A Vietnamese culture week opened in Cairo, Egypt on February 9, drawing international guests, ambassadors, Egyptian people, Vietnamese students in Egypt and international reporters.
A total of 1,500 foreign tourists on board the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Legend of the Sea arrived in Halong Bay, a UNESCO-recognised world cultural heritage site, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, on February 9.
A two-week Spring Flower Fair, the first cultural event of the Tet Festival, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 8.
A gala night of Ca Tru (Ceremonial songs) and Quan Ho (Love duets) took place at the Hanoi Opera House to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
HCMC Fine Arts Museum has opened a new exhibition of artefacts from Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands).
A book featuring 200 Hanoians’ authentic dishes will be published on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Fireworks will be set off in 63 provinces and cities nationwide on the night of February 13, the last day of the Lunar New Year of 2009 to welcome the Year of Tiger.
All 63 provinces and cities will select 1,000 objects typical of each locality to put in a time capsule to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
British cruise ship Spirit of Adventure docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on February 8, bringing 800 passengers and crewmen to Vietnam.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is finalising a project to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Temple Festival 2010.
Traditional Tet favourites like calligraphy markets and flower fairs have begun in HCMC in the week before the Lunar New Year.
Various activities were held on February 7 by the Vietnamese embassies in Thailand, Cambodia and Bangladesh to celebrate the coming Lunar New Year (the Year of the Tiger).