale Worshipping Festival (or Cá Ông Festival) Acknowledges the central deity: Cá Ông (Mr. Whale). Region Coastal provinces of Central and South Central Vietnam, including Da Nang, […]
Bai Choi Folk Singing Festival (UNESCO Intangible Heritage)
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official English Name The Art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam Bài Chòi means ‘Cards in the Huts’. It is recognized as a performing art form and a game. UNESCO Status Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Inscribed in 2017). A globally […]
Co Loa Festival (Celebrating King An Duong Vuong)
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Cổ Loa Also known as the Cổ Loa Citadel Festival. Location Cổ Loa Citadel and Temple, Đông Anh District, Hanoi, Vietnam. The site of the capital of the ancient Âu Lạc State (3rd Century BCE). Date 6th day of the 1st […]
Dong Ky Firecracker Procession Festival
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội rước pháo Đồng Kỵ Translates to Đồng Kỵ Firecracker Procession Festival. Location Đồng Kỵ Village, Từ Sơn City, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam. Located about 30 km northeast of Hanoi. Date 4th day of the 1st Lunar Month (Main Day) The festival […]
Dong Da Mound Festival (Commemorating Emperor Quang Trung)
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Gò Đống Đa Often called the Đống Đa Battle Anniversary. Location Đống Đa Cultural Park, Đống Đa District, Hanoi, Vietnam. Site of the historic victory. Date 5th day of the 1st Lunar Month Occurs immediately after Tết (Lunar New Year). Significance […]
Yen Tu Spring Festival
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Yên Tử Also known as the Yên Tử Spring Festival. Location Yên Tử Mountain, Uông Bí City, Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. The birthplace and capital of the Trúc Lâm Zen tradition. Duration 3 Months (One of Vietnam’s longest festivals). From the […]
Perfume Pagoda Festival
Quick Facts Chỉnh sửa Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Chùa Hương Perfume Pagoda Festival Location Huong Son Complex, Mỹ Đức District, Hanoi, Vietnam. Approx. 60 km southwest of Hanoi. Duration 3 Months (The longest festival of the year). Runs from the 6th day of the 1st Lunar Month to the […]