First international Da Nang Light Festival to be held

In order to celebrate the Vietnam National Day on September 2nd and attract more tourists to Dong Van Plateau, the 2nd Khen Mong Festival will be held on August 30th and 31st 2014 with so many fascinating activities.

On 10 January 2015, Mau Son Winter Tourism Festival 2015 will be held in Mau Son tourist area. It is a chance for Mau Son to develop its tourist services. In the festival, there will be many exciting and unique cultural activities and games.

In the morning of January 5th on Tet Holiday (February 23rd), Dong Da Mound was colorfully decorated to hold Dong Da Festival in order to celebrate 226 years of Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da Victory. Thousands of people flocked here to take part in the festival.

Participating in Harmony World Puppet Carnival 2014, one of the world's largest puppet festivals in Bangkok, Thailand in the early November, Vietnamese puppet was honored to get the top prize with a puppet show called "Homeland melody".

At present, Vietnam - Europe Documentary Film Festival 2015 is being held in Hanoi with many outstanding documentary films of Vietnam and other countries. The festival is a good chance for Vietnam documentary films to be promulgated to the world.

Da Nang Fireworks Festival 2015 is coming closer. All activities in this competition are ready to show. Not only can locals and tourists in Da Nang contemplate these fireworks shows, but also international friends can see on reputable world channels.

On April 15 morning, Mr. Ho Van Loi, Director of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Tourism, Sports and Culture Department hosted a press conference on organizing the 4th Vung Tau International Kite Festival 2015 in Vung Tau with the theme of Fly with Vietnam.

On October 7th, 2014 (September 13th lunar calendar), a thousand of visitors and locals gathered at a cultural relic Dinh Thay Thim (Thay Thim Palace) in Binh Thuan province to make a pilgrimage and attend in Dinh Thay Thim Festival 2014.

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.

After three days with amazing performances and programs, in the evening of May 11 2014, at Intourco Resort, Vung Tau City officially closed the fifth International Kite Festival Ba Ria Vung Tau 2014.

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.