Ho Chi Minh City Events

The major event in Vietnam - celebrated with extra vigour in Ho Chi Minh City - is the Tet (or Lunar New Year) Festival. It's a time when the Vietnamese gather together and hope for the future. It's also everyone's birthday. Tet falls between 19 January and 20 February and lasts a whole week in the south. Public transport often shuts down for several days at this time.

During the Saigon Cyclo Race professional and non-professional cyclo drivers find out who's fastest; money raised is donated to local charities. During the Festival at Lang Ong, people pray for happiness and the health of the country at the Ong Temple in HCMC's Binh Thanh district; plays and musical performances are staged.