The 2012 Flower Festival will be held in Hanoi from December 30, 2011 to January 2, 2012 to welcome the upcoming lunar New Year (the Year of Dragon).
The Lao Cai People’s Committee will organise the “Fansipan: Explore and Conquer†2011 programme in the middle of December as part of a tourist programme named “Back to the origin – 2011â€.
Hue Festival, the annual international event being held for seventh time in the northern central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue, will be the highlight of Vietnam's National Tourism Year 2012.
Twelve art troupes will attend the 5th Southern Khmer Ethnic Minority Cultural Festival from December 1-5.
The opening ceremony of Cambodian Culture Week 2011 was held in Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theatre on November 17 to strengthen the traditional cultural exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia.
The First International Tea Festival – Thai Nguyen, Vietnam 2011 closed at the Nui Coc Lake tourist site in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on November 15.
Around 200,000 baskets of tulip flower will be displayed on the shores of Xuan Huong Lake during the Da Lat Flower Festival 2012.
The second Vietnam Rice Festival ended on November 11 in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, affirming the important role agriculture, farmers and rural areas play in the Vietnamese economy.
The first-ever tea festival will take place in northern Thai Nguyen Province today, November 11, 2011 in support of local production and information exchange with international dealers.
Almost 1,000 booths for the Second Vietnam Rice Festival on Nov. 8-11 in the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang have already been booked, said Chairman of the Soc Trang Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Trung Hieu.
A grand meeting was held in Hanoi on Nov. 7 to celebrate the 30 th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS).
The New Year flower festival in HCM City this year will feature traditional culture, modern life and focus on sea and island topic, said the city’s Vice Chair Hua Ngoc Thuan.