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Hoi An Full moon festival regularly organised on the occasion of Tet Nguyen Tieu (the 16th day of the 1st lunar month), Thanh Minh (the 3rd lunar month), Doan Ngo (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month), Trung Thu (the 15th day of the 8th lunar month), Trung Cuu (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) and Ha Nguyen (the '15th day of the 10th lunar month). On Hoi An Full moon festival, you should walk down in city center and see red lantern, or try a sweet soup at small retail. Or listening a country song and see people is a good experience in Hoi An Ancient town. The social and cultural diversity creates the distinction of the Hoi An inhabitants. The Hoi An people are rich in cultural traditions and early exposed to the outside world so they feature a unique cultural identity, which has been well preserved from generation to generation. People here live in favor of inner feelings so they show quietness. For them, the Hoi An town constitutes a large ancient home that shelters a big family full of descendants, including mild, friendly and hospitable dwellers; considerate and friendly hosts; sweet, skillful and kind heated women and obedient children. They together create a harmonious community who live peacefully side by side through generations. The diversity and plenty in cultural identities of the Hoi An people are also reflected in traditional foods such as Cao Lau (a type of rice noodles), Hoanh Thanh (a special dish of Chinese people) and different cakes, which have been preserved through generations so that visitors from all over the world still have opportunities to enjoy. The life has changed a lot over time but the Hoi An people do not lose their popular ho (chants) and age-old cultural festivals. All

Hoi An ancient town located in the lower section T-junction of the Thu Bon River in the central coastal province of Quang Nam, about 30 km south of Da Nang city. It used to be known in the international market with many different names such as Lam Ap, Faifo, Hoai Pho. As the only traditional Southeast Asian commercial port in Vietnam which was very rare in the world. Hoi An ancient town still preserves nearly all over 1,000 architectural relics such as streets, buildings, assembly halls, temples and pagodas, shrines, ancient wells and tombs... These architectures not only bear the traditional art features of Vietnam but also reflect the cultural exchange and integration between the Eastern and Western countries. Over many centuries, customs, habits, rituals, cultural activities and religious beliefs as well as traditional dishes have been preserved together with generations of the ancient town people. It also has an quiet and healthy natural environment with small and beautiful villages in the outskirts that boast crafts such as carpentry, bronze making, and ceramics... Researchers said most ancient buildings in Hoi An ancient town were rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century, even if they might be constructed long time ago. The ancient architecture is shown most clearly in the Old Quarter located in Minh An Ward. It covers about 2 sq.km and gathers almost all famous relics. The streets are very short and leaning from north to south. The architectural works in the Old Quarter were built mostly with traditional materials such as brick and wood and have no more than two floors. Visitors are easy to see the traces of time not only in the architectural design of each building but also everywhere such as on the yin-yang roof tiles covered with moss and plants; the old gray mold walls; the