The festival is held by TransViet company, a top ten leading travel agencies in Vietnam, in collaboration with Vietnam Tourism Association, Vietnam Society of Travel Agents, Vietnam Airlines and the offices of Tourism Administrations from the Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia Singapore and Thailand.

A performance at the opening ceremony for the festival.

At the two-day festival, various cultural and tourism activities are being held, including promotional programmes with up to 50% discounted domestic and abroad tours.

The event features a variety of exchange activities and a unique art program in a space highlighting the characteristics of the participating countries.

Visitors to the festival have the chance to learn more about traditional costumes and outfits of Vietnam and other countries and admire traditional calligraphy works as well as learn about the Japanese art of origami as well as enjoy performances of taekwondo martial arts, K-pop dances, traditional music and electronic music.

This is the first time the International Cultural and Tourism Festival is held in Hanoi since its launch in 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese, RoK artists gather at cultural festival

As many as 80 artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are to perform together at the Korean Cultural Exchange Festival on June 30 in Hanoi.

Unique folk festival of Dot Mountain area

(BGO) - Phuc Son, a mountainous commune in Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province, bears the own characteristics of the Dot Mountain cultural area. The archaeological vestiges found such as stone hoes, hand axes or nuclear shaped tools... proved that from ancient times, people settled on this land. It also preserves many cultural traditions crystallized in the national cultural heritage treasure, typically the folk festival of the Dot Mountain area.

Vietnam makes active contributions to ASEAN Festival Day in South Africa

The ASEAN Pretoria Committee (APC) on June 30 held the ASEAN Festival Day 2019 in Pretoria, attracting the participation of tens of thousands of locals.

Festival honours Vietnamese family’s traditional value

Diverse activities will be organised at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre from June 28-30 to honour the traditional values of Vietnamese family, and share experience in building the family towards its sustainable development amid the integration process, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on June 24.

Bac Giang team win first prize at National Women’s Physical Training and Sports Festival

(BGO) – The Women’s Union in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 20 – 21 participated in the National Women’s Physical Training and Sports Festival held in Bac Ninh city (Bac Ninh province) to practically respond to Vietnam Health Programme and celebrate Vietnam Family Day (June 28).  

Source: NDO