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Ho Chi Minh Festival - Events

Ho Chi Minh Festivals and Events Guide - TravelPuppy.com

Tet, New Year	The most important holiday of the year, according to lunar calendar (31 January-3 February 2006)
International Women’s Day,	Parades and celebration by women, 8 March
Liberation Day	Celebrations, 30 April, throughout Ho Chi Minh city
International Labour Day	Following Liberation Day this gives citizens a two-day holiday, 1 May
Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday	National holiday to celebrate the birthday of the former president, 19 May
National Day	Celebrating the Declaration of Independence in 1945 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (also anniversary of the death of Ho Chi Minh), 2 September
Mid-fall Festival,	General festivities with children carrying lanterns in processions 15th day of the eighth lunar month, October
Christmas	Celebrated by the small Christian community but increasingly seen as a party period by everyone, 25 December