Vietnamese children in Japan and Austria are welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 with lanterns, lion dances, and traditional mooncakes, bringing the warm spirit of reunion and national culture to expatriate communities.

The Mid-Autumn Festival of 2025 is taking place in Hoi An ancient town, Da Nang city, from October 3–6 with a variety of festive lantern shows, lion dances, lantern processions, and outdoor performances, offering residents and visitors a vibrant celebration rich in cultural identity.

In the lead-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hanoi’s toy market has become increasingly vibrant, offering diverse traditional toys rich in Vietnamese cultural value, which draw great attention from consumers.

On these days, millions of Vietnamese children eagerly await the Mid-Autumn Festival — a festival for children and a time of reunion and gathering which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month annually.

VOV.VN - Numerous families on October 4 brought their children to celebrate and experience the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where the “Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 - Joy with Children” program will run on October 4 and 5 (the 13th and 14th days of the 8th lunar month).

In his letter sent on October 3, State President Luong Cuong extended his warmest wishes to Vietnamese children nationwide and those abroad, ahead of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

VOV.VN - With the Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 approaching, Hanoi’s traditional toy markets, such as Hang Ma Street, Hang Gai Street, and Dong Xuan Market, are buzzing with activity, as traditional toys and decorations take center stage.

The Cay Tre (Bamboo) Vietnamese language school went vibrant with lanterns, folk games, and laughter as more than 100 students and their families gathered at the mid-autumn festival, which was held with the support of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka on September 28.

VOV.VN - For more than half a century, artisan Nguyen Thi Tuyen and her family in Hau Ai village, Son Dong commune, Hanoi, have been devoted to crafting traditional Mid-Autumn Festival toys, and they are now the last in the locality still holding on to this age-old craft.

VOV.VN -The Vietnam-China Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 art program took place at Au Co Art Centre in Hanoi on September 25 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 2025 Year of Vietnam-China Humanistic Exchange.