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City Guide > South-East Asia > Virginia > Hanoi | |
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Special Events Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, Jan or Feb according to the lunar calendar, with celebrations across the city Liberation Day, 30 Apr, parades to celebrate the liberation of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in 1975 International Labour Day, 1 May, makes a two-day holiday after Liberation Day Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday, national holiday to celebrate the birthday of the former president, 19 May, with street parades 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 Sep, with street parades Mid-Autumn Festival, (celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month), Oct, a celebration for children with parades and dragon dances Christmas, 25 Dec, celebrated by the small Christian community but increasingly seen as a party period by others |