Events & Festivals

Events & Festivals

2009 Cultural and Tourism Week to kick off in Sapa

The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1.Various activities will take place during the week, including the love market in Sapa town and the cloud festival on Ham Rong mountain, which

Pagoda enters record books
17:00 04/10/2009

Timeless treasure: Three statues of Buddha: Past, Present and Future.Ninh Binh\’s record-breaking pagoda, Bai Dinh Spiritual Centre in Gia Sinh Commune, Gia Vien District, is drawing crowds of visitors, curious to see the magnanimous const.

Tags: Pagoda Enters Record Books, Bai Dinh Spiritual Centre, Gia Sinh Commune, Gia Vien District,

Problems with festival management
17:00 04/09/2009

Inspectors of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have uncovered many problems associated with organising and managing festivals in some northern provinces.

Tags: Ministry Of Culture, Sports And Tourism, Some Northern Provinces, Pagodas And Temples,

“I have a dream 2009”
17:00 04/08/2009

More than 50 paintings on paper and kites with bamboo flutes, drawn by Agent Orange/dioxin child victims, orphans, and disadvantaged children, will be displayed at Maison de Arts, 31A Van Mieu, Hanoi from April 11-15.

Tags: Dioxin Child Victims, Paper And Kites, Bamboo Flutes, Dioxin Child,

City tourism festival wraps up in success
17:00 04/07/2009

Festival-goers take part in a folk game in the tourism festival in Dam Sen Park in HCMC\’s District 11 over the weekend.La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the city\’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told the Daily that apart f

Tags: Department Of Culture, Festival In Dam Sen Park, Dam Sen Park , Tourism Festival,

Cultural, sports, tourism fair - exhibition scheduled in Hanoi
17:00 04/07/2009

For the first time, an exhibition of the achievements in the fields of culture, sports and tourism will be held at the Vietnam Fair Exhibition Centre, 148 Giang Vo, Hanoi from August 3-9 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tags: Ministry Of Culture, Vietnam Fair Exhibition Centre,

Festival offers scents of Japan
17:00 04/07/2009

Hanoians can experience the sight and smell of 400 blossoming cherry branches imported from Japan for the culmination this Sunday of the city's third cherry blossom festival.

Tags: City's Third Cherry Blossom, Blossom Festival, Cherry Branches, Blossoming Cherry,

“1,000-Year Flow” to celebrate 1,000th Thang Long – Hanoi Anniversary
17:00 04/07/2009

Dao Anh Khanh and a group of contemporary artists in Hanoi will celebrate the 1,000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary with the “1,000-Year Flow” program, which will take place within one year.

Tags: 1000th Thang Long, Hanoi Anniversary, Thang Long, Dao Anh Khanh,

Tourism festival opens in HCM City
17:00 04/03/2009

The 2009 Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival, the 5th such annual event, opened on April 3 at Dam Sen Cultural Park by the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Tourism Association.

Tags: Tourism Festival Opens, Department Of Culture, Tourism Festival, Vietnam Tourism Association,

Festival to honour nation’s ancestors
17:00 04/02/2009

President Nguyen Minh Triet will lead senior Party and State officials and a group of pilgrims on a State ritual to pay homage to the Hung Kings - the founders of the nation - tomorrow, the tenth day of the third lunar month.

Tags: The Ancestors, President Nguyen Minh Triet,