The first Vietnamese Fruit Festival closed in the Mekong delta province of Tien Giang on April 24. At the closing ceremony, the organising board awarded the Golden Cups for the Cause of Developing the quality of Vietnamese fruits and food safety for 18 businesses, 30 scientists and 40 institutes, schools and branches in the field as well as honoured 61 creative farmers.
An exhibition opened in Lam Son Park, Ho Chi Minh City on April 21 as part of its preparations for the 35th anniversary of the south’s liberation and national reunification.
Saigontourist has unveiled 100 new domestic tours to mark Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day, and signed up 1,300 customers for them.
Bac Ninh Festival 2010 opened at the Kinh Bac Cultural Centre on the evening of April 17. The highlights of the festival included a grand ceremony to receive UNESCO’s certificates recognising the province’s Quan Ho (love duets) and Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) as intangible cultural heritage of humanity and a 15-minute firework display.
Around 3000 artefacts, made in different shapes and sizes of Vietnamese dragons, are on display at the Vietnam History Museum in Ho Chi Minh City as of April 17.
The number of visitors to this year’s Hung Temple Festival has increased sharply over the past five days, according to the festival organising board.