The Mid Autumn Moon Festival, is a wonderful ancient festival that revolves around children. The festival, held annually on the 15th of Lunar August in Hoi An, helps create the most charming and picturesque night of the year. It involves the customs of moon contemplation, procession of stars and moon using shaped lanterns, lion dance, as well as parties with moon cakes and fruits. Do you know why we treasure this special festival?

The lunar year festival, or Tet Nguyen Dan, is the largest festival to take place every year in Vietnam. It starts on the first day of the lunar year and lasts for entire week.

Hoi An Full Moon Festival Every 14th of the lunar calendar Hoi An celebrates the Full Moon Festival. During this festival the Old Town will be closed for traffic and lit-up by colourful lanterns, creating a romantic atmosphere which reminds of Hoi An’s golden age of centuries ago. Traditional music, dance and games will entertain all the visitors of the festival who will also be invited to join in the traditional custom of putting a floating candle on the river. The Full Moon Festival is

Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site. Criterion (ii): Hoi An is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international commercial port. Criterion (v): Hoi An is an exceptionally well preserved example