Tết Trung Thu or Mid-autumn Festival, is also known in Vietnam as the “Children’s Festival”. It is held in the middle of the eighth lunar month. In the weeks before Mid-autumn Festival, you will see lots of mooncake stalls appearing on every other coners. The mooncakes are decorated boxes filled with differrent tastes, sizes and shapes. The most popular Trung Thu lantern is a star made with red cellophane. Almost chidren have it to participate in the lantern parade. On the night of the full moon, there are many interesting activities. Lion dancing is an essential element of the Mid-autumn festitives. lion dancing to every house in their neighbor with the hope that will bring fortune to these households. However, unless house owners give them some money, these dancers will not stop. The Mid-Autumn is precious time when family members meet up to eat moon cakes, gaze at the year’s most stunning moon, and talk with each other.