Traditional festivals in Vietnam include observances in the Vietnamese, Cham, and Khmer calendars. Those in the Vietnamese calendar include both local and nationwide festivals.
Traditional festivals in the Vietnamese calendar Famous local festivals Name Festival Note PlaceCửa Ông Temple Festival2nd day of 1st lunar monthCửa Ông Temple, Cẩm Phả, Quảng Ninh provinceĐống Đa Festival5th day of 1st lunar monthĐống Đa district, HanoiLiễu Đôi wrestle Festival5th day to 10th day of 1st lunar monthLiễu Đôi village, Liêm Túc commune, Thanh Liêm district, Hà Nam provinceHương Temple Festival6th day of 1st lunar month- last day of 3rd lunar monthHương Sơn commune, Mỹ Đức district, HanoiCổ Loa Temple Festival6th day to 16th day of 1st lunar monthCổ Loa commune, Đông Anh district, Hanoi Ba Bể Lake Festival9th day and 10th day of 1st lunar monthBa Bể Lake, Ba Bể district, Bắc Kạn provinceTriều Khúc village Festival9th day to 11th day of 1st lunar monthTriều Khúc village, HanoiSình village Festival10th day of 1st lunar monthSình village, Phú Mậu commune, Phú Vang district, HuếYên Tử Festival10th day of 1st lunar month to the last day of 3rd lunar monthYên Tử Mountain, Thượng Yên Công commune, Uông Bí, Quảng Ninh provinceLim Festival13th day of 1st lunar monthLũng Giang commune, Tiên Sơn district, Bắc Ninh provinceBà Thiên Hậu Temple Festival13th day and 15th day of 1st lunar monthLái Thiêu commune, Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương provinceThượng temple Festival15th day of 1st lunar monthLào Cai provinceBà Đen Mountain Festival18th day and 19th day of 1st lunar monthBlack Virgin Mountain, Tây Ninh provinceĐồng Nhân temple Festival3rd day to 6th day of 2nd lunar monthHai Bà Trưng district, HanoiPhương Viên festival12th day to 14th day of 2nd lunar monthVạng village, Song Phương commune, Hoài Đức district, HanoiCuông temple Festival14th day to 16th day of 2nd lunar monthDiễn An commune, Diễn Châu district, Nghệ An provinceQuán Thế Âm Festival18th day to 20th day of 2nd lunar monthMarble Mountains, Da NangCentral Highland Elephant Racing3rd lunar monthĐôn village, Đắk Lắk provincePhủ Dày Festival3rd day to 8th day of 3rd lunar monthKim Thái commune, Vụ Bản district, Nam Định provinceThầy Temple Festival4th day to 7th day of 3rd lunar monthSài Sơn commune, Quốc Oai district, HanoiTrường Yên Festival10th day of 3rd lunar monthHoa Lư, Ninh Bình provinceChử Đồng Tử Temple Festival10th day to 12th day of 3rd lunar monthĐa Hoà village, Châu Giang district, Hưng Yên provinceĐô Temple Festival15th day of 3rd lunar monthĐình Bảng village, Từ Sơn district, Bắc Ninh provinceLệ Mật village Festival23rd day of 3rd lunar monthLệ Mật village, Việt Hưng commune, Gia Lâm district, HanoiGióng Festival9th day of 4th lunar monthHanoiBà Chúa Xứ Festival23rd day to 25th day of 4th lunar monthSam mountain, Châu Đốc city, An Giang provinceĐồ Sơn buffalo fight Festival9th day of 8th lunar monthĐồ Sơn district, Haiphong Kiếp Bạc Temple Festival16th day to 20th day of 8th lunar monthLê Lợi commune, Chí Linh district, Hải Dương city, Hải Dương provinceKeo Temple Festival13th day to 15th of 9th lunar monthKeo Temple, Duy Nhất commune, Vũ Thư district, Thái Bình province
Nationwide festivals
Name festival Note Tết Nguyên ĐánLast day of previous year to 5th day of 1st lunar monthTết Nguyên Tiêu14th to midnight on the 15th of 1st lunar monthCold Food Festival3rd day of the 3rd lunar monthHùng Kings' Festival10th day of 3rd lunar monthTết Đoan Ngọ5th day of the 5th lunar monthGhost Festival2nd to 15th day of the 7th lunar monthTết Trung ThuThe night of the 14th to 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Traditional festivals in the Cham calendar
7th month 7th month in Cham calendar: Kate Festival of Champa ethnic minority.
Traditional festivals in the Khmer calendar Chol Chnam Thmey, Cambodian New Year Okomboc fullmoon in Sóc Trăng province
Modern festivals Huế Festival, Huế city. Flower Festival, Đà Lạt city, Lâm Đồng province. August, Nha Trang- Rendevouz Festival, Nha Trang city, Khánh Hòa province.
Public holidays