The 14th annual Viet Nam Poetry Day 2016, themed “Dat nuoc-Canh buom xuan” (Motherland-Spring Sail), opened in Ha Noi on February 22.
The Ngoc Lo palanquin parade, one of the most vital rituals of Tran Temple Festival, was held on February 18 to pay tribute to ancestors.
The Tran Temple Festival, one of the biggest annual spring festivals in Viet Nam, opened at the national historical complex of the Tran Kings’ shrines and tombs in Hung Ha district, northern Thai Binh province, on February 20 (the 13th day of the first lunar month)
Traditional rituals, folk games as well as other cultural exchanges attracted crowds of locals and visitors at the Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival which opened in Quang Minh commune, Ba Vi district, Ha Noi on February 21.
Low-range fireworks will be set off at the opening ceremony of the Tran Temple Festival in Tien Duc commune, Hung Ha District, Thai Binh Province on February 20.
Every year, the Sinh Village wrestling festival takes place on the 10th day of the first lunar month (February 17, 2016) in Phu Mau Commune, Phu Vang District, central Thua Thien-Hue Province, attracting thousands of residents and tourists.
The Yen Tu spring festival officially opened on February 17, the 10th day of the first lunar month, at the Yen Tu historical site, Thuong Yen commune, Uong Bi City in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
A festival dedicated to the nation’s legendary mother Au Co kicked off in Ha Hoa district, the northern province of Phu Tho, on February 14, the 7 th day of the Lunar New Year.
The annual Tich Dien (ploughing) festival to pray for a year of favourable weather and bumper crops took place in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam, on February 14 or the seventh day of the first lunar month.
The 3-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest in Viet Nam, officially opened in Ha Noi’s My Duc district on February 13 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of about 50,000 pilgrims.
The Tran Temple Festival will open in the northern Thai Binh province from the 13th to the 16th of the first lunar month, or February 20 to 23.
The 2016 Mountain Ba Spring Festival opened at the Ba Den Mountain Historical and Cultural Relic Site in southern Tay Ninh province on February 11 (the fourth day of the Lunar New Year).