Festival

Sydney (VNA) – The largest ever Lunar New Year festival will be held in Sydney city, New South Wales state of Australia, from January 25 to February 11, with exciting music performances and fairs planned for most popular tourist attractions and well-known squares. Speaking at a ceremony on January 21 to announce the festival’s programme, Councilor of Sydney city Robert Kok said as a multicultural community with people coming from China, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam, Sydney wants to bring all communities closer to welcome a New Year. He said the 2019 festival drew nearly 1.5 million visitors, raking in 28.56 million USD, contributing to promoting tourism and increasing revenue for the local economy. This year, over 1 million visitors across the world are expected to flock to Sydney to enjoy the largest annual celebration in Asia, he added. Artist Valerie Khoo, curator of the festival, said over 100 events will be organised across the city such as community … [Read more...] about Largest-ever Lunar New Year festival to be held in Sydney

Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign ambassadors have extended their greetings ahead of Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a video featuring the national women’s football team. In the video, Norwegian Ambassador Grete Lochen voiced her delight to celebrate Tet with members of the team, speaking highly of their achievements in the previous year, especially at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) at which they championed. Meanwhile, Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul expressed her hope in the new year that social norms and gender stereotypes, which limit opportunities of women and girls, will be challenged in an effort to achieve gender equality. Swiss Charge d’affaires David Best said that the success of the Vietnamese female footballers has turned them into a role model for women and girls throughout the country. For her part, Ambassador of New Zealand Wendy Matthews underlined the significant role of gender equality “for developing peaceful, … [Read more...] about Ambassadors send Tet greetings, gender equality messages with female footballers

Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Van Binh Book Street is proving to be a popular destination among visitors ahead of the Tet Book Street festival 2020 which is scheduled to take place from January 22-28. … [Read more...] about Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in HCM City hosts vibrant Tet atmosphere

Ma street is situated approximately 100 metres from Phung Hung street. During special festivals such as the Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Halloween, the shops located on the street are full of decorative items, serving to create a beautiful atmosphere for visitors to enjoy … [Read more...] about Top five locations to snap beautiful photos for Tet

The man only known as Hung introduces a type of firework to customers on a social network. — Photo tuoitre.vn The department has asked the local market watch in cities and provinces to keep a close eye on the trading of fireworks on Facebook and Youtube. … [Read more...] about Market Watch target illegal online firework trading over Tet