Quick answer Where can I join traditional festivals? Traditional festivals take place in many provinces nationwide, from the Northern Delta, Central, Central Highlands to the South. You can find information locally or through detailed articles on this site.
From the article “What Types of Traditional Festivals Are There in Vietnam?”
Culture and belief Vietnamese festival calendar Holidays and festivals all year, where they happen, with maps.
Start Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Spring festivals after Tết: ném còn, đẩy gậy and swings among the peoples of Lai Châu, and the pháo đất game of Hải Dương, with rules and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Hiền Quan Phet Festival in Phú Thọ runs on the 12th and 13th of the first lunar month with palanquin procession, worship, troop march, and phet grabbing.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sinh Village wrestling festival in Lại Ân Village, Hue, falls on the 10th day of the first lunar month and follows the muddy back, white belly rule.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals An overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Held each year at Hoa Lư Ancient Capital, Ninh Bình, this festival honors King Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, founder of Đại Cồ Việt state.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Decree 110/2018/ND-CP sets the principles for organising festivals, registration procedures, suspension rights, and the responsibilities of attendees.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam Festival, the Mekong Delta's largest folk festival, honors the goddess protecting the border region.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Chơ Ro festivals use dishes like canh boi, com lam and five-color sticky rice as cultural symbols and a bridge for preserving identity.
Updated 18 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Northwest Vietnam culture covers ethnic communities, harvest rituals, seasonal festivals and crafts like weaving, embroidery, forging and silver carving.
Updated 19 Sept 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 › Traditional food An overview of Vietnamese traditional cuisine by region: Tet dishes, ancestral trays, festivals, vegetarian food and local specialties, with cultural context.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Fertility worship in Vietnam, or tín ngưỡng phồn thực, hopes for flourishing life and harvests. It appears in Linga–Yoni symbols and the Trò Trám festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Vietnam's year of festivals and Tet occasions, from Lunar New Year and the first full moon to Mid-Autumn, plus ethnic Tet traditions.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Vietnam's traditional crafts include bronze casting, silk weaving, conical hats, incense, drums, pottery and folk paintings, tied to craft villages.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities Vietnam's Thai ethnic group includes the Black and White branches, speaks the Tay-Thai language, lives in ban-muong villages, and worships ancestors.
Updated 19 Sept 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 › Traditional food Each dish at a Vietnamese wedding feast carries symbolic meaning, from red sticky rice to boiled chicken, pork rolls and braised pork.
Updated 8 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Rain Praying Festival in Hưng Yên honours the Four Dharma Goddesses with palanquin processions and the Danh Trang game, a wet-rice farming ritual.
Updated 2 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Chôl Chnăm Thmây is the Khmer New Year, held in mid-April over three days with rituals like the Maha Sangkran procession and bathing the Buddha.
Updated 5 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Explore the deep cultural significance of traditional Vietnamese funerals, common burial forms, and trends of change in modern society.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Vietnamese mooncakes come as baked bánh nướng and soft bánh dẻo. Where they are said to come from, and what the traditional fillings are.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The friendship bonding ritual of the S'tieng and M'nong in the Central Highlands links two people and their families through shared vows.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tết Hạ Nguyên on the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is one of Vietnam's four major traditional festivals, a time to thank heaven and earth.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Ede bridal attire is handwoven brocade on a dark indigo base with red and yellow patterns, also a dowry in matrilineal weddings.
Updated 24 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore in detail the traditional wedding attire of Vietnamese brides and grooms of old: from ao tac, khan dong, to ao mo ba mo bay.
Updated 12 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Quan Làng singing ritual in Tay weddings has three stages, Don, Nop and Dua, and is recognized as a national heritage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ include making chung and day cakes, ancestor worship, and community rituals that mark the new year.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore the meaning of red, crafting techniques, differences in men's and women's attire, and the cultural value of traditional Red Dao costumes.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore the origins, four-panel construction, variations, and cultural significance of Ao Tu Than, the iconic traditional dress of Northern Vietnamese women.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The grain bin binding ritual of the Nung people in Bắc Kạn is a longevity celebration within the Ky Yen ceremony, wishing elders long life.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Lê Chân Female General Festival in Hải Phòng honors the founder of An Biên village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection Cốc Vũ, the sixth solar term beginning 19 or 20 April, marks the rains that feed the rice. Its calculation, meaning and folk customs are explained.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Vietnam's Decree 39/2024/NĐ-CP sets seven types of intangible cultural heritage for inventory, with traditional crafts fifth and folk knowledge seventh.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Lồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Mekong Delta culture grew from reclaiming southern lands and life along its rivers and canals, with floating markets and over 1,230 festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Kinh (Viet) are 86.83% of Vietnam's population and speak Vietnamese of the Việt Mường group. Their villages and ancestor worship are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief Theravada Buddhism sits at the center of Khmer Krom spiritual life, with the village pagoda and major festivals such as Chôl Chnăm Thmây and Ok Om Bok.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lạng Sơn's Kỳ Cùng and Tả Phủ Temple Festivals run from the 22nd to the 27th of the first lunar month, when the Quan Lon Tuần Tranh palanquin returns.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Co live in northwestern Quảng Ngãi and southwestern Quảng Nam, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold a buffalo sacrifice as their largest festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Cham people (Chàm) speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and live mainly in Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận and southern provinces, with the Katê festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Công Đồng Bắc Lệ Temple Festival in Tân Thành Commune, Lạng Sơn runs from the 18th to 20th of the 9th lunar month, with the palanquin bathing rite.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda Festival in Ninh Bình falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with boat racing and folk games.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lồng Tồng, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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