Vieng Market Festival
Vieng Market Festival
Time: 8th of the 1st lunar month
Place: Nam Truc and Vu Ban Districts, Nam Dinh Province
The market opens on the 8th of lunar January; nevertheless, the most spiritual moment falls on the night of the 7th and early 8th. That is the moment of heavenly-earthly, positive-negative exchange. According to the popular belief, at [...]
Lim Festival
Lim Festival.
Time: 13th day of 1st lunar month
Place: Lũng Giang commune, Tiên Sơn district, Bắc Ninh province
The Lim Festival, where the folk songs Quan Ho are performed, takes place 18km from Hanoi in Lim village every year on 13th day of the 1st lunar month.
Tens of thousands of visitors come here each year to enjoy [...]
Sình village Festival
Sình village Festival
Time: 10th day of 1st lunar month
Place: Sình village, Phú Mậu commune, Phú Vang district, Thừa Thiên- Huế province.
Sinh village, also known as Lai An village, is located in Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, about 8km northeast of central Hue city. The Sinh village is largely synonymous with is its wrestling competition [...]
Co Loa temple Festival
Co Loa (Cổ Loa) temple Festival.
Time: 6th day to 16th day of 1st lunar month
Place: Cổ Loa commune, Đông Anh district, Hà Nội capital.
On the afternoon of the 5th day of the first lunar month, all of the eight communes (including Co Loa Commune and the establishing relations between seven communes) hold the incense offering [...]
Hương pagoda Festival.
Hương pagoda Festival.
Time: 6th day of 1st lunar month- last day of 3rd lunar month
Place: Hương Sơn commune, Mỹ Đức district, Hà Tây province.
Located some 60 kilometres south west of Hà Nội, Perfume Pagoda is one of the largest and most unique religious sites in northern Việt Nam, comprising as it does a complex of [...]
Liễu Đôi wrestle Festival
Liễu Đôi wrestle Festival.
Time: 5th day to 10th day of 1st lunar month
Place: Liễu Đôi village, Liêm Túc commune, Thanh Liêm district, Hà Nam province.
Lieu Doi is a place of sporting tradition. There is a famous team of wrestlers here attracting wrestlers from other places to compete with them. There remain a lot of [...]
Đống Đa Festival
Đống Đa Festival.
Time: On 5th day of 1st lunar month
Place: Đống Đa district, Hà Nội
This is a carnival of victory. People organize it to conmemorate glorious feat of arms in the history of fighting against foreign invaders that are led by King Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue). The ceremonial is held in Khuong Thuong communal [...]
Cua Ong temple Festival
Cua Ong (Cửa Ông) temple Festival.
Time: On 2nd day of 1st lunar month
Place: Cửa Ông ward, Cẩm Phả district, Quảng Ninh province
Cua Ong Temple dedicated to Tran Quoc Tang, the third son of Tran Hung Dao, many generals of Tran Dynasty and Hoang Cau – a local general who fought bravely against invaders.
Every year, [...]
Vietnamese Tet (Tet Nguyen Dan)
Tết festival or Tet Nguyen Dan.
Time: From the last day of previous year to 3rd day of 1st lunar month
Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the Lunar calendar, a lunisolar calendar.
Tết is celebrated on the same day [...]