The northern province of Tuyen Quang held a ceremony at Tan Trao Square, Son Duong district on February 24 to announce the Prime Minister's decision to approve the master plan for development of Tan Trao national tourist site for 2030.
President Tran Dai Quang joined 200 representatives of 21 ethnic groups from around the country for the opening ceremony of the annual spring festival at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay district, Ha Noi on February 24.
A dragon boat racing festival was held for the first time in Ha Noi’s well-known West Lake on February 24, attracting large crowds.
Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong welcomed more than 280,000 visitors, including 14,000 foreign arrivals during the lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, a rise of more than 14% on the same period last year.
The capital city of Ha Noi will organise a dragon boat racing festival for the first time from 10:00 to 15:00 on February 24.
A spring festival will be held at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Ha Noi on February 24-25 to promote the rich and diverse cultures of ethnic groups across the country and strengthen national unity.
A ceremony was held to mark the 1978th anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising at the Hai Ba Trung Temple, a special national relic site, in Ha Noi’s Me Linh district on February 21, or the 6th day in the first month of the Year of the Dog.
One of Viet Nam’s longest festivals, the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda festival, kicked off Wednesday – the sixth day of the first lunar month – in Huong Son Commune, My Duc District, on the outskirts of Ha Noi.
The number of international tourists to the capital city of Ha Noi are estimated to rise by 30 percent to 125,000 people during the week-long Tet (Vietnamese New Year) festival, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board welcomed more than 18,000 visitors who came to pay tribute to the late President during the Tet holidays from February 15-18.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities opened its Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018 Flower Street on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street on the evening of February 13.
Ho Chi Minh City will host cultural and amusement events at many places in the downtown area during the Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday, which will begin on February 15.