Thousands of people flocked to Danang City’s Ngu Hanh Son, to take part in the Goddess of Mercy Festival, which opened on March 11.
The festival is considered one of Vietnam’s15 most special cultural events.
The ceremony was held in the foothills of Thuy Son Mountain, where the ...
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The northern midland province of Phu Tho is working with five other provinces and cities to prepare a range of activities to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival.
According to Ha Ke San, Vice ...
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Small and medium carriers in Hanoi complain that the demand is too low in the first month of the Lunar New Year in comparison with the previous years, though it is now the festival season.
Demand weak
Worshiping together with traveling on the first days of the spring ...
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Ho Chi Minh City kicked off its Lunar New Year celebration which falls on January 23 with a street parade and international food festival Monday.
The street shows are part of a month-long festival which comprises of various performing arts and cultural activities to welcome the Lunar New Year 2012 in downtown Ho Chi Minh.
The opening which was held at the central 23/9 Park in District ...
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Truong Van Thu, head of the festival’s organization board said that the province grows enough flowers to decorate the city and neighboring districts.
A huge volume of flowers are planted in Da Lat City Park, tourist areas, Lam Vien Square, around ...
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A ceremony to pray for peace and float flower garlands and coloured lanterns was held on September 14 at Luc Dau River in the northern province of Hai Duong.
This is among major activities to mark the Kiep Bac-Con Son Autumn Festival which closed this evening. The event marks the death anniversary of national hero General Tran Hung Dao who defeated three Mongol invasions in the ...
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During the mid-autumn festival, traditional toys are still widely sold in markets along Hang Ma Street, and numerous people are buying them.
Toys resembling stars, lion heads and drums, along with all kinds of masks, are continue to be enjoyed by many children.
The popularity of such toys is good news to the craftsmen, who still make them by hand....
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The Lam Dong provincial People’s Committee held a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 9 to introduce the 4th Da Lat Flower Festival to be held in Da Lat from December 5-30.
The festival is a national cultural and tourism festival which ...
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Hang Ma (Paper Offerings) Street in Hanoi’s old quarter has been flooded by visitors. The street is dyed in red by lanterns, flowers, flags and toys.
Hang Ma Street has been one of Hanoi’s typically frenetic commercial areas since the medieval times. On the occasions of traditional festivities, the street becomes filled with sounds, colours and light, bearing the imprints of the spiritual life of Orientals
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Recently, the MOCST has had a Decision No. 1397/QĐ-BVHTTDL on organizing the third amateur dance festival 2011.
Accordingly, the MCOST entrusts the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts, Basic Culture Department, Vietnam Dancers Association and some locals to organize the third amateur dance festival ...
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