The 2013 Sa Pa in the Cloud Festival will take place from April 26 to May 5, according to the district People's Committee.
A festival commemorating the 224th death anniversary of peasant hero Hoang Cong Chat opened in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 4.
The 2013 HCM City Tourism Day Festival got underway at the 23/9 Park in District 1 on April 4 to improve professionalism in tourism activities.
Thousands of pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony on April 2 of the traditional Cau Ngu (Fish Worshipping) Festival in Ngu Loc commune, Hau Loc district, Thanh Hoa province.
The 2013 Cherry Blossom Festival will be held at the Lan Be Park in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 11-13.
The biennial Sea Festival in Nha Trang, in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, will begin on June 8 and run for four consecutive days, it was announced at a press conference in Ha Noi on March 30.
The offering of eight provinces representing three regions in the country to the ancestors will be one of the new features during the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2013.
Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has just ratified the plan of Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013 to be held from 8 to 11, June, 2013. Accordingly, there will be 79 cultural, arts, sports activities around the event.
About 70,000 visitors attended the Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara) Boddhisattva Festival that took place in the central city of Da Nang from March 28-30.
The People's Committee of Danang City revealed it has raised VND14.5 billion so far from sponsors for the international fireworks contest 2013 (DIFC 2013).
Thirty-two buffalos from across the country are taking part in the 2013 buffalo fighting festival, which opened on March 27 in Phu Ninh district, in northern midland province of Phu Tho.
Fishermen from Ca Mau and Mekong Delta coastal provinces flocked to the 2013 Nghinh Ong (Whale Worshiping) festival, which opened on March 26 at Song Doc port in Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province.