The Khmer ethnic minority people of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh are fastidiously preparing for their traditional New Year festival, Chol Chnam Thmay.
Over 200 images, artefacts, books and newspaper stories on the formation and development of “Don ca tai tu”, Viet Nam’s latest piece of world intangible cultural heritage, are being offered to the public at the Museum of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Thousands of people, including Party and State officials, pilgrims and Vietnamese expatriates, offered incense to commemorate Hung Kings – the nation’s founders – at a solemn ceremony in Phu Tho province on April 9.
Thousands gathered in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 7 for a grand procession to honour the Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.
Nine foreign troupes and 16 local ones have registered to attend the Viet Nam International Dance Festival 2014, which will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 14-18.
On April 3, the first Xoan singing festival for teenagers took place in Viet Tri city, the northern midland province of Phu Tho.
The annual Hung Kings’ Temple Festival kicked off in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 5 (the sixth day of the third lunar month), beginning with two photo exhibitions.
The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh welcomed 650,000 visitors in the first quarter of the year including 48,000 foreign arrivals, up 37.4% from last year’s same quarter, said provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Director Bui Ngoc Lam.
(TITC) – In order to boost linking for development of Mekong Delta’s tourism products, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) organized survey program of Mekong Delta from 19th to 26th March 2014.
Traditional handicraft villages in Binh Duong province has great development potential and holds significant role in the growth of the provincial tourism sector, said the Binh Duong online on April 2.
The Central Highland province of Gia Lai is making every effort to preserve and promote the cultural space of its famous gongs, which were recognised by UNESCO as an intangible and oral masterpiece of human culture in 2006.
A light show will be staged this week, alongside music and calligraphy, at the Lac Long Quan Temple Festival in Binh Da village, Thanh Oai district, west of central Hanoi.