Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival (Reunion Festival), is a traditional festival of the Vietnamese people that takes place on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every year. On this day, Vietnamese people will organize lantern parades, family reunions, sharing joy and love.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 3000 years, closely associated with the lives of the Vietnamese people. Originating from China, the Mid-Autumn Festival was introduced to Vietnam at some point, along with fascinating legendary stories. On this day, the moon is considered the roundest of the year, every family will prepare a moon-watching feast, mainly consisting of fruits and moon cakes, children will participate in the activities of breaking the feast, carrying lanterns, and watching lion dances.
Moon cakes are a specialty that only appear during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Traditionally, there are two types of moon cakes: sticky rice cakes and baked cakes. Moon cakes are usually white, have no filling inside, and are made from glutinous rice flour. Meanwhile, baked cakes are made from wheat flour, have filling inside and are baked.
Lanterns are lamps with a transparent outer layer covered with color, and a light source inside to illuminate. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children will be bought lanterns (mid-autumn lanterns/trailer lanterns) by their parents to carry with their friends. Carrying mid-autumn lanterns means praying for luck, peace and prosperity.
Nowadays, mid-autumn lanterns in Vietnam, in addition to the traditional handheld types for children, have also developed rapidly to become a festival for adults, the most typical of which is the Tuyen Quang lantern festival. The Tuyen Quang lantern festival is the largest Mid-Autumn festival in Vietnam. Coming to the Tuyen Quang Festival, visitors will return to their childhood with the children, immersing themselves in the immense, colorful Mid-Autumn Festival space of giant, unique, and diverse Mid-Autumn Festival lantern models, designed and crafted by the people of Tuyen Quang.
The highlight of the festival is the giant Mid-Autumn Festival lantern models that are handmade by the people and carried through the streets. The giant Mid-Autumn Festival lantern models are all built based on historical stories, folk legends, and from the practical life and production of the people in each historical period. In addition to the lantern procession, visitors to Tuyen Quang province can also participate in activities displaying and introducing the diverse and rich cuisine of the ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang province; costume demonstrations; art performances, etc.