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🇻🇳 Wedding traditions of Vietnam

8 traditions from Vietnam, best known first, across 9 cities and towns.

A wedding in Vietnam, stage by stage

The customs written up so far, in the order a wedding unfolds.

Wedding timeline of Vietnam by stage
Finding a match	Traditional Vietnamese wedding
Engagement and betrothal	Bride buying, Marriage coin charm, Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Heqin
The weeks before	Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Double Happiness
The ceremony	Phu Thê Cake, Marriage coin charm, Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Double Happiness
The wedding feast	Red envelope
Reception, dance and gifts	Double Happiness

Cities, towns and villages of Vietnam

Hanoi 1 Ho Chi Minh City 1 Biên Hòa Cần Thơ Da Nang Haiphong Hue Huế Thủ Đức

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Marriage coin charm: Scott Semans, CC BY 3.0, source
Double Happiness: kanegen, CC BY 2.0, source

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