State President Truong Tan Sang and Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on February 16 led the celebrations kicking off the annual flower street festival in Ho Chi Minh City.
(TITC) - To welcome Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) 2015, from 18 to 24 February 2015 (the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 6th day of the first lunar month), Hoi An City (Quang Nam Province) will organize Lunar New Year Festival 2015 with many specific activities to serve visitors and local people on the occasion of traditional Lunar New Year Festival.
Bach Dang Spring Flower Street, themed ‘Da Nang - Brilliant Colours of Spring’, is taking place along the western bank of the Han River in Da Nang City from February 9 to 27 for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Korean Cultural Centre in Ha Noi on February 7 organised a programme to introduce Hanoians with traditional Korean ceremonies and rituals used to welcome the lunar New Year, as well as the traditional dishes Korean people enjoy on the first days of the New Year.
Phu My Hung Flower Fair 2015 themed ‘Mua gat’ (Harvest season) for the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, will reproduce paddy fields in the harvest season and the particular scenes of the Vietnamese countryside in Phu My Hung Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
Ha Noi Spring Festival commenced in Ha Noi on February 4, spreading festive cheer with live music, traditional martial arts, and dragon dance performances.
As many as 49 spring flower fairs will be organised in Ha Noi from February 9 to 18 on the occasion of the lunar New Year 2015.
A variety of food and fruit specialties from across the nation will be available at nearly 900 stalls at the 2015 Spring Fair, to be held from February 6 to 16 at the Giang Vo Exhibition and Fair Centre in Ha Noi.
Well-known traditional markets in Lao Cai province, including Bac Ha; Van Ban markets and Sa Pa love market, will be reproduced at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, No.2 Hoa Lu Street, Ha Noi from February 2-15.
Street performances involving nearly 1,000 people kick-started the 2015 Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 31.
The 7th Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC) 2015 will take place in the central city on April 28-29, the municipal People’s Committee announced on January 30.
A national action programme to preserve and uphold values of Vi-Giam folk singing was launched right after the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh received the UNESCO certificate honouring the local singing as part of humanity’s intangible cultural heritage on January 31.