Vietnam Top Attractions
Vietnam is one of world’s natural wonders and is one of the top tourist attractions in Vietnam. The literal meaning of “Halong” is “Bay of Descending Dragons”. A local legend says that a family of dragons was sent to defend the land long ago when the Vietnamese were fighting the Chinese invaders. These dragons had descended upon what is now Halong Bay.
The traditional Tet (New Year) of the Khmer community, seeing the old year off and welcoming the New Year. Participator: The Khmer people in the southern provinces.
Characteristics: This is the middle year festival for the prevention of disease and ward off evil spirits (the day of changing weather from spring to summer, this is the time easy to get pathogen).
Characteristics: Offering glutinous rice flour cakes stuffed with plum of brown sugar (banh troi), glutinous rice flour cakes stuffed with green bean paste (banh chay) to worship ancestors, an occasion for people to visit and tidy the burial graves of relatives, having fun in spring.
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month festival - Great festival at pagodas include Vu Lan ceremony of Buddhism (also called forgive the loss souls) and fufill filial duty of Buddhist
Tet Trung Thu is formerly autumn festival, and then becomes "Tet trong trang" (moon looking festival) of children.
Tet is the biggest and the most sacred festival. It is the most attractive to a majority of the Vietnamese.
