The ASEAN Friendship Caravan with around 50 travel agents and media from Thailand and other ASEAN countries arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20.
Vibrant activities and significant events scheduled during the Visit Viet Nam Year 2016 will be introduced through the website http://namdulichquocgia2016.vn, which was launched by the Kien Giang Provincial Department of Information and Communication on January 15.
The Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with the Viet Nam Stage Artist Association, will organize the typical stage festival to welcome 12th National Party Congress from January 12 - 17 in Ha Noi.
Visit Viet Nam Year 2016 - Phu Quoc and Mekong River Delta, themed ‘Discovering southern land’, will officially kick off on January 9 in Rach Gia city, the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang.
An art kite festival is being held in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on January 1 to celebrate the New Year 2016.
A special art performance night on January 2 in Da Lat city marked the end of the five-day Da Lat Flower Festival 2015.
The 2015 Da Lat Flower Festival opened in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands of Lam Dong on December 29 with a range of events, including a flower and ornamental tree exhibition, a flower space around Xuan Huong Lake, flower-themed calligraphy, paintings and photos displays, and a vegetable-flower fair.
Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4 with various culture, sport and art activities.
A string of activities will take place at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town, Ha Noi from January 1-3, 2016 to celebrate New Year 2016.
The 2016 Flower Street festival in Ho Chi Minh City will officially kick off at 7:00 pm on February 5, three days before the Lunar New Year (Tet), announced its organiser Saigontourist on December 21.
A wide range of activities will be organised in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city on the threshold of the New Year 2016 as part of the local authority’s efforts to lure more visitors to the world cultural heritage.
A festival honouring UNESCO-recognised heritages of Viet Nam was held in Thanh Hoa province on December 15 under the theme ‘Heritages throughout the Land’.