Festivals

In the framework of the 4th International Cultural Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 14-16 and the third International Tourism Forum, Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism and the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism signed the cooperation document to promote tourism links between Vietnam and Russia in 2016-2018.

The sixth festival, themed “Da Lat - A Multitude of Flower Colours”, will take place in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat from December 29 to January 2, 2016.

The third Thai Nguyen Tea Festival 2015, themed "Quintessence of Vietnamese tea", officially kicked off in the evening of November 26 at the Nui Coc Lake tourism site in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

A festival is taking place in the southern province of Kien Giang to honour the vibrant traditional culture and custom of local Khmer ethnic people.

A photo exhibition on the buckwheat flower festival, which will be held for the first time in the northern moutainous province of Ha Giang, is being displayed in Hanoi from November 9.

In order to boost tourism and promote Hanoi’s image, the city organised “Tourism promotion festival 2015” at the Ly Thai To Flower Garden from November 7-8 with 40 promotional booths from well-known tourism brand names, such as Hanoi Tourist, Vietjet Air, UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club and the Centre for Malaysia Tourism Promotion.

The Mekong Delta’s cultural values and tourism potential will be showcased during a programme taking place in Hanoi this month.

According to the northern Thai Nguyen People’s Committee said at the press conference on October 22 in Hanoi, representatives from many tea importing countries, including China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey will join the Tea Festival held in the province from November 26-28.

The Vietnam Tourism Roadshow, which was organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), opened in the Chinese capital of Beijing on October 19.

The first buckwheat flower festival, which will feature art performances and a display of buckwheat flower products, will celebrate the blossoming of the iconic flowers next month in Dong Van district in Ha Giang province.

According to Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho city, the fifth southern traditional cake festival will be organised in the city from April 15-19, 2016.

The annual French food and wine festival "Balade en France" returns to Ho Chi Minh City this year with a more attractive and efficient format.

Ceremonies to mark the 715th death anniversary of Tran Hung Dao (or Tran Quoc Tuan) and commence the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival were held in the northern province of Hai Duong on September 29.

Hoang Su Phi cultural and tourism week honouring the values of terraced paddy fields and the culture of ethnic groups opened in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on September 24.

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.