Phu Tho People's Committee announced at press meeting that Hung King death anniversary which falls on the 10th day of the third lunar month and Hung Kings Temple Festival 2015 will be taken place from April 23 to 28, 2015.
A wide range of folk cultural activities and sport games, such as worship and ritual offerings commemorating the Hung Kings, art performances, food fairs, will be organized in Viet Tri, capital of Phu Tho Province and the Temple of the Hung Kings and in adjacent areas during the event.
The festival will open with a special art performance at Hung Vuong Square in Phu Tho Province’s Viet Tri City and be broadcasted live on Viet Nam Television’s VTV1 channel at 8 p.m. on April 24.
A high-range firework display will be held in the closing ceremony.
Phu Tho Province, the organizer of the death anniversary of the Hung Kings, will cooperate with provinces, including Son La, Phu Yen, Dak Nong, Tien Giang and Bac Lieu to give a special day paying tribute to the country’s founders.