Ethnic groups in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on February 26 held the Long Tong (going to the field) festival – an annual ritual of the Tay ethnic people that became part of the national intangible cultural heritage in 2013.
Thi Cam villagers in Bac Tu Liem District, Ha Noi eagerly took part in a traditional rice cooking contest held in the courtyard of the village’s communal house on February 26.
According to Hai Duong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Con Son – Kiep Bac spring festival 2015 will take place in the province from March 4th to 7th (the 14th to 17th of the first lunar month).
The seventh annual ploughing festival to bring a year of favourable weather and a bumper crop season took place on February 25 at Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam.
The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in the Gia Vien district of the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 24 - the sixth day of the Lunar New Year – with the participation of thousands of pilgrims.
Thousands of people in Ha Noi flocked to a festival celebrating the 226th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da Victory (1789-2015) on February 23 - the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
State President Truong Tan Sang and Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on February 16 led the celebrations kicking off the annual flower street festival in Ho Chi Minh City.
(TITC) - To welcome Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) 2015, from 18 to 24 February 2015 (the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 6th day of the first lunar month), Hoi An City (Quang Nam Province) will organize Lunar New Year Festival 2015 with many specific activities to serve visitors and local people on the occasion of traditional Lunar New Year Festival.
Bach Dang Spring Flower Street, themed ‘Da Nang - Brilliant Colours of Spring’, is taking place along the western bank of the Han River in Da Nang City from February 9 to 27 for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Korean Cultural Centre in Ha Noi on February 7 organised a programme to introduce Hanoians with traditional Korean ceremonies and rituals used to welcome the lunar New Year, as well as the traditional dishes Korean people enjoy on the first days of the New Year.
Phu My Hung Flower Fair 2015 themed ‘Mua gat’ (Harvest season) for the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, will reproduce paddy fields in the harvest season and the particular scenes of the Vietnamese countryside in Phu My Hung Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
Ha Noi Spring Festival commenced in Ha Noi on February 4, spreading festive cheer with live music, traditional martial arts, and dragon dance performances.