The Hung Temple Festival 2010 will be held across the country in the most spectacular way so far, with various activities, including large-scale art performances and the participation of senior Party and State officials.
The first Vietnam Fruit Festival, organised by People's Committee of Tien Giang Province, will run from April 19 to 24.
The Bac Ninh Festival 2010 will be held at the national level at the Kinh Bac cultural centre, said Nguyen Dang Tuc, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on April 1. Party and State leaders, representatives from ministries, agencies, embassies and Ly clan representatives from the Republic of Korea will attend the opening ceremony on April 17.
The annual Tay Thien Festival opened on March 30, the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month, at the Truc Lam (Bamboo Forest) Tay Thien Zen Monastery in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.
The “Vietnam-our homeland†festival will take place at the Taiwan National University (NTU) on April 3.
The coldness of a sudden monsoon couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of people who elbowed themselves into the crowd along the Han River on March 27 night for the start of a two-day international fireworks competition in the central city of Danang.
More than 300 artists and connoisseurs from 24 countries and territories gave dazzling kite-flying performances at the second International Kite Festival which opened in Vung Tau on March 26.
The Hung Temple Festival 2010 and the celebration of the death anniversary of the Hung Kings will be hosted at Hung Temple in Phu Tho Province from April 14 to 23 with a wide range of activities featuring national characters and typical cultural features of each region.
The Halong Tourism Festival 2010 will take place in the northern border province of Quang Ninh from April 29 to May 2. Visitors to the event will have an opportunity to participate in various activities, such as a beauty pageant, a photo exhibition of Halong Bay, a concert, boat-racing, a music performance and fireworks display.
The opening ceremony of the festival to commemorate the death of the Hung Kings will take place on April 14 nights with a programme of singing, dancing and music on an imposing stage of Vietnamese culture.
Entrepreneurs and tourism promoters have registered 136 booths at this year’s annual HCMC Tourism Day which will take place at 23/9 Park in downtown HCMC between April 8 and 11.
To mark the 50 years of friendship between Quang Nam and Thanh Hoa (March 12, 1960-2010), the two provinces will host many artistic and cultural programs.