Festivals

The fifth national festival of the traditional then singing of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups and Thanh Tuyen Festival 2015 will be held in the northern province of Tuyen Quang from September 24-26.

A ceremony to announce the decision recognising the Quya Hieng festival as a national intangible cultural heritage will be organised at the cultural and tourism festival, which will take place in Hoang Su Phi district from September 24-26.

For the first time, various traditional activities of the Mid-Autumn festival with the participation of 1,000 children and parents will be held at the Hanoi Museum on September 20 and 26 nights.

The first Tam Giac Mach Flower festival will be held in the districts of Dong Van, Quan Ba, Yen Minh and Meo Vac in the northwest province of Ha Giang from November 13-15.

Themed “One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities”, World Tourism Day 2015 is a chance to mark the transformative potential of one billion tourists.

A national week of culture, sports and tourism was held in Mu Cang Chai mountainous district in the northern province of Yen Bai from September 12-20.

According to Head of the Department of Ethnic Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Hoang Duc Hau at the recent press conference held in Hanoi, the 9th tourism, sports and culture festival of ethnic groups in the northeast region aims to promote and preserve their cultural identities.

A four-day festival of Vietnamese culinary delights is taking place in Beijing, China through August 24.

The UNESCO World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park will be honoured at the Quang Binh Cave Festival 2015 taking place in the province from August 14-21.

The first tourism gala was held in Chandigarh, India by the Vietnamese Embassy and two domestic travel agents, Vidotour and Victoria Tour on August 10 attracting around 100 representatives of Indian travel agents and news reporters.

The 2015 International Travel Expo will be held in HCM City from September 10-12.

From August 5-20, Vietnam`s first top-rope climbing competition will take place in the world heritage site of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province as part of the Quang Binh Cave Festival 2015.

An art performance took place in central Quang Binh province in the evening of July 29 to launch the “ Quang Binh Spectacular Cave System Discovery Week”.

Various activities of "Hanoian cultural and tourism Days in Thanh Hoa province" program will take place in the central province of Thanh Hoa from July 24-28 to promote tourism development links between the two localities.

The 2015 Nha Trang Sea Festival concluded on July 14 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa after an eventful week, luring nearly 150,000 Vietnamese and foreign visitors.

The central coastal city of Nha Trang will hold several exciting cultural and sports activities during the 2015 Sea Festival, scheduled to take place from July 11-14.

The “Cave Festival 2015” will be held in the central province of Quang Binh from July 15-21. The opening ceremony is set to kick-off at Bao Ninh Sea Square on July 17.

According to Director of Khanh Hoa provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Truong Dang Tuyen at a press conference held in HCM City on June 12, Nha Trang Sea festival will be held in the central coastal city of Nha Trang from July 11 to 14.

A water puppetry performance marked the commencement of the Vietnam tourism and culture festival, which opened in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka on June 9.

The northern province of Lang Son will hold the Mau Son Summer Tourism Festival at the eponymous tourism site in Cao Loc and Loc Binh districts on May 17.