With more than 50 cultural, sporting, and tourist activities, the event expects to receive 150,000 foreign and domestic tourists.

At a press briefing on June 29, provincial leader said that this year’s major activities will feature the seas and islands through which to reflect on the city’s peacefulness.

An exhibition featuring legal and historical evidence of Viet Nam’s sovereignty overthe Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos will be planned.

Seminars on the marine economy will be held along with programs highlighting the culture of the local coastal region, their self-motivation, and creativity. Other outstanding activities include beach cleanups and a salangane nest festival.

The 7th biennial festival, which began in 2003, covers cultural, arts, sports, and tourism activities bearing traditional and modern features and honoring the characteristics of the sea and islands as well as the potential of Nha Trang City and Khanh Hoa Province as a whole.