Venues for Mid-Autumn celebration

When the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, the streets are full of children carrying lanterns with friends and parents, watching lion dances and joining folk games. Here are some ideal venues for festival celebrations.
In Hanoi
* The program “Vietnam-China Color” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology at Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District on September 17 - 20.
The program will feature Chinese and Vietnamese dramas, traditional music, dances, lion – dragon dances and water puppet shows. There will be a variety of Vietnamese and Chinese traditional games and toys such as lanterns, kites and Chinese masks.
Visitors to the museum can enjoy Chinese tea and learn to bake traditional cakes. Dress ups in Vietnamese and Chinese traditional costumes, oral legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival, cultural films of Vietnam and China, and singing and dancing shows are also part of the activities.
Tickets are available at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology for VND25,000 per adult, VND30,000 per children and VND5,000 for students.
* “Kid’s party to admire the moon” at Tay Ho Park on September 19
One thousand primary school kids in Hanoi will enjoy contests and Mid-Autumn activities such as craft classes to make lanterns, kites and to he (a traditional children’s toy made by shaping glutinous rice powder dough into edible figurines such as animals, flowers or characters from folk stories)
The night will be broadcast live on VTV1 on September 22.
* Thang Long lantern parade at Hoan Kiem Lake on September 22
There will be a lantern parade around the lake with a lion dance troupe and a 1,000-meter-long dragon, 1,000 lanterns, 1,200 lantern hanging on the streets and 1,000 lotus flowers released on the lake.
Children will be given moon cakes, fruits and snacks.
In HCMC
* “Full Moon” Festival at HCMC Fine Arts Museum, 1 Le Thi Hong Gam in District 1 on September 18
Learn how to make lanterns from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with bamboo, plastic, paper and paints, enjoy a lantern exhibition, music shows and film screening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
* “Love Mid-Autumn Festival” at the Hoa Binh Theater at 240-242 Ba Thang Hai Street, District 10 on September 18
The program will feature music shows for children.
* “Charitable Mid-Autumn Fair” at Ben Thanh Theater, 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street in District 1, on September 18
Games and shows will keep the kids entertained while the parents can discuss with experts how to make their kids healthier and smarter. All the proceeds will be donated to children with heart disease at Children Hospital 2.
Children can also celebrate the festival at Dam Sen Park, 3 Hoa Binh Street in District 11, design and make their own lanterns to enter a contest, enjoy dragon dances, lantern parades and story telling contests. At Binh Quoi Tourist Area 1, children and their parents can join folk games. The circus at September 23 Park will be on and Nguyen Du Stadium has water puppet shows.