Festivals

The Hanoitimes -  Sixteen Vietnamese businesses showed their products at the International Food and Beverage Fair which got under way in Paris o­n Sunday.

For those in Japan who love Vietnamese culture a host of cultural activities and artistic performances at the Vietnam Culture-Tourism Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held inTokyo and the prefecture of Fukuoka from September 11 to 20 this year.

The third cartoon festival has been held in Hanoi fromJune 1, until June 8 at the Hanoi Library.Cartoon lovers will have the chance to visit two exhibitions by well-known artists from Vietnam and Belgian. o­n display are works by 40 Belgian cartoonists and 11 young Vietnamese artists.

The Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat is celebrating its annual flower festival.

Hue Festival, the annual international event being held for seventh time in the northern central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue, will be the highlight of Vietnam's National Tourism Year 2012.

A giant picture of Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) made of thousands of dry flowers has been featured at the 2012 Flower Festival which began o­n the evening of December 30 to celebrate the New Year.