A festival was held in Hanoi on February 18 - the fifth day of the first lunar month - to celebrate the 221st anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over 200,000 Chinese Qing invaders.
The Yasaka Saigon Nha Trang Resort Hotel & Spa held its annual Tet Cake Festival to welcome the Lunar New Year in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, on February 15.
The country’s largest tray of fruit and cereals was displayed in front of the Temple of Literature in Cao Lanh City in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year (February 14 to 16).
Thousands of HCMC residents and visitors flocked to Tet festivities on Nguyen Hue Flower Street which opened February 11. The theme this year is Xuan binh minh (Dawn of Spring). The Peoples Committee of HCMC said this years theme reflects the countrys yearning to recover from the global economic slowdown and conveys the hope for an improved situation.
Ha Long Bay and Cuu Long river, a tributary of the Mekong River, have been selected among the world’s 100 destinations for couples by the France L’internaute online magazine. The selection is based on three criteria, the romance, literary characteristics and the differences.
A major film on the history of Hanoi will start shooting on March 15 and will be shown on the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city, said the film director Luu Trong Ninh.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to engage professional event companies in its promotion programs in major foreign markets this year to make sure they will succeed.
An exhibition displaying 100 antiques with some dating back to the first century will open in Hanoi from February 11 till March 10 for antique lovers as a stop for their city sight-seeing tour during Tet holiday.
A photo exhibition on the Vietnamese land and people opened in Cairo on February 9. Exhibits including photos and documents on President Ho Chi Minh and traditional costumes and folk paintings are on display.
The Vietnamese ambassadors in Laos and Bulgaria hosted celebrations for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival which will fall on February 14.
A Vietnamese culture week opened in Cairo, Egypt on February 9, drawing international guests, ambassadors, Egyptian people, Vietnamese students in Egypt and international reporters.
A total of 1,500 foreign tourists on board the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Legend of the Sea arrived in Halong Bay, a UNESCO-recognised world cultural heritage site, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, on February 9.