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Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Dry season

• Helligdag

  Tet

  14.–22. febKinesisk nyttårStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (15. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Tet, Dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Tet (14.–22. feb), Dry season (15. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Dry season

• Festival

  Ao Dai Festival

  1.–31. mar · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (15. nov – 30. apr)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

• Helligdag

  Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

  5.–20. apr · vanligvisNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Reunification Day and May Day

  30. apr – 1. maiSkoleferieMye folk

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

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (15. nov – 30. apr)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Reunification Day and May Day

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Reunification Day and May Day (30. apr – 1. mai)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Southern Fruit Festival

• Festival

  Southern Fruit Festival

  1.–30. jun · vanligvisMat- og drikkefestivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Summer break i Vietnam

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Summer break i Vietnam

• Festival

  Vu Lan and the ghost month

  1. aug – 5. sep · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  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. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, National Day

• Helligdag

  National Day

  1.–2. sepNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

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

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25. sepLys og ildMye folk

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

• Fare

  Peak tide flooding

  15. sep – 15. des · vanligvisFlomsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Vu Lan and the ghost month (1. aug – 5. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Mid-Autumn Festival (25. sep), Peak tide flooding (15. sep – 15. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Dry season

• Sesong

  Dry season

  15. nov – 30. aprMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Peak tide flooding (15. sep – 15. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Dry season

• Festival

  Ho Chi Minh City Marathon

  1.–10. des · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Peak tide flooding (15. sep – 15. des (vanligvis)), Dry season (15. nov – 30. apr)