#Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a beautiful expression of Vietnam’s traditional cultural values, preserved and passed down through generations.

Since the beginning of the seventh lunar month, leading confectionery companies have launched their new products.

With the Mid-Autumn Festival drawing near the mooncake market is bustling.

Many activities have been organizing across the province to entertain children on the occasion of the traditional Full-moon Festival.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Hang Ma Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) is filled with all kinds of toys with a variety of eye-catching designs and styles. Along with modern imported products, traditional toys are still the top choice of many people.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has listed the mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (on the 14th day of the eighth lunar month) of the ancient town as a National Intangible Heritage.

Ha Long city is bustling for the Mid-Autumn festival. Many streets light up with the brilliant colours of lanterns, star lanterns, and a myriad of eye-catching decorative items.

Hang Ma Street in Hoang Kiem District, Hanoi, fills with festive ambience as Mid-autumn Festival nears.

Ong Hao village in Lien Xa commune, Yen My district, Hung Yen province is known as the capital of making traditional toys for the Mid-autumn festival.

Quang Ninh’s Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Tuong Van, on Sept. 21 visited and gave mid-autumn festival gifts to children studying at Hoanh Bo Ethnic Minority Boarding School, Troi Primary School and Troi Secondary School in Ha Long city.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Nguyễn Thu Hiền in Hà Nội has tried her best to arrange a five-fruit tray (locally known as mâm ngũ quả) to worship her ancestors and for her children to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long will host a virtual exhibition featuring paintings, writings and video clips about the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival by cultural specialists from September 19.