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Phú Quốc anchovy (fish-sauce) season

Phú Quốc · Jul

Jul – Sep

Nghinh Ông whale festival (south)

Southern coast · Aug

≈ Aug · varies by village

Hưng Yên longan harvest

Hưng Yên · Aug

Aug

Rice gold (terraces)

Mù Cang Chải · Sep

Late Sep – mid Oct

★ Signature moment

Jellyfish season

South coast · Sep

Sep–Nov · avoid

Water lily (bông súng)

Mekong Delta · Sep

Sep–Nov

Floating-water season (mùa nước nổi)

Mekong Delta · Sep

Sep–Nov

★ Signature moment

Côn Sơn – Kiếp Bạc festival

Hải Dương · Sep

16–20th 8th lunar (≈ Sep)

Mid-Autumn festival (Trung Thu)

Nationwide · Hội An · Sep

15th 8th lunar (≈ Sep)

★ Signature moment

Hội An lantern full-moon night

Hội An · Sep

Every 14th lunar · monthly

Sene Dolta ancestor festival (Khmer)

Sóc Trăng · Trà Vinh · Sep

≈ Sep – Oct

Bảy Núi ox race (Khmer)

An Giang · Sep

Dolta season · ≈ Sep

Young green rice (cốm)

Hà Nội · Sep

Autumn · Sep – Oct

Floating-season fish (cá linh · điên điển)

Mekong Delta · Sep

Sep – Nov · floods

Pomelo season

Mekong · Northern delta · Sep

Autumn · Aug – Oct

Buckwheat flower

Hà Giang plateau · Oct

Oct 20 – Nov 15

★ Signature moment

Milk-flower scent (hoa sữa)

Hà Nội · Oct

Oct

Katé festival (Cham)

Ninh Thuận · Bình Thuận · Oct

1st Cham 7th month (≈ Oct)

★ Signature moment

Coffee cherry harvest

Tây Nguyên · Oct

Oct – Dec

Đà Lạt persimmon season

Đà Lạt · Oct

Oct – Nov

Dã quỳ (wild sunflower)

Đà Lạt highlands · Nov

November

Cloud sea (Tà Xùa, Y Tý)

Northern ridges · Nov

Dec–Feb

Daisy (cúc họa mi)

Hà Nội · Nov

November

Migratory waterbirds

Xuân Thủy wetlands · Nov

Nov–Mar

Central Highlands Gong festival

Tây Nguyên (rotating) · Nov

Nov – Dec

★ Signature moment

Ok Om Bok moon-worship (Khmer)

Sóc Trăng · Trà Vinh · Nov

15th 10th lunar (≈ Nov)

Ngo boat race (Khmer)

Sóc Trăng · Nov

Ok Om Bok · ≈ Nov

Cao Phong orange season

Hòa Bình · Nov

Nov – Jan

Đà Lạt flower festival

Đà Lạt · Dec

Dec 18 – 22

Sunflower fields

Nghĩa Đàn, Nghệ An · Dec

Dec–Jan

Red-crowned cranes (sếu đầu đỏ)

Tràm Chim, Đồng Tháp · Dec

Dec–Apr

★ Signature moment

Clear-sky stargazing

Highlands dark sky · Dec

Dec–Mar

Đà Lạt strawberry season

Đà Lạt · Dec

Dec – Mar

Đà Lạt Flower Festival

Đà Lạt · Dec

Dec · biennial

Peach blossom (Tết)

Northern lowlands · Jan

Late Jan

Green moss rocks (rêu xanh)

Lý Sơn · Nam Ô · Jan

Jan–Mar

Bà Chúa Kho temple festival

Bắc Ninh · Jan

Jan – Feb · 1st lunar

Gầu Tào festival (H'Mông)

Hà Giang · Lào Cai · Jan

Jan · 1st lunar

Bà Đen Mountain festival

Tây Ninh · Jan

Jan · 4–6th 1st lunar

Mai anh đào · cherry

Đà Lạt · Feb

Early Feb

Calm-sea window

Central + South coast · Feb

Feb–Aug

Tết Nguyên Đán (Lunar New Year)

Nationwide · Feb

≈ late Jan – mid Feb · 1st lunar month

★ Signature moment

Perfume Pagoda festival

Hà Nội (Mỹ Đức) · Feb

6th 1st lunar – Mar

Lim festival (Quan họ folk song)

Bắc Ninh · Feb

12–13th 1st lunar (≈ Feb)

Yên Tử pilgrimage

Quảng Ninh · Feb

10th 1st lunar – Mar

Trần Temple festival

Nam Định · Feb

14–15th 1st lunar

Lồng Tồng going-to-field festival (Tày–Nùng)

Northern highlands · Feb

≈ Jan – Feb · after Tết

Cầu Ngư whale-worship festival

Central coast · Feb

Spring · 1st–2nd lunar

Plum blossom

Mộc Châu · Mar

Mar 1–20

Cát Cát rape flower

Sa Pa · Mar

Mar–Apr

Ban flower (bauhinia)

Điện Biên · Tây Bắc · Mar

Mar

Gạo — red silk-cotton bloom

Northern countryside · Mar

Mar

Coffee blossom

Buôn Ma Thuột · Mar

Mar–Apr

★ Signature moment

Clear-water diving window

Nha Trang · Phú Quốc · Mar

Mar–Aug

Dinh Cô festival

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu · Mar

10–12th 2nd lunar

Ban Flower festival (Thái)

Điện Biên · Mar

Mar

Buôn Đôn elephant race

Đắk Lắk · Mar

Mar · 3rd lunar

Grave-leaving ceremony (Pơ Thi)

Tây Nguyên · Mar

Feb – Apr · dry season

Buôn Ma Thuột Coffee Festival

Đắk Lắk · Mar

Mar · biennial

Butterfly migration

Cúc Phương · Apr

Apr–May

Hydrangea fields (cẩm tú cầu)

Đà Lạt · Apr

Apr–May

Fireflies (đom đóm)

Cúc Phương · Apr

Apr–Jun

Hùng Kings' Temple festival

Phú Thọ · Apr

10th 3rd lunar (≈ Apr)

★ Signature moment

Gióng festival

Hà Nội (Sóc Sơn · Phù Đổng) · Apr

≈ Apr · 6–9th 4th lunar

Khâu Vai love market

Hà Giang · Apr

27th 3rd lunar (≈ Apr)

Po Nagar Tower festival (Cham)

Khánh Hòa · Apr

20–23rd 3rd lunar

Chôl Chnăm Thmây (Khmer New Year)

Mekong Delta · Apr

13–16 Apr

Huế Festival

Huế · Apr

Apr – Jun · biennial

★ Signature moment

Hạ Long Carnival

Quảng Ninh · Apr

Apr – May

Phượng (flame trees)

Hải Phòng · Sài Gòn · May

May–Jun

Rice planting · green

Mù Cang Chải · May

Late May – Jun

Water-mirror terraces

Y Tý · Sa Pa · May

Late May · Dec

Purple crape-myrtle (bằng lăng)

Hà Nội streets · May

May

Bà Chúa Xứ festival

An Giang (Châu Đốc) · May

22–27th 4th lunar (≈ May)

★ Signature moment