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Festivals in Vietnam (with description)
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Festival Name
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Description
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Tet:
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Held in late Jan-early Feb.
The most important festival of the year, marking the new lunar year and the advent of spring;
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Wandering Souls Day:
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Held in August.
The second-largest festival of the year.
Offerings of food and gifts are given to the wandering souls of the forgotten dead.
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Doan Ngu:
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Held in June.
Human effigies are burnt, becoming soldiers in the god of death's army.
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Holiday of the Dead:
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Celebrates in April.
Commemorates deceased relatives.
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