[3] According to Phan Kế Bính in the book of Việt Nam phong tục, the custom of hanging lights to display the feast was due to the ancient scriptures about Emperor Tang Ming Huang.

In response, Bao Gong, a new official ordered the folk to make a fish lamp like the carp's image and bring it out to play in the street.

[5] Phan Kế Bính also stated that the custom of trống quân singing dates back to the reign of Emperor Quang Trung – Nguyễn Huệ, "when he brought troops to the North.

[5] Children's toys in Tết Trung Thu are made of paper and shaped like creatures such as butterflies, mantises, elephants, horses, unicorns, lions, dragons, deer, shrimps, and fish.

During the evenings of the festival, children play tug and catch, and have a procession of lanterns, lions, drums, and Thanh la [vi], a percussion instrument.

Also on this day, people often give mooncakes, fruits, tea and wine to their grandparents, parents, teachers, friends, relatives and other benefactors.

[6] In some rural areas, where neighbors have closer relationships, people often organize so children can carry lanterns together through villages, hamlets and neighborhoods on the Tết Trung Thu night.

In Phan Thiết (Bình Thuận), a large-scale lantern procession was held with thousands of elementary and junior high school students marching through the streets[when?].

Typically, the focus of Tết Trung Thu celebratory food is a dog is made of grapefruit cloves, with two black beans attached as eyes.

The typical fruit and food elements of this occasion are bananas, nuggets, apricots, red and blue pickled persimmons, daisies, and grapefruit.

The custom of looking at the Moon is associated with the legend of Uncle Cuội, who found his precious banyan tree uprooted and flying into the sky one day.

Masks are usually made of paperboard or cardboard, featuring children's favorite characters at that time, including lion heads, Ông Địa, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, or Baigujing.

According to Văn Công Lý, the lantern making industry in Hội An traces back to an ancestor called Xã Đường.

From 1960 to 1975, Phú Bình annually produced more than half a million mid-autumn lanterns, supplying all provinces from Bến Hải to Cà Mau.

In the Vietnamese market, the technology industry dedicated to produce toys for children on the occasion of the Tết Trung Thu has created jobs and profits for many small and medium enterprises.

In the past, in Vietnam, the filling for mooncakes was usually mixed, with a little bit of lime leaves, fatty meat, jam, melon seeds, and sausages.

[clarification needed] During Tết Trung Thu, people often give gifts to each other, usually boxes of cakes, lanterns, clothes, money.

The act of giving Tết Trung Thu gifts has become a common practice as living conditions improve, especially after the Đổi Mới reform period in Vietnam.

Elaborate boxes of moon cakes with "gold" and "dollar" filling are often given to officials, and gift-giving during the Tết Trung Thu has become a customary practice.

The poet Tản Đà mentioned the Tết Trung with the following verses:[citation needed] Có bầu có bạn can chi tủi Cùng gió cùng mây thế mới vui Rồi cứ mỗi năm rằm tháng tám Tựa nhau trông xuống thế gian cười.