Culture and belief Vietnamese festival calendar Holidays and festivals all year, where they happen, with maps.
Start Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days Vietnam Culture Day falls on November 24 each year, approved by the 16th National Assembly on April 24, 2026, with fully paid leave for workers.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Thanh Minh in Vietnam is mainly an occasion to remember ancestors by visiting graves, unlike China where spring outings also occur.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Which peoples in Vietnam keep their own New Year apart from Tết Nguyên Đán? The Mông, Hà Nhì, Khmer, Chăm and others, as reported in the press.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Tay are Vietnam's largest ethnic minority. They live in northeastern valleys, speak a Tay-Thai language, worship ancestors, and hold long tong festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites New Year's Day in Vietnam comes from the Gregorian calendar, adopted in the French colonial period, and later became an official public holiday.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Vietnam's October 2026 festival calendar: Côn Sơn Kiếp Bạc, Lam Kinh, Katê, Sene Dolta, Hanoi Autumn Festival, Keo Pagoda, plus lunar dates.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Folk taboos Tuổi mụ is the Vietnamese lunar way of counting age: current year minus birth year, plus one, and folk calculations use this number.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress The Vietnamese ao dai evolved from the 17th century xiem canh sen garment through reforms under Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát and King Minh Mạng.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Khan Dong and Ao The were formal wear for Vietnamese men, reflecting elegance and propriety, now revived for Tet, weddings and ceremonies.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 began in 1947 in Thái Nguyên as National War Invalids Day and was renamed in 1955.
Updated 15 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Thôn Cao incense village in Hưng Yên is Northern Vietnam's largest incense-making craft village, its 18th-century craft tied to ancestress Đào Thị Khương.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Vietnamese and Chinese Tet differ because the new moon is calculated in different time zones and leap months follow different rules.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites A practical guide to Vietnamese wedding rites: the order of dạm ngõ, ăn hỏi, sính lễ and bride procession, plus a monthly task schedule.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet 2027, the Lunar New Year of the Goat, starts Saturday, February 6, 2027. Public employees may get 7 days off, February 4 to 10.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Hùng Kings' Commemoration Day falls on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month at Đền Hùng temple in Phú Thọ province, honoring the legendary Hùng Kings.
Updated 30 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Dong Chi is the 22nd solar term and the shortest day of the year. For the Chinese community it is Tết Đông Chi, a time for che troi nuoc and ancestor worship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date and hour selection Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Explore traditional Vietnamese Tet taboos: avoiding sweeping, giving fire, breaking things... and the spiritual meanings behind these customs.
Updated 19 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Lập Đông is the 19th of the 24 solar terms, marking the start of winter and usually falling on 7 or 8 November each year.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs The Vietnamese saying about the first three days of Tet: day one for the father's side, day two for the mother's side, day three for one's teachers.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Tet rites in southern Vietnam: welcoming the ancestors on the 30th, giao thừa offerings outdoors and indoors, Tết nhà on the third, farewell on the fourth.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Vesak marks the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha, and its date differs between Theravada and Mahayana traditions. The bathing ritual symbolizes inner purification.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The name "Tết Nguyên Đán" comes from "Tiết," a marker in the agricultural calendar, and "Nguyên Đán," meaning the first morning of the new year.
Updated 6 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Tiểu Tuyết is the 20th of the 24 solar terms, usually beginning on 22 November in Vietnam time; it is the mid-month qi of the month of Hợi (10th lunar month).
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days Learn about the origin of International Labor Day on May 1 from the 1886 Chicago workers' movement and its significance in Vietnam through the periods.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Folk taboos for offerings on the Full Moon and the first day of the lunar month, from choosing fruit and flowers to the incense burner and a reverent mindset.
Updated 30 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Hàn Lộ is the 17th of the 24 solar terms, beginning around October 8 when the Sun reaches 195 degrees. Learn its meaning and customs.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days Learn about the origin of International Women's Day on March 8 from the 1908 New York garment workers' movement and its meaning in honoring women worldwide.
Updated 2 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Asking for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature is a beautiful Vietnamese Tet custom, showing respect for knowledge and sending new year wishes.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs What was Tet like in Vietnam's subsidy era? Ration coupons, the Tet food bag, pre-dawn queues and shared bánh chưng pots, as remembered in the press.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Rằm tháng Chạp, the year's last full moon, brings simple offerings to Thổ công and ancestors for thanks and peace, in a tất niên spirit.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Banh Chung and Banh Tet trace back to the Lang Liêu legend of the Hung King era, symbolizing heaven, earth and prosperity.
Updated 25 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the cultural significance, rituals, and uniqueness of traditional boat racing festivals across Vietnam, from Kiến Giang river to other regions.
Updated 31 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Northern and Central Vietnam stress ancestral offerings and the pest-killing ritual on Đoan Ngọ, while the South keeps things simpler.
Updated 10 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs The Neu pole is raised on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month and lowered on the 7th of the first month, closing Tet. Its origins, meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regional customs Though united as one Kinh ethnic culture, ancestor-worship, wedding, and Tết customs differ substantially across North, Central, and South Vietnam.
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tết Nguyên Tiêu, the first full moon of the lunar year, is greatly valued in Vietnamese culture. See why it matters and what to prepare for the offering tray.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology Dutch research links weddings on special dates to an 18 to 36 percent higher divorce risk, mostly from couples' traits, not the date.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs Mừng tuổi and lì xì are one Tết custom with two names: the northern term, the southern Cantonese loanword, and practices recorded in Huế and the old South.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days The founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam on February 3, 1930, when Nguyễn Ái Quốc unified three communist organizations in Hong Kong.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative days Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day on October 13 was recognized in 2004, tracing back to Ho Chi Minh's 1945 letter to the industrial and commercial sectors.
Updated 21 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Why Buddha's Birthday falls on the 8th or the 15th of the fourth lunar month, and how the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha holds Vesak Week each year.
Updated 13 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Nguyễn Trung Trực Memorial Festival in Kiên Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Open data Vietnamese folk festivals, seasonal feasts and public holidays, each with its fixed lunar or solar date.
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