Festival

Carnival takes place in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province as part of Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival (Photo: VNA) Thousands of locals and tourists participate in the carnival (Photo: VNA) Nearly 2,000 artists and artisans show up in the carnival (Photo: VNA) (Photo: VNA) Gong space wows participants in the carnival (Photo: VNA) (Photo: VNA) (Photo: VNA) … [Read more...] about Coffee carnival dazzles people in Buon Ma Thuot city

Annual whale worshipping festivals at fishing villages are a spiritual ritual of fishing communities in coastal Vietnam (Photo: VNA) The festival marks the end of the lunar New Year holidays among fishing communities and fishermen would set sail on new fishing trips afterwards (Photo: VNA) Participants pray for plenteous hauls of fish, safe voyages, and peace for the nation (Photo: VNA) The festival features a wide variety of ceremonies and rituals, of which the whale worshipping ceremony is the most important activity, attracting the participation of numerous fishermen (Photo: VNA) Elderly fisherman perform rituals before palanquin procession (Photo: VNA) Opening ceremony: A procession of the god of the sea is carried by local fishermen as a prelude for the fishing festival in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) Following the rituals are community activities, such as folk performances and tuong (classical opera) singing (Photo: VNA) Annual whale worshipping festivals at fishing villages are a … [Read more...] about Whale worshipping festival in Da Nang

Illustrative image (Source: dulichmuaheviet.vn) Ben Tre (VNA) - A wide range of fruits are on placed on display at the 18th safe and fresh fruit festival, which kicked off in Cho Lach district, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, on June 5. The 5-day festival features 15 fruit booths and five food stalls. The highlight of the event is a fruit buffet area. Many key products of Hung Khanh Trung B, Binh Thanh, Long Thoi, Hoa Nghia, Son Dinh, Vinh Binh and Phu Phung communes and Cho Lach town are also brought at the festival. Contests of fruit and farm products, and a workshop on tourism development potential in Cho Lach and Ben Tre in general will be arranged in the framework of the festival. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Lap said the festival helps promote exchange and experience sharing, and enhance supply-demand chains among enterprises, traders and farmers in and outside the province. The event aims to find and select precious … [Read more...] about Ben Tre hosts 18th safe fruit festival

At the closing ceremony of the 8th Hue Traditional Craft Festival (Photo: VNA)   Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Up to 400,000 people visited the eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27-May 1, showing a 2.3-fold rise over the previous edition in 2017, according to the organisers. From April 28 to May 1, the occupancy rate of hotels in the province hit more than 97 percent. Foreign tourists to Thua Thien-Hue were mainly from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand, Malaysia, France and the US. The eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival wrapped up in the former imperial capital of Hue on May 1 with a grand closing ceremony. Various contracts were signed during the event. Vice Standing Chairman of the Hue city People’s Committee Nguyen Dang Thanh, vice head of the organising board, affirmed that the festival aims to honour quintessence of traditional crafts, improve the efficiency of traditional craft production and … [Read more...] about 2019 Hue Craft Festival draws 400,000 visitors

Food prepared for distribution at Tran Thuong Temple (Photo: VNA) Ha Nam (VNA) - Tran Thuong Temple’s food-distributing festival took place in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 18 or the 14th day of the first lunar month. Tran Thuong temple is dedicated to Tran Hung Dao (1228-1300), the supreme commander of Vietnam in the Tran Dynasty, who repelled three major Mongolian invasions in the 13th century. It is located in Nhan Dao commune of Ly Nhan district, which was chosen by Tran Hung Dao as a food storage area to supply his army during the fight against the invaders. In honour of the past event, a food-distributing festival is held annually at Tran Thuong Temple on the 14th day of the first lunar month.     This year, the festival was attended by Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, leaders from ministries, agencies and Ha Nam province, as well as a huge crowd of visitors across the country. A huge crowd of visitors attend the festival. (Photo: … [Read more...] about Tran Thuong Temple’s food distributing festival attracts thousands