Ho Chi Minh City Book Street Festival welcomes Lunar New Year

In order to diversify tourism activities and simultaneously introduce unique cultural identity of Hmong ethnic groups in Lao Cai, from February 28th, Lao Cai Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism will put Gau Tao Festival to test in Bac Ha District.

On May 8th, the opening ceremony of the 5th International Kite Festival with the theme of “Flying with Vietnam” was celebrated in Vung Tau City.

The Mid-autumn Festival in Hanoi will take place with a large number of interesting and attractive activities from September 5th to 8th 2014 in the Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Center at 2 Hoa Lu Street.

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.

The Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2015 (DIFC 2015) is officially announced to take place on April 28th and 29th 2015 with the theme of “Da Nang – a colorful symphony”.

As expected, from November 2nd to 7th, Khmer ethnic groups eagerly organized Ok Om Bok Festival in Tra Vinh Province. Many meaningful cultural activities were held in the festival such as trade fair, boat racing Dua Ghe Ngo, Moon Worshiping Festival …

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.

Khmer Festival of Culture, Sports and Tourism is opened today with the attendance of 12 southern provinces. It will take place from November 27th to 29th with a subject "The Southern Khmer ethnic people – solidarity towards the country's islands".

People's Committee of Hai Phong City has held the opening of the third Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 with the theme “Hai Phong colors of Red Flamboyant” and received Cat Ba archipelago’s certification as a special national relic site.

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".

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.