Festivals

The 9th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will gather 22 documentary films, including 11 from European countries, namely France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, the UK and Israel and 15 by Vietnamese producers.

Ninety people from 12 ethnic minority groups from the Central Highlands region, including Ta Oi, Co Tu, Raglai, E De and Khmer are joining a program celebrating the cultural diversity and customs of the region throughout this month.

Da Nang Summer Destination programme 2018 will be held from June 16 to 20.

Ho Chi Minh City will hold the 8th Southern Food Festival at Dam Sen Cultural Park, from May 31 – June 3, 2018.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the 14th Southern Fruit Festival 2018 for introduce visitors to the unique features, and wide variety of fresh fruit grown in the Southern region.

Hanoi will host the 16th annual meeting of the Council for Promoting Tourism in Asia (CPTA) between September 5 and 10.

The Vietnam Festival 2018 official opened at Yoyogi park, Tokyo, Japan on the occasion of the 128th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.

The 2019 ASEAN Tourism Forum Travel Exchange (Travex), which will be held in Quang Ninh province on January 16 - 18, 2019.

Hanoians enjoy variety of festivals showing off the Japanese culture over the coming months.

With theme “Hai Phong Reaching Out to the Sea”, Hoa Phuong Do Festival 2018 officially opened in Hai Phong city.

A cultural – tourism space, displaying products of the ethnic groups in Ha Giang province, opened at the 26/3 Square of Ha Giang city, on May 12.

Quang Ninh has completed its preparation of six Then songs to join the 6th national Then singing festival in Ha Giang and featuring art troupes from 16 provinces and cities, slated for May 12 – 14.

A paragliding festival is scheduled to be held on Khau Pha mountain pass in Mu Cang Chai district of the northwestern province of Yen Bai, from May 18 - 20.

The ethnic Nang Hai festival, Moon worshipping festival of Tay ethnic people in Cao Bang province has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage

Da Nang will host the first International Balloon Festival as a tourism attraction at the city’s Hi-tech Park and Hoa Trung Lake in Hoa Vang District on December, 2018.

With various activities, Lao Cai Cultural Tourism Week will be held from June 1 to 9.

With the participation of artists from 14 provinces and cities nationwide, the 6th edition of the National Festival of Traditional Then singing will be held in Ha Giang, from May 12 – 14.

Hue Festival 2018 has received nearly 50,000 tourist arrivals every day, according to the ThuaThien - Hue Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2019 will be held in Quang Ninh from January 14 - 19.

Thousands of tourists enjoy the grand ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2018 and the Carnival Ha Long programme in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on the last weekend.