Vietnamese ghost belief is practical: spirits of those who died violently or far from home wander until properly honored, and much of the country’s folklore describes what happens when they are not. Con ma, the general term for ghosts, covers everything from roadside spirits along Highway 1 to the wartime dead still reported in former battle zones decades after 1975. Saigon’s Thuan Kieu Plaza towers stood largely empty for years amid persistent haunting rumors, and the abandoned Ho Thuy Tien waterpark near Hue earned its own legend before demolition began. This archive collects Vietnamese urban legends, ghost stories, and folklore — haunted buildings, spirit offerings, and the traditions that keep Vietnam’s dead close to the living.
World Urban Legend
