Tag: "mid-autumn festival"
A decade of giving: This man delivers mooncakes to patients in Ho Chi Minh City

A decade of giving: This man delivers mooncakes to patients in Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam News 09:53 03/10/2025

For the past 10 years, Mai Quyet Thang, a lecturer at Hoa Sen University, has dedicated his Mid-Autumn Festival to a heartfelt mission: handcrafting mooncakes tailored for children and adults battling kidney disease in Ho Chi Minh City.

Modern mooncake trends send Vietnamese youth into frenzy

Modern mooncake trends send Vietnamese youth into frenzy

Vietnam News 17:30 22/09/2025

Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Vietnamese mooncake market heats up with a dazzling variety of flavors and designs, from timeless classics to contemporary innovations, captivating young people.

Traditional lanterns draw visitors to historic temple in Ho Chi Minh City

Traditional lanterns draw visitors to historic temple in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City 15:23 16/09/2025

An exhibition of traditional Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns at a 19th-century temple in central Ho Chi Minh City is attracting crowds with handmade displays inspired by Vietnamese folklore and cultural heritage.

Ho Chi Minh City’s lantern street bustling as Mid-Autumn fest nears

Ho Chi Minh City’s lantern street bustling as Mid-Autumn fest nears

Ho Chi Minh City 14:32 15/09/2025

Though the Mid-Autumn Festival is still nearly a month away, Luong Nhu Hoc Street in Cho Lon Ward, known as a ‘lantern street’ in Ho Chi Minh City, has already transformed into a radiant hub of color and festivity, drawing large crowds of families and young people eager to shop, take photos, and soak in the early holiday atmosphere.

Lion dance, lanterns light up Da Nang for Mid-Autumn Festival

Lion dance, lanterns light up Da Nang for Mid-Autumn Festival

Travel 15:56 16/09/2024

One of the most beloved legends centers on a man named Cuoi, who clings to a magical banyan tree as it floats to the moon

‘Lantern streets’ in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City filled with weekend visitors as Mid-Autumn Festival nears

‘Lantern streets’ in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City filled with weekend visitors as Mid-Autumn Festival nears

Travel 14:18 28/08/2022

Many children and young people have been flocking to ‘lantern streets’ in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City over the weekend

Hanoi residents fill streets celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival amid COVID-19

Hanoi residents fill streets celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival amid COVID-19

Vietnam News 11:24 22/09/2021

The streets were bustling like any other year, despite the recently eased COVID-19 restrictions still in effect

As social distancing rules ease, Hanoians queue up for artisan mooncakes

As social distancing rules ease, Hanoians queue up for artisan mooncakes

Vietnam News 15:33 19/09/2021

Bao Phuong drew in throngs of customers

US Ambassador infuses American flavor into Vietnamese mooncake

US Ambassador infuses American flavor into Vietnamese mooncake

Vietnam Life 12:01 02/10/2020

He decided to put an American spin on the traditional recipe

Trash floods Hanoi street after Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations

Trash floods Hanoi street after Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations

Travel 16:18 14/09/2019

A large amount of rubbish was left around the site after the participants had gone home

Giant lanterns ‘float’ through streets in Vietnamese province ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival

Giant lanterns ‘float’ through streets in Vietnamese province ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival

Travel 12:48 10/09/2019

Colossal lanterns are brightly lit and put on special vehicles, which travel across streets in the area

Hanoi exhibition shows children what Mid-Autumn Festival was like in the past

Hanoi exhibition shows children what Mid-Autumn Festival was like in the past

Travel 16:58 07/09/2019

Older visitors will be taken through a walk down the memory lane with a special collection of traditional toys rarely seen in today's time