The festival is a traditional event held annually in Van Ninh Commune, Mong Cai City on January 9 and 10 on the lunar calendar, including a series of ceremonial spiritual practices and cultural festivities.

The ministry of culture has issued a "set of criteria for cultural environment in traditional festivals" to standardise and evaluate the state and local management and the effectiveness of organising festivals in the country.

Autumn is considered to be the most beautiful time of the year in the northern region of Vietnam when the sweltering heat of summer is replaced by a gentle autumnal breeze, and the leaves begin changing their colours.