A maturity ritual (Cap Sac) of the Red Dao ethnic community took place as a joyful New Year activity in Sa Pa district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on February 18.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak received over 82,000 visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday this year, up 55 percent compared with last year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Ethnic groups in the northern mountainous province Bac Kan held the Long Tong (Going to the field) festival on February 16-17 (the ninth and tenth days of the first lunar month) at Ba Be Lake in Nam Mau Commune, Ba Be District.
The northern province of Lao Cai is concentrating on developing local tourist attractions in order to host the National Tourism Year in 2017.
A tourist site will be built near the Nui Coc Lake in the northern province of Thai Nguyen with an investment of about 15 trillion VND (675 million USD).
A group of 400 Shan tea plants in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been recognised as Vietnamese heritage trees.
The Prime Minister has recently approved a master plan for Trang An scenic landscape complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
(TITC) – On 13 February 2016, at Pavillon Baltard in Nogent-sur-Marne City, Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France (CCV) coordinated with Vietnamese People Association in France to organize the celebration of Lunar New Year 2016 under the theme “Spring in Highlands”.
A music show titled “Melodies of Homeland Spring” took place at the Leipzig Trade Fair in Germany on February 14 to popularise Viet Nam’s traditional culture to foreign friends.
The land, people and culture of Viet Nam were introduced at the 20th National Multicultural Festival which took place in Australia’s capital city of Canberra from February 12-14.
On the 8th day of the first lunar month people flock to a unique market in Nam Dinh province, which is held only once a year to sell - guess what - bad luck as well as to buy good luck for the year to come.
The northern mountainous province of Phu Tho aims to mobilise resources for conserving and promoting the Hung Kings’ worship-related culture, documents and facilities, according to Provincial People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ha Ke San.