Thirty flower businesses will showcase their blossoms in the streets of Da Lat in early January, 2010.
A tourism festival will be held in the northern coastal city of Halong from April 29 to May 2, 2010 as the city is making every effort to promote itself as a tourism destination and mobilise votes for Halong bay as among seven new world nature wonders.
The first Chau Van (trance) singing festival for the Red River Delta will be held in March 2010 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Twenty-five festivals and other programmes will be carried out over the next year under the theme “Hue - The City of Festivals, Heritage and Tourism†to promote tourism in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue and remotely celebrate the great 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.
The People’s Committee of Lao Cai Province held a press briefing in Hanoi on December 11 to introduce the “Return to the roots†tourism programme 2010 in the three northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Phu Tho.
The HCMC People’s Committee has again chosen Saigontourist Holding Company to organize festivities in the downtown area to welcome New Year and Lunar New Year 2010. Saigontourist will arrange Nguyen Hue Flower Street, Banh Tet (traditional sticky rice cake) and fireworks displays.
The Overseas Vietnamese Association in France will celebrate the forthcoming 2010 Lunar New Year Festival on February 6, 2010 at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, said the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.
Vietnam will commemorate the 701st anniversary of the attainment of Nirvana of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong, the founder of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism, on December 16.
HCMC residents will have a chance to savour authentic Hanoi cuisine and experience the rural ambience of northern Vietnam at a three-day event held to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long- Hanoi.
A series of activities to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Halong Bay’s recognition as the World Natural Heritage (December 7) will be held in Hanoi from December 11-14, according to the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak will hold a traditional ceremony in honour of the indigenous ethnic communities’ watering places as part of its first ever cultural week. The riverside watering-place ceremony, which will be performed for the first time in many years, will be one of the highlights of Buon Me Thuot-Dak Lak Tourism and Culture Week from December 16-20. Organisers hope the…
The Thai Culinary and Culture Delight Week organised by the Royal Thai Embassy and the Hanoi Melia Hotel will take place in Hanoi from December 1 to 6 to celebrate the Thai National Day, which falls on December 4.