Festival Held

Fishermen pray to sea god for fortune

Elderly fisherman Le Van Le has never failed to attend the fish-worshipping festival held every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month in Thanh Khe village in central Da Nang city.

Festival to have 2,000 Quan Ho singers

A record number of more than 2,000 Quan Ho singers will be performing at the traditional Lim Festival in northern Bac Ninh Province this week

Science film festival gathers sponsors

The German-based specialty chemicals group, Lanxess, has announced its partnership with the Science Film Festival to be held in Vietnam and Cambodia this month.

Afghans rock at first music festival in three decades

Live rock returned to Afghanistan after three long decades on Saturday as young men and women cheered and leapt into the air to the sound of heavy bass beats and punk rock

Lang Sen Festival to commemorate president

The annual Sen Village Festival will be held in the home village of President Ho Chi Minh on May 23-24 to celebrate his 121st birthday, which falls on May 19.

European Days kicks off nationwide on Saturday

Thirty lacquer paintings exhibited at Hanoi-based Goethe Institute on Saturday will open the ‘Europe Days’ to be held in Hanoi, HCMC and Can Tho this month.

Reading festival held for first time

Vietnam will hold its first reading and copyright festival on Saturday, a day earmarked for worldwide celebrations in conjunction with UNESCO.

Hanoians to see real cherry blossoms at festival

Real, rather than artificial, cherry blossoms will be showcased at this year’s cherry blossom festival to be held by the Japan Foundation in Hanoi

Charm seekers faint at chaotic Tran Temple fest

Dozens fainted in their frantic search for lucky charms at the Tran Temple festival yesterday evening

HCM City plan to set pancake record

A national record for the largest “banh xeo”, or savoury rice pancake, will be set at the Taste of the World Culinary Festival to be held in HCM City later this month.

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New luxury bus to service City- Phnom Penh

HCM City — An extravagance bus service between HCM City and Phnom Penh has began in HCM City like a private-public co-operation effort to possess more Vietnamese vacationers visit Cambodia.The service was released on Friday through the Cambodian Tourism Ministry and NagaWorld Group."This really is yet another effort to bolster the great relationship between Viet Nam and Cambodia in tourism sector," stated Thong Khon, Cambodia's Tourism Minister.By opening an agent office in HCM City along with a number of

Beaches, wildlife draw vacationers to central coast

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