Vietnam Festivals

Lying in the Southeast Asia, Vietnam is one of the densely populated nations in the region and is officially called as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Blessed by nature, Vietnam is a beautiful country with a rich and exotic culture. Vietnami people with vibrant culture celebrate various festivals and events with great fun and fanfare. Asiarooms offers to give you online information on Vietnam festivals and events.

With majority of population being rural, community spirits is really high in Vietnam. With festivals and events forming an important part of their lives, the festivals are more agrarian based and celebrated throughout the year.

Major festivals in Vietnam:

Chol Chnam Thmay Festival
Time: From the 1st to the 3rd day of Chet month (according to Buddhist calendar, equivalent to the 12th to 15th day of April by solar calendar).
Objects of worship: Welcoming the God of the New Year, Buddha and ancestors.
Characteristics: The traditional Tet (New Year) of the Khmer community, seeing the old year off and welcoming the New Year.
Participator: The Khmer people in the southern provinces.    View detail...

Tet Doan Ngo
Time: 5th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Every house of the Kinh (Viet).
Characteristics: This is the middle year festival for the prevention of disease and ward off evil spirits (the day of changing weather from spring to summer, this is the time easy to get pathogen). On the day of “killing insects”, every one has to get up early, eat fermented sticky and fruits. The worshipping is held at noon, hour of Ngo.   View detail...

Tet Han Thuc (Cold goods Tet)
Time: 3rd day of the third lunar month.
Place: Almost the regions of the Viet.
Characteristics: Offering glutinous rice flour cakes stuffed with plum of brown sugar (banh troi), glutinous rice flour cakes stuffed with green bean paste (banh chay) to worship ancestors, an occasion for people to visit and tidy the burial graves of relatives, having fun in spring.    View detail... 

Tet Trung Nguyen 
Time: 15th day of the seventh lunar month.
Place: Pagodas in the country and in families.
Objects of worship: The Buddha.
Characteristics: The deceased pardoning ceremony, praying to clear of false charges.    View detail...

Tet Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Time: 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Every family.
Objects of worship: The Moon.
Characteristics: Feast of banh nuong and banh deo (pastries), procession of lights, lion dance.   View detail... 

Vietnamese Tet (Tet Nguyen Dan)
Time: The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month of the previous year to the 3rd day of the first lunar month of the new year.
Place: Nation-wide.
Objects of worship: grandparents and ancestors.
Participator: The biggest national festival that attracts to people through the country.
Characteristics:
- Nice clothes, or traditional costumes. 
- Ritual of ancestral worshipping and a rite to see Tao Quan (Kitchen God) off.
- Best wishes for a prosperous New Year and family gathering.   View detail...