Festival in July (2) - in Hue province, Dong Nai province

Traditional festivals in Thua Thien - Hue province:
 

Vietnam traditional festivals in July Chi Long Village Festival
Time: 12th to the 13th day of the sixth lunar month. The main festival day on the 13th day of the sixth lunar month.
Location: Phong Chuong Commune, Phong Dien District, Thua Thien Hue Province.
Objects of worship: Lady Dai Cang (in the 15th century), who had merit of escorting 4 heads of clan (Le, Nguyen, Vo, Tran) reclaimed wasteland and set up the village.
Activities: Ky phuoc ceremony, procession of heads of clan's votive tablets, túc yêt ceremony (includes: reading funeral oration, bong dancing, incense offering). The offerings include the whole pig and ox. After worshipping, some offerings are put on paper boat and floated on river. The custom of avoiding going to the forest and no fire from morning to evening.

Vietnam traditional festivals in July Phu Xuan Communal House Festival
Time: 5th to the 6th day of the sixth lunar month
Location: Thai Phien Street, Tay Loc Ward, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province.
Objects of worship: The genies of founding the village.
Activities: Tam sinh sacrifice (use three animals: ox, pig, and goat as offerings to sacrifice to the god).

Traditional festivals in Dong Nai province:
 

Vietnam traditional festivals in July Ky Yen Festival
Time: The 26th day of the sixth lunar month.
Location: Nguyen Huu Canh Temple, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province.
Activities: Boat racing, vying for offerings to get fortunes.

Festival in July (1) - in Hai Phong city, Thai Binh province, Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City

Traditional festivals in Hai Phong City:

Vietnam traditional festivals in July Kha Lam Temple Festival
Time: The 3rd day of the sixth lunar month.
Location: Kha Lam Temple, Kien An District, Hai Phong City.
Objects of worship: Princess Chieu Minh - the daughter of King Tran Thanh Tong, who had merit of building bridge, opening market, taking care of old people, assisting people in misfortune, offering all her fields and gardens to people.
Activities: Incense offering, recalling ceremonies, reciting the Buddhist scriptures, celebrating a requiem.

Traditional festivals in Thai Binh province:

Vietnam traditional festivals in July Phu Hieu Festival
Time: The 14th day of the sixth lunar month.
Location: Doc Lap Commune, Hung Ha District, Thai Binh Province.
Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god.
Activities: Water procession, sacrifice to the god, dragon dance, cheo singing.

Traditional festivals in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: 

Ong Pagoda Festival
Time: The 24th day of the sixth lunar month.
Location: 676 - 678 Nguyen Trai Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Quan Cong and many other Chinese gods.
Activities: Incense offering ceremony, statue-washing ceremony, unicorn dance, boi sin

Quan Lan festival

Time: The festivities are organized yearly on the 18th day of the sixth lunar month, but the celebration lasts from the 10th to the 20th day of month.

Location: Dinh Wharf in Quan Lan Commune, Van Don District, Quang Ninh Province.

Activities: The festival is organized to commemorate the victory against the Mongol invaders in 1288, as well as the feats of Tran Khanh Du, a famous Tran General. They also pray for good “harvest” from the sea.
Quan Lan Communal House Festival is the village-wide celebration for the inhabitants of the island community of Quan Lan: located the central area of the ancient Van Don harbor.

The 10th day of the sixth lunar month features the ritual of “closing the village": the inhabitants cannot leave, but those who have moved away and other guests from any corner of the country are welcome.

The festivities of Quan Lan Communal House are comprised of a traditional rowing competition: villagers are divided into two sides. They establish their particular training grounds on the 13th day of the month in order to prepare themselves. The boats used are ordinary 5 to 6 - tones fishing boats, with lowered sails and dragon - heads carved on the fronts.

The 16th day is reserved for receiving the genies. There is a procession for the funeral tablets of Tran Khanh Du from the temple to the village’s communal house.

On the 18th day at about 3 p.m (every year at this time the tide reaches the temple’s wharf), the boats start. The "soldiers" on one side wear a white jacket and blue pants, while the other group wears gray or black clothing. When the opposing generals meet each other at the communal house, the “soldiers” and spectators shout resoundingly; the noise echoes throughout the region. The two generals make sword - tracings in the air, and the two troops meet each other three times: symbolizing the three victories during the Tran Dynasty. Following the third meeting, they assemble before the shrine and the rowing contest begins.

Quan Lan Communal House Festival bears Activities of traditional village festivals, but is particularly grandiose, expressing the military spirit of the Vietnamese in the struggle against foreign invaders.