Binh Thuan Tourism Day features special activities

Vietnam National Tourism Year 2014 on a theme of "High Mountain and Thick Forests of Central Highlands" is coming to the end. With 45 main activities and other additional activities in response, National Tourism Year 2014 has achieved remarkable results.

At the press conference, it is officially announced that in addition to the opening and closing ceremony, Vietnamese Cuisine Festival 2014 has 8 official activities taking place from July 8th to 13th.

In this August 2015, Vietnam is going to host ASEAN Traditional Music Festival 2015 with the theme Connect World Heritages. The event is expected to bring opportunities for different cultures in ASEAN countries to promulgate and exchange with each other.

From August 17th to 23rd, Week of Korean Traditional Culture Experience will be celebrated at Vietnamese Women’s Museum on Ly Thuong Kiet Street. It is an opportunity to explore and experience Korean culture.

Choreographers and dance groups from 7 countries including Italy, Japan, Korea, Isarel, Philippines, Sweden, and Taiwan, will converge in Saigon to attend in International Dance Music Festival. The festival will take place from December 7th to 16th, 2014.

Asian Europe New Music Festival will be firstly held in Vietnam from October 8th to 12nd by Vietnam Musicians Association. In the festival, new compositions of musicians representing for the schools of contemporary music in the world will be introduced.

On June 1st, at Suoi Tien Amusement Park in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, the opening ceremony of 11th Southern Fruit Festival 2014 was held by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

After 3 days being held with many cultural activities, Khmer Festival of Culture, Sports and Tourism was officially ended in Hau Giang Province. The closing ceremony was organized by Hau Giang Department of Culture Sport and Tourism on November 29th.

Halong Carnival 2015 will be held on May 2015 on Hoang Quoc Viet Street in Halong City. The carnival in Halong 2015 promises to bring many outstanding performances on stage and parades for locals and tourists to admire.

Cherry Blossom Festival 2015 will be held in Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi. The festival is expected to have many interesting activities and programs. The festival is held to celebrate the anniversary of Vietnam and Japan relation.

Ba Na Hills has officially inaugurated the first Flower Festival Ba Na Hills at D' amour flower garden with the convergence of a variety of flowers from all over the country and renowned flowers in the world.

After Tet Nguyen Dan Festival, Tet Doan Ngo Festival held on the 5th of the fifth lunar month is the warmest and biggest reunion festival of Vietnamese people. Traditionally, the festival is held to protect the crops and health of people with fruit feast.

Annually, on the 10th day of the third month in lunar calendar, people from everywhere in Vietnam and international tourists come to Phu Tho to join Hung King Festival. This is one of important festivals in the country.

The Dragon Dance Festival 2014 will take place on October 4th 2014 at Statue of King Ly Thai To area in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The festival is held by Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The opening ceremony of Southern Fruit Festival 2014 will be held on June 1st. The festival is an annual cultural event which is the most awaited every summer in Ho Chi Minh City.

Folk Cake Festival, one of the traditional festivals in Southern Vietnam, will be held on February 2nd at the Hoa Su Restaurant in Can Tho. The festival aims to introduce to tourists the cultural traditional feast in Tet occasion of Vietnamese.

The plan of Coconut Festival 2015 in Ben Tre is a favorable condition to promulgate Coconut industry in Ben Tre to nationwide and worldwide through tourist activities. The 4th Ben Tre Coconut Festival is going to be held in April, 2015.

From August 17th to 23rd, Week of Korean Traditional Culture Experience will be celebrated at Vietnamese Women’s Museum on Ly Thuong Kiet Street. It is an opportunity to explore and experience Korean culture.

The second Halong Cherry Blossom Festival took place successfully. After two times of organizations, the festival proved itself in defining relationships between Vietnam and Japan in particular, Quang Ninh and other cities of Japan in general.

In order to introduce and honor the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine as well as the creative talent of Vietnamese artisans, Vietnamese cuisine festival 2014 will be celebrated in Nha Trang City since July 1st to 6th 2014.