Yen Sao Festival

The Bird's Nest Festival is held on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month every year at Yen Island, Hon Noi, Nha Trang Bay, Khanh Hoa. This is a familiar cultural event for every Nha Trang resident, contributing to honoring the unique traditional profession of destroying bird's nest caves. In addition, cultural and artistic activities intertwined with traditional and modern features also contribute to diversifying the Nha Trang festival picture.

Nha Trang is famous for many different traditional crafts such as: fishing, making hats, making rice paper, bronze casting... Besides, one of the famous craft villages that cannot be missed is the craft of reclaiming natural bird's nests, which is up to 700 years old. Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Festival is an occasion to honor the historical tradition of the bird's nest making profession. This festival is also known as "Swallow's Nest Cave Breaking Festival". Besides, this is also an occasion for local people to pray for heaven and earth, gods to bless them, giving them a happy, joyful and prosperous life. Within the framework of the Salanganes Nest Festival, visitors can take a cruise to admire the beautiful scenery of Nha Trang Bay at Yen Island. With this experience, visitors will somewhat understand the dangers and risks when witnessing people having to climb steep cliffs to harvest bird's nests. This activity will help visitors understand the elaborate process of making this natural specialty dish.