Qué hay en Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Festivo

  Tet

  14–22 FebAño Nuevo LunarCierres

  Half the city goes home to the provinces and the other half shuts for a week. Flights and buses sell out days ahead, and the empty streets are the one time Saigon is quiet. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Tet, Dry season

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Tet (14–22 Feb), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Festival

  Ao Dai Festival

  1–31 Mar · normalmenteGran festival

  The city tourism department gives Nguyen Hue and the Nha Rong wharf over to ao dai parades and workshops for a few weeks in March, and office workers in District 1 wear one to work for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

• Festivo

  Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

  5–20 Abr · normalmenteFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  A public holiday on the tenth day of the third lunar month, usually mid-April. Offices shut, and in years when it lands near the end-of-April holidays the whole country takes one long break and the coast fills. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Reunification Day and May Day

  30 Abr – 1 MayVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Two public holidays run together, so the whole country moves at once. Domestic flights and coastal hotels are the first things to go. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Reunification Day and May Day

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Reunification Day and May Day (30 Abr – 1 May)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Southern Fruit Festival

• Festival

  Southern Fruit Festival

  1–30 Jun · normalmenteFestival gastronómicoMucha gente

  Suoi Tien theme park in District 9 turns over to a market of the Mekong Delta's fruit harvest, with giant fruit sculptures and folk games, running since 2004. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Summer break en Vietnam

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Summer break en Vietnam

• Festival

  Vu Lan and the ghost month

  1 Ago – 5 Sep · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  The seventh lunar month: pagodas in Cho Lon burn paper offerings, vegetarian stalls take over the food streets, and many Vietnamese put off buying a car, a house or a big trip until it is over. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, National Day

• Festivo

  National Day

  1–2 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  Offices and government buildings close for two days and the city centre fills for the evening fireworks over the river. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 SepLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Peak tide flooding

  15 Sep – 15 Dic · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  The year's highest tides push the river back into District 7, Nha Be and Binh Chanh, usually around the new and full moons. Roads there flood for a couple of hours at a time. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Vu Lan and the ghost month (1 Ago – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 Sep), Peak tide flooding (15 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Temporada

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 30 AbrMucha gente

  Six months with almost no rain, which is when the city is worth walking. It comes with dust and the traffic haze that goes with it.

Sigue en marcha: Peak tide flooding (15 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Festival

  Ho Chi Minh City Marathon

  1–10 Dic · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Around twenty thousand runners on a Sunday in early December, on closed streets through District 1 and along the riverfront. Le Duan and the roads by the cathedral shut well before dawn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Peak tide flooding (15 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr)