List of traditional festivals in Vietnam

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Traditional festivals in the Vietnamese calendar

Famous local festivals

Name Festival Note Place
Cửa Ông Temple Festival 2nd day of 1st lunar month
Quảng Ninh Province
Đống Đa Festival 5th day of 1st lunar month
Đống Đa District, Hanoi
Liễu Đôi wrestle Festival 5th day to 10th day of 1st lunar month
Hà Nam Province
Hương Temple Festival 6th day of 1st lunar month- last day of 3rd lunar month
Mỹ Đức District, Hanoi
Cổ Loa Temple Festival 6th day to 16th day of 1st lunar month
Đông Anh District, Hanoi
Ba Bể Lake Festival 9th day and 10th day of 1st lunar month
Bắc Kạn Province
Triều Khúc village Festival 9th day to 11th day of 1st lunar month Triều Khúc village, Hanoi
Sình village Festival 10th day of 1st lunar month Sình village,
Thừa Thiên–Huế Province
Yên Tử Festival 10th day of 1st lunar month to the last day of 3rd lunar month
Quảng Ninh Province
Lim Festival 13th day of 1st lunar month
Bắc Ninh Province
Bà Thiên Hậu Temple Festival 13th day and 15th day of 1st lunar month
Bình Dương Province
Thượng temple Festival 15th day of 1st lunar month
Lào Cai Province
Bà Đen Mountain Festival 18th day and 19th day of 1st lunar month
Tây Ninh Province
Đồng Nhân temple Festival 3rd day to 6th day of 2nd lunar month
Hai Bà Trưng District, Hanoi
Phương Viên festival 12th day to 14th day of 2nd lunar month Vạng village,
Hoài Đức District, Hanoi
Cuông temple Festival 14th day to 16th day of 2nd lunar month
Nghệ An Province
Quán Thế Âm Festival 18th day to 20th day of 2nd lunar month
Danang
Central Highland Elephant Racing 3rd lunar month
Đắk Lắk Province
Phủ Dày Festival 3rd day to 8th day of 3rd lunar month
Nam Định Province
Thầy Temple Festival 4th day to 7th day of 3rd lunar month
Quốc Oai District, Hanoi
Trường Yên Festival 10th day of 3rd lunar month
Ninh Bình Province
Chử Đồng Tử Temple Festival 10th day to 12th day of 3rd lunar month Đa Hoà village,
Hưng Yên Province
Đô Temple Festival 15th day of 3rd lunar month
Bắc Ninh Province
Lệ Mật village Festival 23rd day of 3rd lunar month
Gia Lâm District, Hanoi
Gióng Festival 9th day of 4th lunar month Hanoi
Bà Chúa Xứ Festival 23rd day to 25th day of 4th lunar month
An Giang Province
Đồ Sơn buffalo fight Festival 9th day of 8th lunar month
Đồ Sơn District, Haiphong
Kiếp Bạc Temple Festival 16th day to 20th day of 8th lunar month
Hải Dương Province
Keo Temple Festival 13th day to 15th of 9th lunar month
Thái Bình Province

Nationwide festivals

Tất Niên offering during Tết
Name Festival Note
Tết Nguyên Đán
Last day of previous year to 5th day of 1st lunar month
Tết Nguyên Tiêu 14th to midnight on the 15th of 1st lunar month
Tết Hàn Thực
3rd day of the 3rd lunar month
Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
10th day of 3rd lunar month
Tết Đoan Ngọ 5th day of the 5th lunar month
Tết Trung Nguyên
2nd to 15th day of the 7th lunar month
Tết Trung Thu
The night of the 14th to 15th day of the 8th lunar month

Traditional festivals in the Cham calendar

7th month

Traditional festivals in the Khmer calendar

Modern festivals

  • Thừa Thiên–Huế Province
  • Flower Festival,
    Lâm Đồng Province
  • August, Nha Trang-
    Khánh Hòa Province
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Public holidays