The Thac Ba Discovery Festival 2009 will be held from June 26-30 by the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee in an area near the Thac Ba Hydroelectric Power Plant, the first and biggest hydropower project during the anti-US resistance war.
Hanoians will have a chance to taste European cuisines at the 4th European Food Festival to be held on May 16 in capital city.
“Quang Nam – Heritage Journey†Festival 2009 will take place in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province from June 4 to 7, 2009 with many special programmes.
A delegation of 30 overseas Vietnamese will return home to take part in the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Truong Son Trail, scheduled to take place in central Quang Binh Province on May 16.
The European Days Festival 2009 will take place across the country between now and early June, featuring 16 cultural and intellectual events imbued with different European identities.
The annual Bac Ha horse race is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on May 30, with 180 horses running.
Victoria Hotels & Resorts will run its 5th “Dragon Boat Races†at Victoria Chau Doc Hotel on May 15 in collaboration with the Chau Doc Sports Center, to promote Chau Doc as a destination for local and foreign tourists.
Three Swedish celebrity chefs will show off their skills at a special one-week event, the Nordic Gala Feast, featuring authentic Scandinavian food and music at Hotel Equatorial on April 24.
The resort town of Sa Pa, in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province, will host a Culture - Tourism Week from April 30 to May 3 in a move to attract more visitors.
Thousands of visitors and nearly 100 delegations of pilgrims from Danang took part in the Ponaga Tower Festival 2009, which opened in Nha Trang in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on April 16.
The Vietnam Craft Village Fair 2009 and the Vietnam Handicraft Contest will be held at Thuong Bac Park, the former imperial city of Hue, from June 10 to 14.
A cultural day for ethnic Vietnamese people will take place at the culture and tourism village for Vietnamese ethnic minority groups in Dong Mo tourist resort, Son Tay Town, Hanoi on April 18-19.