(VOVWORLD) - District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City is set to host a Lantern Street, featuring a bustling atmosphere along with an array of colourful lanterns and traditional toys to welcome the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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A month ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 is lit up with a variety of festive merchandise. For many Vietnamese people, the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 10 this year, is the second most important festival after the Lunar New Year holiday.
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As the festival gives the chance for children to play with lanterns and traditional toys, each shop possesses its own type of lanterns with different decorations, all of which are handmade.
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Sau, a 55-year-old trader, shares that trading this year seems far busier these days, particularly as over the past two years her business has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything now is over and trading has resumed as normal, she says.
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A girl chooses a paper lantern with the shape of a horse.
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Thousands of traditional and modern lanterns can be purchased along the famous street in the southern city.
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The price of lanterns ranges from 1.5USD to 12USD each for small sizes, and from 27USD to 60USD each for large sizes.
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This year the prices are said to have risen by 30% to 40% compared to the previous year due to the increasing prices of materials and transportation fees, a trader says.
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Mmajority of the lanterns on display are ordered from Phu Binh craft village in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City.
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Many Chinese lanterns are also popular, particularly as they feature colourful and eye-catching shapes.
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A Chinese lantern fitted with LED lights costs VND120,000 (5USD).
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Nguyen Trong Binh, 45, creates a traditional lantern in front of a store in District 5.