The Vietnamese New Year Fair which takes place from February 5 to 7 at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, will re-create a traditional northern village market.
Hoping to replicate the success of the Avignon Festival in France and the Adelaide Festival in Australia, organisers of the Hue Festival, staged every two years in Hue City – Vietnam’s ancient capital, hope the cultural celebration will draw world attention to the splendours of central Thua Thien-Hue Province.
An international fireworks contest will be held with 4 international teams taking part to mark the 35th anniversary of the Central City’s Liberation Day (March 29).
Cao Lanh Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will be blanketed in flowers during Tet (the Lunar New Year), with a flower festival being held for the third year successive.
For the first time, Suoi Cat tourist site will organize a flower festival in Phan Thiet City to welcome the Tet holiday next month.
An exhibition showcasing traditional music instruments of Vietnamese ethnic groups will be held in Hanoi from January 29 to February 3 as an activity to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
More than 40 groups of artists and performance troupes from 31 countries will perform during Hue Festival 2010, scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
Far from a conventional tourism product, the “Returning to the roots†program organized in early 2010 seeks to showcase the unique cultural attributes of Yen Bai, Lao Cai and Phu Tho
After the success of the first Long Bien Bridge Festival in October 2009, the second of its kind will be jointly held by the Vietnam Embassy in France and the Maison des Art (House of Art) company to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long –Hanoi.
Nguyen Hue Boulevard in downtown HCMC will be transformed into a street of flowers for the country’s biggest holiday, Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival. The theme this year, Xuan Binh Minh (Spring Dawn), was chosen to illustrate the city’s belief in resurgence of tourism after the global financial crisis.
Almost 200 German and Vietnamese musicians will play together in a classical concert at the Hanoi Opera House on January 23, kicking off the “German Year in Vietnam 2010†to mark the 35th anniversary of Vietnam-Germany diplomatic ties.
Vietnam’s second international kite festival will be held from March 24-28 in the southern beach city of Vung Tau.