There are many region or national village festivals of repute throughout the country. Visitors can go to the Central Highlands to enjoy the festive atmosphere of a buffalo sacrifice festival or to Hai Phong port city to attend a buffalo flighting festival inn the Do Son seaside district. Village festivals are considered a national folklore demonstrating Vietnam's age old customs especially Vietnam's folk literature. Festivals are usually organised in spring when the harvest have ended or the rice transplanting season is complete. It is the time when farmers can relax to enjoy a few days of festivals.
Surveys suggest there are hundreds of such village festivals throughout Vietnam.
In addition to village festivals are there three national festivals known locally as Tet festivals. To the Vietnamese people this festival is very sacred. The Tet season usually falls on either the second half of the first calendar month, or the early days of the second calendar month of year. This is the time when family members together make food,, fruit and incense offerings on the family altars to commemorate their ancestors. This is also the time for people to visit their neighbours, their friends and relatives.