VietNamNet Bridge - A number of parks, hotels, restaurants and bars in Hanoi and HCM City have prepared exciting programs to treat guests this Friday and Saturday on the occasion of Halloween.

Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Within Allhallowtide, the traditional focus of All Hallows' Eve revolves around the theme of using "humor and ridicule to confront the power of death."

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Over the past decade, Halloween has been introduced to Vietnam and gradually stepped into life, especially in big cities. Many schools, commercial centers, restaurants and families have organized Halloween with different forms.

Here are some addresses for you to participate Halloween in Vietnam.

1. Dam Sen Cultural Park, HCM City

The Halloween will take place on the evening of October 31 at Dam Sen Cultural Park. The program will include many games while the food court will be open throughout the night.

2. Westlake Park, Hanoi

Various activities will be held at the park West Lake (Hanoi) on October 31. The park will be decorated like the underworld.

3. Le Thi Rieng Park, Ho Chi Minh City

Halloween will be held at the White Rabbit zone with lots of fun activities, food festival, and masquerade.

4. 622 Dance Floor

If you prefer the classic sexy dances and want to experience the feeling of going into the world of ghosts, you can go to the dance floor of the District 11 Labor Federation – HCM City. From 7pm to 10pm on October 30, dance lovers can masquerade and dance in the space of ghosts.

5. Phu My Hung residential area, HCM City

The "Escape Halloween 2014" in Phu My Hung will take place on October 31 with many fun, spooky, and mysterious activities.

6. Urban Station

The night "Ghost Wedding" is a party of music and make-up in the space of ghosts that will be held at Urban Station, Le Van Sy Street, Phu Nhuan District, HCM City on October 31, from 6 to 10 pm.

Halloween will be also organized at some restaurants and hotels in the two cities.

Trick or Treat Night at Hotel Equatorial HCMC

The Trick or Treat Night promises various fun activities for adults and children, including a buffet dinner featuring pumpkin dishes and seafood. Kids with impressive Halloween costumes will have a chance to win vouchers for Galaxy gifts and an “Eat All You Can” dim sum feast for two people. Early bird bookings will enjoy a discount of 10% until Wednesday.

Haunted Halloween Night at Lotte Legend Hotel Saigon

The hotel’s Atrium Café will put on an international buffet consisting of frightful foods and devilish drinks in an atmosphere of haunted Halloween from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Face paintings will be available for partygoers. The restaurant will be shrouded in black and white, darkly-lit candles and ghoulishly decorated with scattered bones, skeletons of creepy crawlies of giant spiders.

Halloween Hangover at Pullman Saigon

Cobalt Rooftop Bar on level 31 of the Pullman Saigon Centre will host its first Halloween Hangover party from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m on November 1. The night will be full of terrifying costume prizes, free flow draught beer, Halloween-themed cocktails and devilish signature canapés.

Halloween Pool party at Sofitel Plaza Saigon

Partygoers should get ready with scary costumes to join a Halloween Pool party by the hotel’s rooftop swimming pool on level 18 from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m this Friday.

Halloween nights at Hard Rock Café

The free-entrance “Happy Halloween - Be Scary, Sexy & Witchy” invites locals and expatriates to a masquerade party with live music and games starting from 8 p.m. on Friday.

The Halloween Zumba Party will take place from 9 p.m. onwards on Saturday. Guests will be thrilled with the performances by dancers from Nicky’s Zumba Fitness Club and artists from the Bad Neighbor band accompanied. The café will offer some promotions including ‘buy 1 get 1 free drink’ and free snack during the rock hours from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Halloween show at Cargo Bar

The 2nd annual Saigon Halloween Cover show hosted by Cargo Bar will start at 9 p.m. on Friday. Eight local bands from different genres of music will stage popular pieces of the world’s favorite bands and artists to entertain audiences.

Those who come with scary, bloody, or crazy costumes will be given a discount door price of VND100,000 and a free drink.

Escape Halloween in District 7

The Escape Halloween at The Next Vibes at Lot 13, Tan Trao Street in HCMC’s District 7 is expected to attract about 15,000 people to the performances of some leading DJs of the world, including Omnia who is in the top 48 DJs with some hits like The Fusion, Immersion, The Light and Infina; DJ Tim Mason and DJ duo Pink Panda and especially U.S. singer Jojo. There will be a grand prize of US$1,000 for the best costume of the Halloween night.

Happy Halloween at Sheraton Saigon

This Friday, Saigon Café of Sheraton Saigon Hotel will put on a party of foods decorated with a particular creepy Halloween theme to surprise diners.

Guests of Level 23 Wine Bar’s Catching New Devils party are encouraged to dress up in amazing costumes and enjoy to the fullest thrilling music pieces, fanciful scenery, scary ghosts and blood-tingling devils this Friday. There will be a free welcome drink Blue Gragon to all and a corner for guests to have their faces painted.

Halloween: Beauty in the beast at Saigon Outcast

Three bands NYN, Evil Kids and White Noiz are promised to heat up the Halloween: Beauty in the Beast themed party on Friday at Saigon Outcast in HCMC’s District 2. Participants will receive free face painting in luminous colors and enjoy many kinds of foods and beverages and Halloween games. Costumes in beauty and beast themes are recommended. Tickets are priced at VND150,000 per person inclusive of a drink.

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