Eighty artists from 14 countries will perform at HANOI SOUND STUFF FESTIVAL organized by Hanoi Academy of Music and M.A.M productions. Artists will keep the three-day festival rocking, from 26 to 28 March 2010 in Giang Vo exhibition center (148 Giang http://www.vietnam.com/article/80-artists-from-16-countries-perform-in-hanoi-sound-stuff-2010.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1114.jpg 58 83 http://www.vietnam.com/article/hanoi-to-host-the-2nd-international-puppetry-festival-2010.html The 2nd International Puppetry Festival 2010 will be held at Hanoi from September 4 to September 9, 2010, according to press release of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The event is one of many art and cultural activities toward 1000th... http://www.vietnam.com/article/hanoi-to-host-the-2nd-international-puppetry-festival-2010.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1640.jpg 99 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/contemporary-vietnamese-traditional-weddings.html Compared to how weddings in Vietnam are carried out in the past, there are notably significant differences to the modern traditional weddings in the country today. Cost is among the most obvious differences. Because of the growing sociable nature ... http://www.vietnam.com/article/contemporary-vietnamese-traditional-weddings.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1270.jpg 100 72 http://www.vietnam.com/article/world-food-festival-taste-the-world-kicks-off-in-vung-tau-city.html The World Food Festival 2010 – “Taste the World” was officially opened in the evening of July 21 at Thuy Van street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria- Vung Tau province. Thousands of local people and tourists were gathered at 3km long of Thuy Van street to... http://www.vietnam.com/article/world-food-festival-taste-the-world-kicks-off-in-vung-tau-city.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1432.jpg 100 51 http://www.vietnam.com/article/hanois-tourist-festival-scheduled-for-october.html

The Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism Festival will run from October 2-5 at the Bao Son Paradise Theme Park.

On March 27-28, four firework groups from the USA, Japan, France and Portugal will perform firework shows in the central city of Danang. The organizers hope to welcome 10 http://www.vietnam.com/article/tours-offered-for-danang-international-firework-festival.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1098.jpg 100 67 http://www.vietnam.com/article/calligraphy-at-tt-festival-a-tradition-of-art-values-and-good-fortune.html As a well-known Tết tradition of the Vietnamese aimed at reviving the nation’s cultural art, locals and tourists alike would always make time to come up to the Văn Miếu street during the Lunar New Year holidays. Holding great historical and ... http://www.vietnam.com/article/calligraphy-at-tt-festival-a-tradition-of-art-values-and-good-fortune.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1058.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/bracing-up-for-hue-cultural-festival-kick-off-on-june.html Something that began as a display of Vietnam’s royal heritage along with the interesting local culture of Thua-Thien-Hue province, the Hue Festival had turned into one of the biggest attractions marked in the country’s cultural calendar and ... http://www.vietnam.com/article/bracing-up-for-hue-cultural-festival-kick-off-on-june.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1232.jpg 100 75 http://www.vietnam.com/article/spectacular-cultural-performances-at-hue-festival-2010.html The 6th Hue Festival 2010 themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, once again, impressively honors cultural heritage of the city with hundreds of exceptional cultural and tourist festivities take place during June 5-13, 2010... http://www.vietnam.com/article/spectacular-cultural-performances-at-hue-festival-2010.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1318.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/hue-festival-2010-evenings-of-vietnamese-cultural-heritage-honor.html The Hue Festival 2010 will be held from June 5-13, 2010 with the opening and closing ceremonies take place at Ngo Mon Square and Huong River. “Cultural heritage with integration and development” is the theme of this year festival. The ... http://www.vietnam.com/article/hue-festival-2010-evenings-of-vietnamese-cultural-heritage-honor.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1226.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/french-team-the-winner-at-da-nang-firework-festival.html

