Time: From the 6th day of the first lunar month to the 15th day of the third lunar month, main festival days last from the 15th day to the 20th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Huong Son Commune, My Duc District, Ha Tay Province.
Objects of worship: Sakyamuni Buddha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Holy Mothers.
Characteristics: One of the longest festivals with the most spacious area.
The Southern Fruit Festival 2008 will be held from June 1 to August 30, 2008 in Suoi Tien Tourism Area. This will be an opportunity to collect delicious and well-known fruits nationwide to meet the demand of domestic and foreign tourists.
With the theme “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, the Hue Festival 2008 promises to be a great, impressive, and attractive festival with hundreds of specific cultural and tourist programs aiming at enhancing unique cultural values of Vietnam and Hue Ancient Capital.
A spring flower festival featuring up to 6,000 exhibits is planned to be held on February 1-12 at Tao Dan Park in District 1, Nguyen Ba Dung, head of the Urban Service Bureau, told a press briefing on January 16.
The first international puppetry festival will be held in Hanoi from February 16 to 23 with the aim to introduce the Vietnamese puppetry art regional and world audiences.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has attended the 27th ASEAN Tourism Forum 2008 that was held in Bangkok, Thailand from January 18 to 26.
