Many big culture and tourism events will be organized in provinces and cities throughout Vietnam in 2010 National Tourism Year 2010: named “Thang Long – Hanoi: 1000-year convergence”, the event will be associated with activities of 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Dalat Flower Festival: take place in Dalat City from January 1 to [...]
Art festivals to mark 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi
Two national art festivals will be organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Communist Party and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. The festival joined by workers and officials holders will take place at the Hanoi Friendship Palace on January 15-19, 2010 [...]
Story of the rice cake in Tet holiday
Emperor Hung-Vuong had many sons. Some pursued literary careers. Others excelled in martial arts. The youngest prince named Tiet – Lieu, however, loved neither. Instead, he and his wife and their children chose the countryside where they farmed the land. One day, toward the end of the year, the emperor met with all his sons. [...]
Lim Festival
“Quan Ho” is a special folk song of Kinh Bac Province, now called Bac Ninh Province. The festival takes place on Lim Hill where the Lim Pagoda is located. This pagoda is where Mr. Hieu Trung Hau, the man who invented Quan Ho, is worshiped. The Lim Festival takes place every year on 13th day [...]
Vietnamese New Year Customs
1. Clean and decorate the home Homes are often cleaned and decorated before New Year’s Eve. Children are in charge of sweeping and scrubbing the floor. The kitchen needs to be cleaned before the 23rd night of the last month. Usually, the head of the household cleans the dust and ashes (from incense) from the [...]
Festival to be held in war-torn province
A festival and cultural exchange entitled “War Memories and a Desire for Peace” will be held in Quang Tri Province, the scene of some fiercest fighting during the US war, to mark the 62nd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27). At a press briefing in Hanoi on July 15, the programme’s sponsors [...]
The colors of the spectrum to welcome Tet
Diverse cultural, tourism and sports events are taking place across the country to welcome the upcoming lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – the Year of the Buffalo. The main streets in Nha Trang city of central coastal Khanh Hoa province are bedecked with flowers, colorful lanterns, slogans and flags to welcome Tet. The director of [...]
