Ho Chi Minh City’s annual spring flower festival began at Tao Dan Park, District 1 on January 22 to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet).
The second week-long Hoi An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 with the participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’ culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hoi An.
Da Nang's Ba Na Hills will be sparkled with lights and colours during the second carnival festival from January 29 to February 15 (the 2nd – 19th days of the first lunar month).
The 2017 Spring Calligraphy Festival officially opened at Literature Lake (Ho Van) at Van Mieu–Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) in Ha Noi on January 21.
A fashion show to highlight ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) will open the Ao Dai Festival 2017 on Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.
(TITC) - To preserve and honor the typical cultural values of the traditional Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year Festival), Management Board of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter organizes the program “Vietnamese Tet” from 19 January to 12 February 2017. The opening ceremony was held at 15h00 on 19 January 2017 in Kim Ngan Communal House (42-44 Hang Bac Street).
(TITC) - With the theme “Prosperous Spring”, Phu My Hung Spring Flower Fair 2017 will take place from 20 – 26 January 2017 (the 23rd – 29th days of the twelfth lunar month) in Ban Nguyet Lake area, Phu My Hung Urban Area, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.
(TITC) - On January 18, the opening ceremony of ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2017 took place in Singapore with the presence of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Secretary General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh. Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Le Khanh Hai attended the ceremony.
The Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology will organize a programme to discover Tet on January 20th (the 23rd day of the last lunar month).
The cherry blossom festival of Da Lat City, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will open on February 11, announced the organising board on January 16.
The Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa sea festival 2017, the eighth of its kind, will take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 10-13, with nearly 50 social, cultural and sport activities.
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho opened the “Spring Colour in the Countryside” festival at the Can Tho City Museum to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year).