The biggest spring festival in Vietnam near Hanoi, young and old are all crazy about it

From Hanoi, take the free bus to the Oriental Light Festival, where adults and children can find a paradise of light, with a full combo of shopping and partying during Tet.

Check-in next to Lac Long Quan's return, the lantern work won an encouragement prize at the Ocean International Lantern Competition.

Taking place until March 16, up to now, the 2025 Oriental Light Festival at Vinhomes Ocean Park 2 is becoming the largest spring festival in Vietnam. This is a festival aimed at a multi-level audience, with a record number of experiential activities (up to 580 activities), from shopping, cuisine, entertainment to culture and art. Sometimes going for one day is not enough, you have to go back and forth to admire and check-in every corner.

The festival is open throughout Tet for tourists and locals to enjoy and shop, especially with a high-altitude fireworks display on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the lantern festival is open until 1am and fireworks are set off to celebrate the New Year at a height of 150m.

The Oriental Light Festival lasts nearly 2 months, so you can have fun.

Check-in Oriental heritage, young and old are all fascinated

The highlight of the Oriental Light Festival is the 2025 Ocean International Lantern Festival. Gathering more than 30 large-scale lantern works crafted by artisans from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, this is the first international lantern festival held in the world, and is also the largest international lantern festival in Vietnam. Coming here, there is the longest lantern road in Vietnam (2km), allowing you to check-in freely. Not to mention the largest lantern cluster in Vietnam (the work Soul of Vietnam by Hoi An Craft, measuring up to 70m x 20m) awarded by the Vietnam Record Organization. Vinhomes also cooperated with Shanghai Yuyuan Huadeng Culture and Creativity Group - a member of the famous Fosun Group of China, to organize the exhibition Mysterious creatures of the East: Linh Nam Chich Quai - Son Hai Kinh . What surprised the children was the Chinese lantern wonder Yuyuan Lantern Festival, an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, appearing in our country for the first time.

Check-in at Bach Long

Young people, especially children, are excited and fascinated by the mystical creatures told vividly and beautifully through the art of light such as Bach Long, Thuy Cung Princess, Loc Thuc, Thong Lung... As for adults, they probably enjoy such sophisticated, lively and magical lantern works. However, the story of the Oriental Light Festival does not stop at Chinese or Vietnamese culture simply.

Next to the Aquarium Princess

Inspired by two ancient books: Shan Hai Jing (China) and Ling Nan Zhi Gua (Vietnam), the exhibition Mysterious Creatures of the Orient is an event that honors the rich heritage of the Orient. Coming here, the public will not only be "full" of visual feast but also have the opportunity to learn about culture. Learning while playing, and there modern people are connected with cultural traditions as a source of endless youth.

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"Combo" of spring travel and Tet shopping

Within the framework of the Oriental Light Festival, there is a super Spring Fair Ocean Spring, including 4 main spring fair chains with more than 250 booths, allowing you to shop for Tet. Of which, Giang Vo Spring Market chain has up to 172 booths (136 booths open for 58 days, until March 16). With the special version "4,000-year Tet, Tet of 5 kingdoms", the fair brings together not only specialties of the three regions of the country but also from all five continents (China, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Thailand...).

Ocean Spring Fair with more than 250 booths

Along with these spring festivals are many other activities such as afternoon tea, street music, children's games, street circus/magic, workshops, Flashmob dancing, film screenings... as well as wrapping banh chung, making do paper, molding to he, folk games, reading stations, and experience stations. Ms. Thuy Thao (47 years old, Dong Anh, Hanoi) said that normally her job is very busy, she doesn't have much time for her children. Today (January 23), she arranged a day to take her children to Vinhomes Ocean Park 2 to play. While the three sisters went exploring, their mother took the opportunity to shop for Tet. "There's no need to waste time going here and there. Coming here is enough. It's profitable," she said, "The happiest thing is for the children, to go out early in the spring." Ms. Thao said that on the second day of Tet, her family will return and explore this festival in a more leisurely manner. Not having to carry things like today.

Check-in is available anywhere.

Nearly 2 months, every day is a festival

In addition, the Ocean Art Fest cultural and artistic festival series with a series of activities taking place continuously until March 16 is also very inviting. The lion and dragon dance and the spring drum festival will take place from January 29 to 31 at K-town square and Little Hong Kong neighborhood, Vinhomes Ocean Park 2.

The lights will be "lit throughout the Lunar New Year"

The street music festival - Ocean Jam (taking place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from February 7 to March 2) at Venice, Vinhomes Ocean Park 3, not far from the festival. There is also the Sweet Cake Festival (from February 14 to February 16), the Ancient Costume Festival (from March 7 to March 9) and the Road - to - 8WONDER Music Festival on the evening of March 16 to close the entire festival.

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