The Con Son-Kiep Bac 2013 Spring Festival opened at Con Son pagoda in the northern province of Hai Duong on February 25 (the 16th day of the first lunar month).
Thousands flock to Tran Temple Festival Tens of thousands of people converged on Tran Temple complex in Nam Dinh province on February 23 to attend one of the country's biggest festivals during the year.
A festival featuring Tan Cuong tea, a speciality of northern Thai Nguyen province, took place in Thai Nguyen city on February 20.
A wide range of cultural and sporting events are being held in Ha Tien town, Kien Giang province to celebrate the 227th founding anniversary of the Chieu Anh Cac poetry association (1736-2013).
The Culture and tourism week in Van Phuc silk village started up on February 19th at Van Phuc Temple in Van Phuc precinct, Ha Dong district, Hanoi.
The Long Tong (going to the field) festival got underway in Bo Lu field, Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district of Bac Kan province on February 19 (the tenth day of the first lunar month).
Yen Tu Festival, which is one of the biggest festivals in the northern region, kicked off from the Trinh Pagoda in Uong Bi Town in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 18-the ninth day of Lunar Year.
The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is hosting the Red River Festival 2013 highlighting the rich culture of the region.
A festival to commemorate Princess Huyen Tran and King Tran Nhan Tong opened at Huyen Tran Cultural Centre in the central city of Hue on February 17, the eighth day of the first lunar month.
A festival to commemorate the nation's legendary mother, Au Co, officially started at Au Co Temple in Ha Hoa district in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on February 16, the seventh day of the first lunar month.
The mountainous northern province of Tuyen Quang on February 17 organised the Long Tong festival, a typical cultural feature of the Tay ethnic people in the north.
The Spring Flower Festival 2013, under the theme "The country's position and people's will," opened in Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City on February 5.