Festivals in Vietnam

Vietnamese Lunar New Year with family gatherings, fireworks, and flower markets.

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• Flower markets
• Fireworks
• Traditional foods

Lunar 10th day of 3rd month — UNESCO-listed commemoration of Vietnam's legendary founders at Hung Temple in Phu Tho province. Processions, xoi (sticky rice) offerings, and traditional folk games.

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• Hung Temple pilgrimage
• Bánh chưng rice cake offerings
• Folk games and wrestling

Children's festival with colorful lantern processions through old quarters, lion dances, and mooncake sharing. Hanoi's Old Quarter is magical.

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• Lantern processions
• Lion dances
• Mooncakes

April 30 marks the 1975 fall of Saigon and Vietnam's reunification. Ho Chi Minh City's Reunification Palace is the centerpiece; evening fireworks at the Saigon River and free museum entry.

• Reunification Palace tours
• Saigon River fireworks
• Free war museum entry

September 2 marks Ho Chi Minh's 1945 declaration of independence. Main ceremony at Ba Dinh Square (Hanoi) — where the declaration was read — with military parade and free entry to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

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• Ba Dinh Square parade
• Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum free entry
• Hanoi military displays

Biennial arts festival in Vietnam's former imperial capital featuring traditional court music, ao dai fashion shows, and performances in the Citadel.

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• Royal court music
• Ao dai fashion shows
• Citadel performances