Thousands of people flocked to the opening ceremony of this year’s Yen Tu Spring Festival in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 4, the tenth day of the first lunar month.
Almost 2,000 works by more than 1,000 poets, represented in calligraphic form for the first time, are being exhibited in HCMC from February 4-10 to mark Vietnam’s Poetry Day.
The five-star Delphin Voyager cruise liner dropped anchor at Saigon Port on February 4, bringing 500 German tourists and crew to Vietnam to sample the delights of HCMC.
An annual programme to promote tourism in the northern provinces of Phu Tho, Yen Bai and Lao Cai was launched at the Hung Kings historical relic complex in Phu Tho Province on January 31.
A festival was held at the Dong Da Park in Hanoi on January 30 to mark the 220th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory led by national hero Nguyen Hue over Qing invaders.
A festival of ancient Hanoian dances was held on February 1 to mark the Lunar New Year holiday and included a performance of a dance feared lost for more than half a century.
The Thang Long Royal Citadel Spring Festival 2009 officially opened in Hanoi on January 29, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
The Tich Dien Doi Son Festival (King’s Ploughing Festival), which was initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, has been restored in northern Ha Nam Province.
Over 60,000 pilgrims and tourists flocked to Huong Pagoda in My Duc District, Hanoi on January 31, the opening day of the Huong Pagoda Festival, the nation’s longest and most elaborate annual festival.
More than 4,000 Chinese tourists visited Vietnam through the Lao Cai international border gate during the Lunar New Year Festival.
The “Charming Vietnam†photo exhibition opened at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in France on January 19 on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
A calligraphy festival opened on January 19 at the capital city of Hanoi’s Van Mieu Street where the country’s first university – the Temple of Literature – is located.