Hanoi Filled with Halloween Spirit
A variety of Halloween decorations and scary costumes, such as devil masks, outfits, and scythes of death among others have been widely available on Hang Ma Street in the weeks leading up to the festival.
 | Search for “Halloween” Increases On Google and Tiktok In Vietnam |
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 | Hanoi's Foreign Teachers Bring Halloween Fun into the Classroom For the spookiest season, decorative cobwebs cover the schools, students wear cute costumes, and their dedicated teachers create fun, horror-themed lesson plans. The Vietnam Times ... |
 | Top Places to Celebrate Halloween Across Hanoi Halloween, the most anticipated holiday of October, although originated from Western culture, is starting to migrate and get adapted by more and more Eastern countries. ... |
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