På gång i Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Helg

  Tet

  14–22 febKinesiskt nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Tet, Dry season

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Tet (14–22 feb), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Festival

  Ao Dai Festival

  1–31 mar · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

• Helg

  Hung Kings' Commemoration Day

  5–20 apr · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Reunification Day and May Day

  30 apr – 1 majSkollovTrångt

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

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Reunification Day and May Day

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Reunification Day and May Day (30 apr – 1 maj)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Southern Fruit Festival

• Festival

  Southern Fruit Festival

  1–30 jun · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer break i Vietnam

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer break i Vietnam

• Festival

  Vu Lan and the ghost month

  1 aug – 5 sep · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, National Day

• Helg

  National Day

  1–2 sepNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

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

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 sepLjus & eldTrångt

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

• Risk

  Peak tide flooding

  15 sep – 15 dec · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Vu Lan and the ghost month (1 aug – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 sep), Peak tide flooding (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Säsong

  Dry season

  15 nov – 30 aprTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Peak tide flooding (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Festival

  Ho Chi Minh City Marathon

  1–10 dec · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Peak tide flooding (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr)