Cao Lanh Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will be blanketed in flowers during Tet (the Lunar New Year), with a flower festival being held for the third year successive.
For the first time, Suoi Cat tourist site will organize a flower festival in Phan Thiet City to welcome the Tet holiday next month.
An exhibition showcasing traditional music instruments of Vietnamese ethnic groups will be held in Hanoi from January 29 to February 3 as an activity to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
More than 40 groups of artists and performance troupes from 31 countries will perform during Hue Festival 2010, scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
Far from a conventional tourism product, the “Returning to the roots†program organized in early 2010 seeks to showcase the unique cultural attributes of Yen Bai, Lao Cai and Phu Tho
After the success of the first Long Bien Bridge Festival in October 2009, the second of its kind will be jointly held by the Vietnam Embassy in France and the Maison des Art (House of Art) company to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long –Hanoi.
Nguyen Hue Boulevard in downtown HCMC will be transformed into a street of flowers for the country’s biggest holiday, Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival. The theme this year, Xuan Binh Minh (Spring Dawn), was chosen to illustrate the city’s belief in resurgence of tourism after the global financial crisis.
Almost 200 German and Vietnamese musicians will play together in a classical concert at the Hanoi Opera House on January 23, kicking off the “German Year in Vietnam 2010†to mark the 35th anniversary of Vietnam-Germany diplomatic ties.
Vietnam’s second international kite festival will be held from March 24-28 in the southern beach city of Vung Tau.
Around 40 groups of artists from 29 countries and territories have registered to perform at the Hue Festival 2010 under the theme “Cultural heritage with integration and development†to be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Ben Tre will stage a five-day festival starting on January 15 in honour of its native fruit, the coconut, provincial officials said at a press conference.
A wide range of activities will take place in the northern province of Phu Tho to celebrate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and welcome the Hung Temple Festival in 2010.