Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc launched the New Year Tree Planting Festival in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at a ceremony in Thuong Phuc village, Bac Hong commune, Dong Anh district, Ha Noi, on February 18.
The 17th Viet Nam Poetry Day officially opened on February 17 in Ha Noi, featuring a wide range of activities.
A workshop was recently held in Bac Giang to seek ways to develop tourism in the northern province.
The demand for Kim Hoang paintings, a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings that originate from Kim Hoang village in Ha Noi, has been increasing over the Lunar New Year.
Hungarian Ambassador to Viet Nam Ory Csaba and Can Tho authorities sat down on February 12 to discuss cooperation activities, including the organisation of a Hungary cultural week in the Mekong Delta city this year.
The Hon Xuong Island in the southern province of Kien Giang offers the same beauty as Maldives without the 5-star expense, according to the Evening Standard, a UK based newspaper.
The capital city of Ha Noi welcomed almost 515,000 tourists, including 162,676 foreigners, during the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which lasted from February 2-10.
The Ban Flower Festival 2019 – the popular spring flower festival of the north and northwestern region, will take place from March 6-18 in Dien Bien province.
The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest of its kind in Viet Nam, kicked off in Huong Son commune, Ha Noi’s outlying district of My Duc on February 10 (the sixth day of the lunar new year), attracting numerous visitors with less congestion than previous years.
International visitors to Viet Nam in Januray estimated 1,501,766 arrivals, increasing 9.3 % over last month and up 5.0 % over the same period last year.
The ‘Visiting the land of Quan Ho (Love Duet) singing’ festival 2019 will take place in the northern province of Bac Ninh from February 13 to 28, to mark a decade since the folk art form won UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity (2009 - 2019).
The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Viet Nam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event.