Vietnam Airlines promotes Hanoi autumn tourism, offers up to 10% off fares
Vietnam News 13:21 19/09/2026Vietnam Airlines and Hanoi are rolling out autumn food, cultural, sports and music events to attract tourists, with the carrier offering discounts of up to 10 percent on domestic flights to the capital from September 18.
Mid-Autumn traditions come alive at Ho Chi Minh City art exhibition
Vietnam News 11:51 19/09/2026The installation exhibition Cua Trang va Ta – Of Moon and Us, which runs from September 19 to 30 at EMGallery in Ho Chi Minh City, explores Vietnam’s traditional Mid-Autumn Festival through folk and contemporary art.
Ho Chi Minh City eateries roll out Mid-Autumn decor, free lanterns for children
Ho Chi Minh City 17:24 17/09/2026Several eateries in Ho Chi Minh City are spending tens of millions of dong on elaborate Mid-Autumn Festival decorations, while some are giving children traditional cellophane lanterns and organizing family activities.
Traditional bakeries in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Lon area keep the Mid-Autumn spirit alive
Ho Chi Minh City 08:12 12/09/2026As the eighth lunar month begins, traditional Chinese bakeries in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Lon area, home to the Chinese Vietnamese community in the city, fire up their ovens for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Giant Mid-Autumn lanterns revive Vietnamese folk tale in Ho Chi Minh City
Travel 15:04 07/09/2026A nearly three-meter-tall toad lantern has become the centerpiece of a Mid-Autumn Festival display at the more than 160-year-old Son Tra Communal House in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnamese youths invite ‘random foreigner’ to film a Mid-Autumn video, then discover he’s EU ambassador
Vietnam News 12:51 07/09/2026A group of young people in Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam, invited a casually dressed foreign visitor to join their Mid-Autumn Festival video. They later discovered that their friendly guest was Julien Guerrier, the European Union’s ambassador to Vietnam.
Handmade lanterns still glow in Ho Chi Minh City despite factory-made rivals
Ho Chi Minh City 16:58 02/09/2026As cheap, mass-produced lanterns flood the market, artisans in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Binh lantern village are still working long hours by hand, hoping to preserve a craft closely tied to Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival.
A decade of giving: This man delivers mooncakes to patients in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 09:53 03/10/2025For 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
Vietnam News 17:30 22/09/2025Every 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
Ho Chi Minh City 15:23 16/09/2025An 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 14:32 15/09/2025Though 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
Travel 15:56 16/09/2024One of the most beloved legends centers on a man named Cuoi, who clings to a magical banyan tree as it floats to the moon
