The Hanoitimes - The second Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival was kicked off at an opneing ceremony in Dong Van district in the northwest province of Ha Giang on on October 15 night. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Ha Giang People's Committee said the second Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival makes an opportunity to introduce buckwheat - a typical flower of Ha Giang and the province's beautiful land to domestic and foreign visitors. Planted by locals on slanting mountain slopes, buckwheat is the third important staple crop in Ha Giang after rice and corn. A buckwheat flower arrangement contest, a photo exhibition and a geological exhibition featuring Ha Giang Karst Geological Park will be held at Dong Van Old Quarter. The festival will be held in the districts of Dong Van, Quan Ba, Yen Minh and Meo Vac. The annual festival will include various activities like camping, folk singing, games and farming on tam … [Read more...] about Ha Giang opens Buckwheat Flower Festival
Opening night flowers
Hanoi’s night flower market
VietNamNet Bridge - Quang Ba - the only flower wholesale market in Hanoi - opens at 2am when trucks carry flowers from Hanoi's suburbs and Da Lat city to the market. One hour later, the market is crowded. From here, flowers come to every corner of Hanoi. Let's visit the market with us to discover a different Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s night flower market
Ha Long full of colour on opening night of carnival
The festival took place along the 1,000m-long Hoang Quoc Viet road under the theme ‘Convergence of Quintessence – Spread of Smiles’. NDO – Nearly 3,000 actors and actresses gathered at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Ha Long Carnival 2015 on May 8 in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh. >> Ha Long Carnival 2015 kicks off ‘Cap Sac’ (coming-of-age), a traditional ritual of the Dao ethnic group. … [Read more...] about Ha Long full of colour on opening night of carnival
Da Lat Flower Festival wilts on organizersââ¬â¢ apathy
The Da Lat Flower Festival closed on a sour note after organizers did not invest as much as they should have. The flower city, as well as Lam Dong Province, promoted the festival while they have yet to develop local flower villages. The organizers broke their promise, failing to set up flower “zones†at the festival, after announcing there would be flowers blooming all along the 26-kilometer Lien Khuong Highway and parts of National Highway No.20. They called it off, simply claiming there was not enough time. Though the festival was in its third year, the main events were not organized carefully. It seemed like the organizers only cared about the opening ceremony on December 31 since it was broadcast live. Many people who had tickets for the opening night were not let in, as if the organizers were worried they couldn’t maintain security in the presence of TV cameras. There were few, if not any, roses on New Year’s Eve, though the occasion had been advertised as the night of … [Read more...] about Da Lat Flower Festival wilts on organizersââ¬â¢ apathy
