State President Nguyen Minh Triet launched the Tree Planting Festival for this year at the Dong Van Industrial Zone in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 20.
A large spring festival took place around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the capital city of Hanoi on February 20, raising the curtain for a series of festivities to welcome the 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Nearly 400 Vietnamese nationals in Germany’s Halle City gathered together to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival on February 20, the seventh day of the Year of the Tiger.
The Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival opened in Hanoi’s outskirts district of My Duc on February 19 or the sixth day of the first lunar month, attracting around 60,000 Buddhist pilgrims and tourists.
A festival to commemorate two national heroes Trung Sisters (Trung Trac and Trung Nhi), who led the country against northern invaders 1970 years ago, opened in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Me Linh on February 19.
A festival was held in Hanoi on February 18 - the fifth day of the first lunar month - to celebrate the 221st anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over 200,000 Chinese Qing invaders.
The Yasaka Saigon Nha Trang Resort Hotel & Spa held its annual Tet Cake Festival to welcome the Lunar New Year in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, on February 15.
The country’s largest tray of fruit and cereals was displayed in front of the Temple of Literature in Cao Lanh City in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year (February 14 to 16).
Thousands of HCMC residents and visitors flocked to Tet festivities on Nguyen Hue Flower Street which opened February 11. The theme this year is Xuan binh minh (Dawn of Spring). The Peoples Committee of HCMC said this years theme reflects the countrys yearning to recover from the global economic slowdown and conveys the hope for an improved situation.
Ha Long Bay and Cuu Long river, a tributary of the Mekong River, have been selected among the world’s 100 destinations for couples by the France L’internaute online magazine. The selection is based on three criteria, the romance, literary characteristics and the differences.
A major film on the history of Hanoi will start shooting on March 15 and will be shown on the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city, said the film director Luu Trong Ninh.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to engage professional event companies in its promotion programs in major foreign markets this year to make sure they will succeed.