Lantern street lights up for Mid-Autumn Festival

  • Small lanterns with bunny shape is popular during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, with its warm glow and light weight. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Small lanterns with bunny shape is popular during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, with its warm glow and light weight. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • A family enjoys their Mid-Autumn Festival on Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    A family enjoys their Mid-Autumn Festival on Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Craftswomen make hand-made lanterns on Luong Nhu Hoc street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Craftswomen make hand-made lanterns on Luong Nhu Hoc street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Visitors at Luong Nhu Hoc street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Visitors at Luong Nhu Hoc street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Colourful lanterns in cartoon shapes at Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Colourful lanterns in cartoon shapes at Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Star-shaped lanterns are one of children's favourite toy during Mid-Autumn Festival. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Star-shaped lanterns are one of children's favourite toy during Mid-Autumn Festival. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Lantern street on Luong Nhu Hoc street, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Lantern street on Luong Nhu Hoc street, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
Luong Nhu Hoc street is lit up with all kinds of festive merchandise during every full moon festival, and has become a popular destination for city-dwellers whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival rolls around. Luong Nhu Hoc lantern street is open from morning until late at night and features nearly 100 outlets selling traditional Mid-Autumn Festival toys such as paper lanterns, masks, and decorative materials. Most notably, the streets are decorated with colourful lanterns, giving it a festive atmosphere to welcome Mid-Autumn Festival. For many Vietnamese, the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month (September 29 this year), is the second-most important festival of the year, after the Lunar New Year (Tet). VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt

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