Saigoneer

07.08.18

Chinese communities all over Vietnam celebrate Tết Đoan Ngọ every summer. It is the most important summer festival in the country's folk tradition. Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, revelers eat bánh ú, bánh gio or bánh bá trạng and take herbal baths to ward off sickness and remove impurities.

I produced, shot and edited this with additional reporting by Mervin Lee and translations by Khoi Pham.