People in the central coastal city of Da Nang will have a chance to contemplate cherry blossoms through the Hanami festival which will be held for the first time in Asia Park on April 9-10.
The Ban Phu Citadel Festival was opened in Noong Het Commune, Dien Bien District, the northern province of Dien Bien, on April 1 to pay homage to Hoang Cong Chat, who restored peace to the mountainous region nearly 300 years ago.
A special art programme themed ‘Sac 16’ (Beauty 16) will be held on April 2 on Dao Duy Tu Street, one of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter pedestrian streets.
The highlights of the 2016 Hung Kings Temple Festival will be a street folk festival in Viet Tri entitled 'Viet Tri - festive city returning to the roots' and a high-range firework display.
More than 30 artists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and 40 Vietnamese performers are due to take the stage on March 30 for a cultural exchange at Da Nang’s Han River Port on Bach Dang Street.
The second National Mong Festival will be held in Dong Van District in the mountainous northern Ha Giang Province.
A festival featuring silk from Viet Nam and other Asian nations kicked off in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam on March 28.
The annual Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival was opened at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Ngu Hanh Son district, the central city of Da Nang on March 27.
The central province of Thua Thien–Hue held the Le Te Xa Tac (Worshiping the Genies of Rice and Soil) ceremony on March 27, attracting a large crowd of tourists and locals.
Viet Nam-Asia Silk Culture Festival, the first of its kind is set to take place in Hoi An silk village, central Quang Nam province on March 28.
(TITC) – Aiming to diversify activities of Hue Festival 2016, from May 4 – 5, an international hot air balloon performance will take place with the participation of pilots and balloonists from Thailand, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea, the US and the Philippines.
An annual festival commemorating General Le Chan, who is believed to be the founder of Hai Phong, was held on March 16 (the fifth day of the second lunar month).