The coldness of a sudden monsoon couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of people who elbowed themselves into the crowd along the Han River on Saturday night for the start of a two-day international fireworks competition in the centr http://www.vietnam.com/article/french-team-the-winner-at-da-nang-firework-festival.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1144.jpg 100 56 http://www.vietnam.com/article/saigon-animated-with-dragon-unicorn-dances.html VietNamNet Bridge – In the early New Year, HCM City is still partying to the sound of drums and cymbals – this time from the dragon and unicorn dancing troupes. Most of the dragon and unicorn troupes are run by Chinese Vietnamese and they travel the http://www.vietnam.com/article/saigon-animated-with-dragon-unicorn-dances.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1060.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/huong-pagoda-festival.html Every year, when the spring comes, millions of people from all over Vietnam would travel to Ha Noi to take part in one of the country’s most elaborate festivals to welcome the Lunar New Year. Traditionally celebrated from the 6th day of the first http://www.vietnam.com/article/huong-pagoda-festival.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1084.jpg 100 64 http://www.vietnam.com/article/celebrating-the-lan-bao-hieu-festival-with-lessons-prayers-and-meals.html Vietnam may be a mix of different cultures and traditions, but Confucianism and Buddhism are among the strongest influence in the lives of its people. As filial reverence is the primary duty of all Confucianists, such could be strongly observed in... http://www.vietnam.com/article/celebrating-the-lan-bao-hieu-festival-with-lessons-prayers-and-meals.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1636.jpg 100 75 http://www.vietnam.com/article/naming-the-years-of-the-vietnamese-lunar-calendar.html

The year of the Dragon has just arrived. January 23, 2012 marked the beginning of a year that is dynamic and powerful as the Dragon itself. This is the year, which has been given the name Nhâm Thìn, as provided by the Viet http://www.vietnam.com/article/naming-the-years-of-the-vietnamese-lunar-calendar.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1032.jpg 83 83 http://www.vietnam.com/article/ha-long-carnival-night-the-highlight-of-ha-long-tourism-festival-2010.html Organized as the highlight of the Ha Long Tourism Festival 2010 which took place from April 29 to May 2, 2010, Ha Long Carnival was opened at the outdoor theatre at Bai Chay Ferry, ... http://www.vietnam.com/article/ha-long-carnival-night-the-highlight-of-ha-long-tourism-festival-2010.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1248.jpg 100 65 http://www.vietnam.com/article/playing-bai-choi-in-hoi-an.html Local and foreign visitors in Hoi An during its famous Full Moon Night Festival, held on the 14th day every lunar month and sometimes on Saturday evenings, will encounter Bai choi, a typical Vietnamese cultural game. In bai choi, players sit inside http://www.vietnam.com/article/playing-bai-choi-in-hoi-an.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1100.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/hue-festival-2010-a-jam-packed-nine-days.html After nine days of jubilant festivities, mobilizing a huge number of people and a lot of money, Hue Festival 2010 has closed with wistful feelings from the visitors and organizers. http://www.vietnam.com/article/hue-festival-2010-a-jam-packed-nine-days.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_1308.jpg 100 66 http://www.vietnam.com/article/gearing-up-for-hue-festival-2012.html

In preparation for the 2012 National Tourism Year, the Hue Festival will open on April 7 next year.

In Vietnam, pagodas offer a final resting place as well as an opportunity to commune with the departed. Moreover, they also serve as a preparation for the after life as some people...

Hue Festival will be the highlight of next year’s National Tourism Year. The festival will be held on April 7-15, 2012, according to a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City last Sept. 15.

In celebration of the Artistic Photo Festival Exhibition in Ha Noi, more than 100 pictures were displayed showing the different, beautiful, everyday life in the city.

In preparation for its National Tourism Year celebration next year, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has spent VND 49 trillion ($2.4 billion) on 43 construction projects.

Oc Om Boc, the annual Water Festival of the Khmer people, will this year coincide with the Vietnam Rice Festival in Soc Trang Province, home to a large community of the ethnic minority group.

From May 27 to June 3, 2011, Vietnam will introduce its five world cultural heritages at the World Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition in China.

This year's HCM City Tourism Day 2011 will highlight special aspects of five popular destinations – HCM City, Da Lat, Binh Thuan, Phu Quoc and Hai Phong, organisers of the annual event said yesterday, Mach 22.

The third Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival closed on March 15 evening with seven national records recognized by the Vietnam Record Book Center.

The fifth annual Sea Festival celebration which will be held in Nha Trang this year on June 11-15 will focus on Truong Sa Archipelago, or more popularly known as Spratly Islands.

First launched in 2003, the Vietnamese International Film Festival (also called ViFF) was organized by the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association and UCLA's Vietnamese Language and Culture Centre which takes place in United States.

The Yen Tu Spring Festival officially opened last Saturday, February 12, on the Yen Tu Mountain, one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in the country. The celebration will last three months, a very important annual celebration in Vietnam in honor of Ki http://www.vietnam.com/article/yen-tu-spring-festival-a-3-month-festival.html http://www.vietnam.com/custom/image_files/photo_2239.jpg 100 75