Events Vietnam

 Agenda

1st January:
New year's day
Between 19th January and 20th Feburary:
Tet festival (Vietnemese New Year, depending on Lunar calendar)
3rd Feburary:
Anniversary of the Foundation of the Vietnamese communist party.
30 April:
Anniversary of the liberation of Saigon (each city has its own day, between mid-April and the beginning of May.)
April:
Numerous pagoda festivals (a complex of buildings inherited from Buddhism in which architecture works in harmony with nature) take place within the Ha Tay province, to the North of the Country. The Thay pagoda festival (the pagoda of the Master), from the fifth to seventh day of the third lunar month, is celebrated in the Sai Son community, within the Quoc Oai district. It pays hommage to Tu Dao Hanh (the Master), a buddist monk who became king Ly Than Ton who invented the Vietnamese art of water puppets. During the festival, many games and activities are organised. The display of puppets on the water at the Thuy Dinh pavillion is always the finale to the festivities. The Perfume pagoda festival (Huong pagoda) from the sixth day of the first lunar month to the 18th day of the third month takes place within the Huong Son district. Vietnam's longest festival welcomes hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who come to visit the pagodas in sucession, gathering in grottoes and temples to ask for luck, happiness and health, and to admire the mountain setting. The Tay Phuong pagoda festival, the sixth day of the third lunar month is organised at the Tay Phuong pagoda dedicated to Budda, within the Thach Xa community in the Thach That district. Visitors can admire hundreds of laquered and golden statues within the pagoda, true finials of wood sculpture dating from the latter Le dynasty era.
1st May:
Labour day
2nd September:
National day (foundation in 1945 by Ho Chi Minh, of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam)

Traditional holidays.
The 3rd month of the lunar calendar:
Tet Thanh Minh, day of the dead, to which you bring offerings.
5th day of the 5th month:
Tet Doan Ngo, summer solstice, during which we thank the gods for the harvest.
15th day of the 8th month:
Tet Trung Thu, mid-Autumn festival, in which children are honoured.