As many as 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV) throughout the world will return to Vietnam to participate in a programme called Xuan Que Huong (Spring in the Homeland) scheduled to take place on February 6. The programme is the first in a series of planned celebrations for the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The city is preparing for a colourful Tet holiday, with a sea of flowers along Nguyen Hue Avenue and streets illuminated with flower lanterns.
The Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province will organize the first national fruit festival in My Tho City on April 19-24 in an effort to promote the province’s rich source of fruits as well as prop up its tourism industry, said Chairman of provincial People’s Committee Tran The Ngoc.
A festival entitled “Vietnamese entrepreneurs with Hoa Lu-Thang Long-Hanoi – 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development†will be held on March 4 in Hanoi and the northern province of Ninh Binh. The festival is one of the first activities in the lead-up to the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize many outstanding and animated programs to celebrate the Tet holidays from February 19 to 21, promising tourists an enjoyable experience with traditional images, sounds and foods of diverse peoples and regions.
On the occasion of the Tet holidays, the Furama Resort Danang will organize festivities for tourists to enjoy a traditional New Year holiday from February 10 to 12.
The Vietnamese New Year Fair which takes place from February 5 to 7 at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, will re-create a traditional northern village market.
Hoping to replicate the success of the Avignon Festival in France and the Adelaide Festival in Australia, organisers of the Hue Festival, staged every two years in Hue City – Vietnam’s ancient capital, hope the cultural celebration will draw world attention to the splendours of central Thua Thien-Hue Province.
An international fireworks contest will be held with 4 international teams taking part to mark the 35th anniversary of the Central City’s Liberation Day (March 29).
Cao Lanh Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will be blanketed in flowers during Tet (the Lunar New Year), with a flower festival being held for the third year successive.
For the first time, Suoi Cat tourist site will organize a flower festival in Phan Thiet City to welcome the Tet holiday next month.
An exhibition showcasing traditional music instruments of Vietnamese ethnic groups will be held in Hanoi from January 29 to February 3 as an activity to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.