The Hanoitimes - This is the first time Hai Duong province hosts a festival to celebrate the new year. Enjoy four new cruise ships in Da Nang on New Year 2018 Art Fest for Foreigners in Da Nang to celebrate Christmas German Christmas Market among other events to cheer up Hanoi weekend The Xu Dong Cultural Tourism Festival will be held from December 29 to 31 and features, among other highlights, a street carnival with the participation of some 2,000 artists, inluding local artists and those from South Korea and Laos. Hai Duong hosts Xu Dong Cultural Tourism Festival. Photo: Toquoc.vn Also a number of activities, including exhibition of local products such as Dong Giao – Cam Giang wood, Hoang Dieu – Gia Loc footwear, Chu Dau – Nam Sach pottery and Cay – Binh Giang pottery will be held. Together with Hai Duong, some other cities and provinces in Vietnam’s central region will celebrate the New Year 2019 with prolific activities. … [Read more...] about Int’l artists to join Cultural Tourism Festival in Hai Duong
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Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence
The Hanoitimes - The Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week titled “Sac Tham Po Lang” (Shades of Po Lang flower) features gong dances, traditional costumes and cuisine. The 2018 Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opened in Kon Tum city of the Central Highlands province bearing the same name on December 14. Kon Tum’s Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence. Photo: VNA The event features gong dances, traditional costumes parade and culinary art. Visitors immerse themselves in the culture and life of the ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands. Seven hundred artisans, musicians and art performers from different Central Highlands ethnic minorities showcase gong dances together with other folk music and traditional handicrafts. In addition, a wood sculpture exhibition and workshop is set up at a communal house where tourists and visitors can interact with artisans and learn the crafts from them. An exhibition introducing the Central … [Read more...] about Kon Tum Culture Tourism Week opens to promote Central Highlands quintessence
Kon Tum Province’s Culture Tourism Week kicks off today
Gong dances will be highlighted at the Kon Tum Province’s Culture Tourism Festival from December 14 to 17 in Kon Tum City. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương GiangViet Nam News KON TUM — The Tây Nguyên’s (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum’s Culture Tourism Week opens today in Kon Tum City. The four-day event features the folk culture of ethnic groups who live in the Central Highlands, their gong dances, as well as traditional costumes and cuisine. The festival will open with a gala concert “Sắc Thắm Pơ Lang” (Colour of Red Cotton Tree) featuring People’s Artist Vy Hoa and Meritorious Artists Ánh Tuyết and Tạ Minh Tâm. The concert will begin at 7pm at the May 16 Square. The event will attract more than 700 artisans, musicians and performers from the region, and from provinces in the central and Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta regions. Gong dances and folk music performances with … [Read more...] about Kon Tum Province’s Culture Tourism Week kicks off today
Kon Tum’s culture, tourism week features various activities
Nha Rong, an ethnic minority communal house, in the ancient village of Kon K’Tu in Kon Tum province (Photo: VNA) Kon Tum (VNA) – Kon Tum province will organise a culture and tourism week from December 14 to 17 with the participation of over 700 artists from Central Highlands localities, along with central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai and southern An Giang provinces. The week, the fourth of its kind so far, will be an occasion to honour and popularise the culture, tourism potential and other advantages of the central, Central Highlands and southwestern regions. Organisers said the week’s opening ceremony will be held at the March 16 Square in Kon Tum city on December 14 evening, featuring performances by many famous artists. A variety of activities will take place as part of the week, including a culinary culture festival, a folk wood carving festival, the introduction of local tourism products, an exhibition of cultural heritage items, folk games, and a street … [Read more...] about Kon Tum’s culture, tourism week features various activities
Culture-tourism village welcomes 500,000 visitors
The Culture-Tourism Village for Vietnamese Ethnic Groups welcomes its 500,000th visitor. (Photo: langvanhoa.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Culture-Tourism Village for Vietnamese Ethnic Groups on the western outskirts of Hanoi welcomed some 500,000 visitors from the outset of this year, up 20 percent from the same time in 2017, the village’s management board said on December 3. A wide range of activities have been organised to promote their intangible cultural heritages. Ethnic groups from 39 localities across the nation and 500 artists from central theaters have contributed to the kaleidoscope of cultures at the village, where a broad range of intangible cultural heritages are promoted. This month, the village will dazzle its visitors as it is becomes covered in Mexican sunflowers and buckwheat flowers, hosting a variety of cultural activities from different ethnic groups to welcome in the new year under the “Sac hoa” (beauty of flowers) programme. In … [Read more...] about Culture-tourism village welcomes 500,000 visitors