Events and festivals in
Vietnam

Fiestas populares en Vietnam

Como en muchos países del Sudeste Asiático, las festividades de Vietnam se rigen por el calendario lunar. No todos los años coincidan en las mismas fechas, sino que para celebrar muchas de ellas habrá que esperar a que haya luna llena.

Algunas de sus fiestas más importantes se rigen por la religión budista, por lo que a ellas acuden peregrinos de todo el mundo y se organizan en el interior y alrededores de sus templos. Los vietnamitas tienen muy en cuenta los ciclos de la naturaleza, por lo que no es de extrañar que haya ceremonias de agradecimiento a sus cosechas y que les guste dar la bienvenida a las diferentes estaciones. Aquí encontrarás las fiestas populares típicas de Vietnam.

Autumn Festival

It is also called the Festival of the Autumn Full Moon, as it coincides with the eighth full moon of the year. As night falls, Vietnamese children wander through the streets with lanterns and moon cakes, a typical sweet made of rice, duck egg yolks, lotus seeds and sugar. It is largely a family celebration as relatives get together to enjoy the atmosphere and the more temperate weather of Autumn.

Day of the Dead (Trung Nguyen)

It is the second most important party in Vietnam and is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. During this day, the Vietnamese clean the tombstones of the deceased and put food and fruit on the altars. In addition, so-called lucky money is burned, in the form of slips of paper in the hope of increasing prosperity for the following year.

Feast of the Perfume Pagoda

This religious festival is celebrated on the 15th of the second lunar month south of Hanoi. It is a Buddhist holiday, so the pilgrims from the mountains and the Red River come down to pray at the pagodas and temples on the banks of the Yen River.

Full Moon Festival

This is the most important Buddhist celebration in Vietnam. It is celebrated on the fifth moon of the year, on the 15th day. During that day, Buddhists visit the main temples and pagodas to pray for Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death.

National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

It is a national holiday, so it is celebrated all over the country. It commemorates the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and its independence. In Hanoi, this party is accompanied by music, fireworks and boat races. It is one of the most lively celebrations as there is so much to see and it can also be a very emotional day for the older generations.

New Year

Although they are guided by the lunar calendar, in Vietnam the Western New Year is also celebrated. The ideal city to enjoy it is in Hanoi, where there is a firework display at midnight and the streets are filled with festivity.