The fifth biennial Sea Festival will be held in the central coastal city of Nha Trang on June 11-15 with the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago as a key topic.
Halong Tourism Festival 2011 will be held from April 28 to May 2. The opening ceremony will officially open in Bai Chay area on May 1 with its full pomp.
The Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Yen Bai, Lao Cai and Phu Tho provinces on February 15 announced new tourism programs for 2011.
The fourth Traditional Craft Villages Festival 2011, themed “Vietnamese kitchen in Hue’s gardenâ€, will be held from April 30 - May 3 to highlight the culinary and beverage culture, and bonsai.
Countless numbers of people are expected to attend two big ceremonies in Nam Dinh and Ha Nam provinces at night of February 16 and early morning of February 17
Halong Bay in Quang Ninh Province, a UNESCO recognised world heritage site, is doing its utmost to accumulate 60 million votes to become one of the new seven wonders of the world.
The annual Poetry Day will take place on February 17 in Ha Noi, Nghe An and HCMC. Huu Thinh, chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, said the occasion would also be used to mark the 100th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh who left the country in 1911 to seek ways for national salvation from the French colonists.
HCMC is preparing for traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) with music shows, charity activities, art exhibitions and calligraphy markets.
Phan Thiet has announced the cultural and sports events for Lunar New Year 2011. From January 30 until February 8 (the 27th of the 12th lunar month until the 6th of the 1st lunar month), there are numerous music performances, sports activities, folk games and lion dances at most of the province’s 18 wards.
National Tourism Year 2011 which highlights the southern central coastal region will kick off in Phu Yen Province on April 1. The organising board said at a press on January 25 that an artistic programme to celebrate the 400th founding anniversary of Phu Yen Province will also take place.
A bursting spring atmosphere will be bought to downtown Hanoi by festival gathering typical products such as bonsai trees from handicraft villages on the outskirts of the city between January 27 and February 1.
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will hold its annual Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations on February 6-8, with music, food and games – and the participation of 90 representatives from six ethnic groups from around the country.