Destinations, Travel tips, Festivals and Public Holidays
Vietnam Holidays
Vietnam National Day 2013 – Quoc Khanh 2013
Jan 27th
Quoc Khanh / Vietnam National Day
Vietnam National Day or Quoc Khanh (Ngày Quốc Khánh) is the anniversary of Vietnam declaration of Independence from Spain on September 2, 1945. It is observed as one of Vietnam’s public holidays on September 2 every year. More >
Vietnam Victory Day 2013
Nov 8th
Vietnam Victory Day
Vietnam Victory Day, also known as Reunification Day or Liberation Day, is a national holiday in Vietnam observed annually on 30 April. It commemorates the fall of Saigon into the hands of Viet Chong and North Vietnamese troops on April 30, 1975 which signaled the end of Vietnam war. More >
Sailing in Mekong Delta River
Mar 13th
Mekong Delta is probably the most attractive place visited by tourists in Vietnam. It is famous for its floating markets where every goods are sold on the boats. Not only floating markets, in Mekong Delta, there are also floating villages where the villagers farm the fishes under their houses. More >
Gio To Hung Vuong 2014
Mar 7th
Gio To Hung Vuong 2014 – King Memorial
In 2007, Vietnam government declares a new public holiday for commemorating Hung King (Hung Vuong), the legendary king of ancient Vietnam. This new holiday is called Gio To Hung Vuong, or Hung Kings’ Temple Festival. More >
Tet 2014
Mar 4th
Tet 2013 – Tet Nguyen Dan 2014
Tet Nguyen Dan, literally means “Feast of the First Morning” is the most important holiday in Vietnam. It celebrates the coming of spring. Tet falls on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar, and is generally celebrated on the same day as the Chinese New Year. More >
Mid-Autumn Mooncake Festival 2013
Feb 12th
Mid Autumn Festival / Mooncake Festival / Chinese Lantern Festival
Mid Autumn Festival (also known as Mooncake Festival or Chinese Lantern Festival) dates back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China’s Shang Dynasty. It was first called Zhongqiu Jie (literally “Mid-Autumn Festival”) in the Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties across different countries. More >
Visit Appealing Vacation Spots in Vietnam
Feb 3rd
Vietnam, previously famous for its war against the USA, is currently a lovely place to see. Because of its long coastline and tropical climate, Vietnam has a large number of beautiful beaches covered by clear blue sky and warm temperature. For the ones prefer to have a natural place for vacation, Vietnam possesses beautiful scenery of mountains, green forests, and some big natural caves. Vietnam has many traditional villages as well as modern cities so that visitors can have a look at cultural tradition and modern life style in a short time. More >
Kyaukse Elephant Dance Festival in Myanmar
Oct 15th
Kyaukse Elephant Dance Festival 2012
This October, Myanmar holds a fanciful festival named Kyaukse Elephant Dance Festival. This festival is both unique and eccentric for people participated in the festival dance while wearing an elephant figure made of paper and bamboo. The participants of Kyaukse Elephant Dance Festival decorate the elephant’s dummy as pretty as possible to win the competition deciding the best elephant’s costume is held during the festival. Not only participants with the best elephant’s costume but also participants with the best dance performance will receive a prize from the local committee of the festival. More >
Vietnam – One Great Affordable Tourism Site
Oct 14th
Locating in Southeast Asia makes Vietnam give different experience to the visitors than the countries in Europe or America. Even though Vietnam was well-known for its war, this country becomes much safer these days, especially because the war is really over. One benefit of visiting this Southeast Asian country is that it doesn’t cost much money because 1 US Dollar equals to 20,890 Vietnamese Dong. For only about 2 or 3 dollars, tourists in Vietnam are able to have various kinds of dishes enough to make them full for the whole day. A large choices of places are available in Vietnam; among those places, these 3 tourism spots should not be missed. More >
