Festivals & Events

Get the inside scoop on Southeast Asia festivals & events. We cover both traditional as well as exciting festivals & events happening across Vietnam and Indochina as a whole, including everything that's notable in both Cambodia and Laos.

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon
Multi-country
Shwedagon Pagoda Festival
In honour of the annual Shwedagon Pagoda Festival, we thought we would share a few of our favourite pictures of the shiny, shiny stupa – as well...
Buddha offerings
Vietnam
New Year in Cambodia and Laos
This month, starting on the 15th of April, we’ll be ringing in the New Year once again in Burma, Cambodia and Laos. In countries where...
Tet flower shopping
Vietnam
Tết: A survival guide
Tết, short for Tết Nguyên Đán (Feast of the First Morning of the First Day) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year - the...
Christmas in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Christmas in Vietnam
Christmas is gaining popularity in communist Vietnam as a 'fun festival from the west'. There are more places popping up enabling you to get...
Hoi An Lantern Festival
Vietnam
Hoi An Lantern Festival - 2015 Dates
It may seem like we spend quite a lot of our time enthusing about Hoi An, the delightful old port town in central Vietnam, but there is a very good...
Phone Phao Temple Luang Prabang
Vietnam
Happy New Year from Laos and Cambodia!
Happy…2558! You thought it was 2014, but no, it is 2558 according to the Khmer people. Khmer new year is just around the corner. This three day...
Hoi An's Japanese Bridge
Vietnam
Hoi An Lantern Festival dates for 2013
The Hoi An Lantern Festival is smorgasbord full of traditional music and lanterns, which represent prosperity and good luck! Our tour leader...