The Embassy of Vietnam in Denmark, in collaboration with the Danish-Vietnamese Association (DVA), has organised a “Day of Vietnamese Culture†in the capital city of Copenhagen.
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) has received thousands of foreign maritime tourists in the first days of the year of the Tiger. The cruise liner Costa Allegra anchored at the NaviOil Port in Ho Chi Minh City on February 23, bringing 1,250 foreign tourists and crew.
The number of foreign holidaymakers to Hanoi during this year’s Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival increased sharply reaching 120,000, reported the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Thousands of young people from Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son and a Chinese youth delegation are attending a spring camp starting on February 22 in Dong Dang Town, Cao Loc District, Lang Son Province.
Some 3,000 local residents attended the Huyen Tran Temple Festival which kicked off February 21 at the complex of temples in the central city of Hue's Ngu Phong Mountain to worship Huyen Tran Princess and her father, King Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308).
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.