(TITC) – On 27, March 2015, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism had launched Propaganda Poster Contest heading towards the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution (Aug.19, 1945 - 2015) and National Day (Sept. 2, 1945 – 2015); and the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party.
The sixth International Kite Festival 2015 is scheduled to be held in Vung Tau city, in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau from April 21 to 27, announced the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a press briefing on April 15.
Community tourism has flourished in districts and cities in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province, luring more visitors.
The fourth Ben Tre Coconut Festival 2015, attracting hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign visitors and local people, wrapped up successfully in in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 13.
A documentary film titled “Hard rails across a gentle river” about people's lives on and around the historic Long Bien Bridge will be made public at 7pm at April 16th at the Ha Noi Cinematheque at 22 Hai Ba Trung street, Ha Noi.
A rickshaw used by Queen Mother Tu Minh, mother of King Thanh Thai (1879-1954) will be display at Dien Tho Palace in Hue royal citadel, Thua Thien-Hue province, on April 22, together with some other royal artefacts.
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) received 3,500 passengers and crew members on board the luxury cruise ship Voyager of the Seas on April 13.
Over 500 art performers, including musicians and athletes, from Khmer ethnic minority groups in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, gathered for the April 12 opening night of this year’s Khmer cultural days festival.
Many residents of Hue city braved the rain to attend the Xa Tac ritual to worship the Deities of Xa (Earth) and Tac (Crop) on April 12.
According to a plan of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the 2015 Cultural Day of the ethnic groups from the central region is scheduled to take place in Nghe An province from May 17th to 19th.
A Viet Nam Spring Press Festival 2015 opened at a ceremony in Vientiane, Laos on April 10 on the occasion of the Lao traditional New Year Festival Bun Pi May.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and the Vietnamese community in the country are participating in the 2015 Zee Festival in Cairo, Egypt as part of efforts to promote Viet Nam and its culture and people to international friends.