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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.

Recently, An attractive and colorful cultural space of Vietnam culture was recreated vividly at ASEAN Cultural Festival in Czech some days ago. In this festival, many cultural featured of Vietnam are traditional dances and folklore singing styles.

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.

On the occasion of 125th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with Nghe An People's Committee and relevant units organize Lotus Village Festival 2015 in Nghe An from 15th - 20th of May, 2015.

Perfume Pagoda Festival 2015 will officially open on February 24th (January 6th in the lunar calendar). On the occasion of Tet Holiday, the organizing committee will offer free tickets for visitors when making a pilgrimage in Perfume Pagoda during 3 days.

As expected, Saigon International Guitar Festival will be firstly held in this year from November 12th to 16th in Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City. There are around 20 celebrated guitarists from other nations in the world attending in the festival.

On December 23rd, Lam Dong Province kicked off Dalat - Colors of Winter Festival, an important event in a series of activities to finish Central Highlands – Dalat National Tourism Year. The Festival will be organized with 12 main activities.

Gong of Central Highlands, an intangible heritage of Vietnam, has been introduced at the Tropical Carnival in Paris taking place at Léon Blum Square. It is the first time Gong culture to be performed in this carnival.

Taking place in two days on November 29th and 30th in outdoor garden at Calidas Keangnam Hotel, Vietnam - Korea Food and Culture Festival 2014 is a great chance for anyone who loves Korea to explore the country's culture and cuisine.

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.

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.