buddha day

Phật Đản (Buddha's Birthday) in Hanoi 2025 | Vietnam

I briefly returned to old stomping grounds around Hoan Kiem lake to start cleaning out a storage unit I have in town. Totally coincidentally, I literally walked into the local parade for Buddha’s birthday, which is not an official holiday in Vietnam, and was celebrated a day early around dinnertime. Not much to say about it . . . Buddha was supposedly born May 14thish 653 BC in Nepal.