Destinations, Travel tips, Festivals and Public Holidays
Vietnam Holidays
Kyaukse Elephant Dance Festival in Myanmar
Oct 15th
This October, Myanmar holds a fanciful festival named Kyausuke 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 Kyausuke 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 >
Top Asia Destinations: Ho Chi Minh
Jun 20th
Acting as the centerpiece of the Mekong Delta stands Ho Chi Minh, the second most important city in Vietnam, sitting closely to Hanoi. Known all over the world as Saigon, the city is now booming commercially, with its large scaled buildings and structures. The modernization does not stop there, but adding that Ho Chi Minh is being known to also be the center of scientific, technological, industrial and tourist center. Numerous rivers, arroyos and canals surround the city, making it a double impact for investors and tourists alike. Its Chinese and European influences are evident of the city’s quiet past, only making it more grandiose with its modernity.
Mid-Autumn Mooncake Festival 2011
Aug 9th
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 >
Vietnam 2010 Public Holidays Calendar
Jul 17th
In Vietnam, workers get the day off work during the public holidays. There are a total of 9 days of Vietnamese public holidays a year, making it the lowest in the region.
Here is the list of public holidays in Vietnam for year 2010
Tet Duong Lich
New Year’s Day
Friday, 1 January 2010
Tet Nguyen Dan
Lunar New Year / Vietnamese New Year, Tet Nguyên Ðán, more commonly known by its shortened name Tet, is the largest, most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year based on the Lunar calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tet Nguyên Ðán (in Sino-Vietnamese) can be loosely translated as Feast of the First Morning. Tet is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year. It takes place from the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar (around late January or early February) until at least the third day. However the corresponding public holiday started a day earlier, from last day of the last lunar month. Visitors may experience difficulties during this period as shops, restaurants and public services close and prices tend to go up in the few shops that remain open.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Gio to Hung Vuong Day
Hung Kings Commemoriations – Traditional holiday adopted by the government on 28 March 2007 commemorating the mythical Hùng Kings. Hùng Vuong (Hùng Kings in Vietnamese) was the first king of Van Lang or Lac Viet (as Vietnam was known at the time). His dynasty existed in Vietnamese prehistory, but much of the lore from this time is now lost to the ages.
Friday, 23 April 2010
Ngày thong nhat
Victory Day, Reunification Day, or Liberation Day is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the occasion Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on April 30, 1975. This signalled the end of the Vietnam War.
In the overseas Vietnamese exile community, the day is remembered as the “Fall of Saigon”, but this term is considered treasonous in present day Vietnam and can lead to harassment or imprisonment.
Friday, 30 April 2010
Ngày Quoc te Lao dong
International Labour Day
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Quoc khánh
National Day – Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Thursday, 2 September 2010
As in most other nations, if a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the following Monday.
