What's happening in May in Vietnam? (Travel Tips and more)

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Hi guys, it's Linh.

Welcome back to the series of months in Vietnam

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This is May already.

We've got a lot of fruits to eat, a lot of things to see

and many places to visit as well.

So let's get started and let's see what we got today.

Let's talk about fruit first because this is May already, right?

Tropical fruits are everywhere and it's so so delicious and cheap in Vietnam.

First, let's talk about one of the very popular fruits

that are loved by a lot of Vietnamese people

but a lot of foreigners can't stand the smell, which is durian.

In Vietnamese, we say sầu riêng, sầu riêng, sầu riêng, sầu riêng.

Sầu riêng, sầu riêng, sầu riêng is very cheap and tasty in May

so that you can find everywhere but be careful with the smell, okay?

Next one is măng cụt, măng cụt, măng cụt.

Bồn bôn, bồn bôn, bồn bôn, or you can say quả nam chân, nam chân.

Chôm chôm, chôm chôm, chôm chôm.

Dâu da, dâu da, dâu da.

Vảy, vảy, vảy, dấu hỏi is always difficult to pronounce, right?

Vảy, đào sapa, đào sapa, đào sapa.

Because we have a lot of fruits that we can't finish all the time,

people have thought of many dishes made of fruits.

For example, bánh crêp sầu riêng, bánh crêp sầu riêng, bánh crêp sầu riêng.

Gỏi măng cụt miền Tây, gỏi măng cụt miền Tây, gỏi măng cụt miền Tây.

Chôm chôm, sóc muối tắc, chôm chôm, sóc muối tắc, chôm chôm, sóc muối tắc.

Mận lắc muối tôm, mận lắc muối tôm, mận lắc muối tôm.

Ohmai mận xào, ohmai mận xào, ohmai mận xào.

Đào ngâm, đào ngâm, đào ngâm.

Trà đào, trà đào, trà đào.

Right, those are common fruits in summer, especially in May.

Now let's see how's the weather like in Vietnam.

That means the climate or the temperature in the north of Vietnam is around 30 to 35 in May.

So that means it's summer already and sometimes it's gonna be like 40 on the streets

because the road absorbs the heat from the sun, right?

So sometimes it's super super crazy when driving on the street at noon.

In the south of Vietnam, it's also hot but the temperature is more comfortable

because it's very windy in the south.

The weather in May is ideal for traveling to the beach.

The weather in the south is hot during the day but it's cool at night.

That means the climate in the south of Vietnam is hot during the day but it's cooler at night.

The weather in the central region in May will be sunny, windy, dry and hot.

Since the center of Vietnam is a little bit higher than the north and the south of the climate,

then the center is pretty hot, dry and sunny.

So traveling to the center is not very good.

It's not like a good idea to travel to the mountain

but it's very good when traveling to the beach.

Now let's talk about some places to visit

and one of the cities that I want to introduce to you

that is very good and very nice to visit in May which is An Giang.

The weather in May is ideal for traveling to the west of Vietnam.

So traveling in May in the southwest region is an ideal time

because all the gardens start to have ripe fruits.

That means you can enjoy the variety of fresh fruits right at the gardens.

Next one, let's go up to the center a little bit which is Quảng Bình.

In May in Quảng Bình, you can visit Biển Nhật Lệ, Động Thiên Đường, Hàng Sơn Đòn.

So Biển Nhật Lệ, Nhật Lệ Beach, Động Thiên Đường, Hàng Sơn Đòn, they are very popular in Quảng Bình.

Quảng Bình is not a very touristy city but due to the popularity, the fame of Sơn Đòn Cave,

it attracts a lot of tourists who enjoy risky sports and activities because it's very very

difficult to get into the cave. It takes a lot of time and effort and money also but it's worth it to try.

Next one, another city in the center which is Thanh Hóa.

So in sentence, you can say

That means traveling to Pù Luông or Sầm Sơn will give you unforgettable experience.

Next one, let's go back a little bit to the north which is Hải Phòng.

Hải Phòng is surprisingly a very common city for young people nowadays for its variety of food

and activities. It's very easy to visit Hải Phòng from Hà Nội because you can take a train for like

three hours or take a bus for two hours.

Hải Phòng is famous for some places such as

So those are some places that you can visit but don't forget to try Hải Phòng food. It's

so so good. Now let's go a little bit up to the north which is Hòa Bình.

Traveling to Hòa Bình in May is also very attractive. Some places to visit in Hòa Bình such as

Now let's talk a little bit about public holidays in May. I'd like to introduce to you three big

public holidays in May which are very important to Vietnamese people. The first one is May 1st

which is International Laborers Day or International Workers Day.

The Laborers Day is the celebration of the international workers movement takes place on May 1st.

The next one is also one of the very big holidays of Vietnamese people because it's

Hồ Chí Minh president's birthday May 19th.

So sinh nhật means birthday. Hồ Chí Minh president.

And the last one I want to mention a little bit about Luna calendar which is Tết Đoàn Ngọ.

Tết Đoàn Ngọ takes place on May 5th in Luna calendar which is Đoàn Ngọ festival and on this

day we called Ngày Giết Sâu Bọ as well. Ngày Giết Sâu Bọ that means the killing insects day.

Ngày Giết Sâu Bọ that means in Vietnam the Đoàn Ngọ festival is called the killing insects

festival. So this is a day to destroy insects that are harmful to plants or crops because we

believe that like there are many of them right. This is interesting because on this day we believe

that we also have some insects in our body that we should kill them by drinking alcohol, by drinking

or by having sour fruits. Every year when it comes to Ngày Giết Sâu Bọ we would buy some sticky

rice wine, dịu nếp and some sour fruits such as vải, trông chôm, xoài etc and then we eat and

drink them. This is a very interesting tradition because I really love it. I really enjoy the

sticky rice wine. It's very very tasty. Okay guys that's it for today. Thank you so much for

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