answered about 14 months ago by alpha
Tomorrow (23rd), around many of the High Schools and universities you'll see some early festival activities. I'm not sure exactly which ones, but I'd guess Chu Van An is doing something. They tend to be pretty observant when it comes to traditional holidays.
On the day itself, the Old Quarter will be a zoo. If you plan to check it out, go early, park the bike, and just plan to walk around. Traffic will be...uhh....heavy.
The West Lake Temple is also a good bet for some of the more religious aspects of the holiday. There are always big crowds there for lunar events.
Sorry that I don't have more specifics. I must be becoming a jaded old expat, because my first thought is to stay home and avoid the crowds. :)
I hope you find something and have a great time.
answered about 14 months ago by Snellopy
I'm just yarning to one of my Vietnamese mates at the moment, and she said that there will be heaps of people lighting up the flying paper lanterns on Tuesday night.
I saw them last year once, going over West Lake, and they were very beautiful. She said they release them from Korean Point (which is part of West Lake, apparently but I've never heard of it). We were at the Highlands Coffee on the boat on the lake, and the lanterns looked to be coming from near the swan paddle boats and merry-go-round.
There will be even more released at My Dinh Stadium, where they play the big soccer matches, and fly the kites at night and stuff. I'd go there just to fly a kite myself, on another night, that's pretty enough.
Out of the two, I'd take the West Lake option first, as you can have a beer and a feed and sit in a comfortable chair watching it.
answered about 14 months ago by hangvp
U can go to the memorial house at 87 Ma may str. They have a lot of activities there, showing u about the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival, how to make toys, lanterns, masks, Moon Cakes, young sticky rice. The house is opened from 8 am to 5 pm. Have fun!
