In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as Children's Festival, bringing families together for a fun nighteating mooncakes and exotic fruits like pomelo, followed by parades lit by lanterns. 

Many events will be held in Hanoi to bring you the spirit of traditional Mid-Autumn festival combined with the unique space and environment and many other exciting traditional games and activities.

Shops on Hang Ma Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter are bustling with customers and a vast array of lively, colourful traditional toys.

 Located in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Oai, Canh Hoach village, also known as Vac village, is home to two Trang Nguyen, top doctorate winners during feudal times. 

 As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, children can learn how to make traditional toys by themselves at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - After the successful screening of “Roméo and Juliette”, “Cyrano de Bergerac” – a beloved French classic in the last century – will be screened at L’Espace, Hanoi on October 7. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is organizing its fourteenth act of the JF Garage Concert – a duo concert by Pho An My and Tran Xuan Hoa in Hanoi on October 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Exhibition ‘Paradise Lost’ by artist Hoang Thanh Phong will be held at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City from September 29 to December 26.

If you’re interested in Japanese language and culture, sign up for two sessions on “Ikebana” that will be held on October 8 at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, 27 Quang Trung Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Charity concert “Loving Autumn” is a journey of the kind souls, where artists use their music to connect hearts and spread love to children in the harsh mountainous regions.

Ninth Thai Festival to take place on September 30 and October 1 at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi.

 Director of the Kong: Skull Island movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has just confirmed that he will continue his plans as a tourism ambassador in Vietnam despite the recent attack he suffered in a local bar.

 The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided VND3.6 billion (EUR143,300) to restore a palace in the central city of Hue.

Model Luong Gia Huy has left for Indonesia to take part in Mister Universal Ambassador 2017 which is taking place in September 26 - October 6.

A special exhibition of works by four young graphic designers, newly graduates of the London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF), opens in Hanoi today.

 Four hundred disadvantaged children from HCM City’s districts Binh Thanh, Binh Tan, Go Vap and 8 will get gifts and enjoy an entertainment programme during the upcoming Mid-autumn Festival.

 The annual Nghinh Ong Festival, in which fishermen show respect for the whale, as a symbol for the spirit of the sea, and gratitude for bumper catch, is to take place in HCM City’s Can Gio District on October 3-5.

 Hao village in Lieu Xa commune, Yen My district, Hung Yen province has the time-honoured history of making traditional toys for Mid-autumn Festival.

 Study ballet at the age of four, Meritorious Artist Ngo Thuy To Nhu has had up to 40 years experience keeping balance on her toes with ballet slippers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The 9th Thai Festival in Hanoi will be organized at the Thong Nhat Park on September 30 – October 1.