This Vietnamese festival sees locals trying to catch fish with their bare hands in a lake.

Footage captured in Thanh Hóa province in the country's north-central region on June 14 shows festival goers strolling through the water as they search for fish.

The participant who catches the biggest fish wins the game and is said to have a year of good luck and prosperity.

This unique festival, which attracts crowds from the surrounding area, takes place every year and is celebrated to wish for good health and productive harvest.

Video captured the moment of Thousands of people participated in the catching fish festival in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam.
This is a traditional festival held by locals every June.
Local people will use manual fishing tools to catch fish on the area's river.
Thousands of people will wade into the river to catch the fish. The festival attracts many people in the surrounding area to attend.
According to the opinion of the people here, whoever catches the fish, the whole year will have a lot of luck, a prosperous job, a decent business.
The river where the festival takes place is about 1km long, about 30ha wide, with the deepest water level about 1m. The fish living here are mainly carp, snakehead, perch...
The festival takes place during the day and ends at noon.
Video captured on 14 June, 2020 in Thanh Hoa, Viet Nam.