A massive floral celebration is due to take place in Ho Chi Minh City as a welcome to the Vietnamese Lunar New Year in mid-February. Lunar New Year, known as Tet, is a national traditional holiday of the greatest importance to Vietnam, with homes and streets blooming and blossoming with colorful flowers as a sign of good luck. The Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival takes place between February 8 and 14, in the 17-acre area around the Crescent located in Phu My Hung Urban Area, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City. The main highlights of the festival are the Spring Dock, Spring Road and Spring Garden. The Spring Dock recreates the distinctive cultural space of Nha Be with the presence of traditional wooden boats. Nha Be, which literally translates as ‘Boat House,’ is a suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City crisscrossed by rivers and containing a number of lakes. It earned this name after a local, Thu Hoang, assembled several rafts on a river so that visitors could dock their boats for a rest and step onto land. The Spring Dock has an on-lake stage with traditional musical performances occurring throughout the festival. At Spring Road, visitors can roll their trousers up and wade through a simulated forest of mangrove palms, containing the water plants that form a common sight in southern Vietnam’s provinces. Spring Road also showcases the Rain Garden, which as its name suggests, provides the light rain drizzles that are likely to occur during Tet…. [Read full story]
Gyeongju city festival is part of the Ho Chi Minh City–Gyeongju World Culture Festival 2017.(Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Hue pedestrian streetwas emblazoned with a kaleidoscope of cultures of Gyeongju city, the Republicof Korea (RoK), on November 12.The event was held as part of the activities within the Ho Chi MinhCity–Gyeongju World Culture Festival 2017, taking place in the southern hubfrom November 11 to December 3.Le Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, underlinedthat Vietnam hosted numerous important events in November, including the APEC2017 Economic Leaders’ Week and the Ho Chi Minh…... [read more]
(Cinet)- “Feeling Japan” is the theme of the Vietnam-Japan Festival 2014 that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26, attracting the participation of thousands of students and other young people. This year’s event offered visitors a chance to experience unique Japanese culture through a wide range of activities including Origami (paper folding art), yukata (an informal, unlined kimono made of cotton) wearing, Harajuku and Shibuya fashion shows, film show, Ninja disguise, Karate martial art performance, and Japanese tea ceremony and others.The visitors will also get information on Japan’s scholarships and incentive policy for Vietnamese students studying in the…... [read more]
All eight of the Korean films being introduced at the festival have recently been screened in the RoK, including ‘Minh thich nhau di’ (Like for Likes), ‘Tham tu Hong Gil Dong’ (Phantom Detective), and ‘Okja’.Meanwhile, Vietnamese films being screened at the festival are ‘Co can nha nam nghe nang mua’ (Like an old house), ‘Hotboy noi loan 2’ (Lost in Paradise 2), ‘Sieu trom’ (Bitcoin Heist), and ‘Co Ba Sai Gon’ (The Tailor).During the festival, a workshop on film production via smartphones will be held.The festival is part of the ongoing 2017 Ho Chi Minh City – Gyeongju World Cultural…... [read more]
The function was organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, attracting representatives of the consulate generals of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and the countries' expatriates in Ho Chi Minh City. Participants performing a traditional ritual of the New Year festival at the ceremony Sending New Year greetings to the Cambodian, Lao, Myanmar, and Thai peoples, HUFO Chairman Huynh Minh Thien said together with Vietnamese, the people have fought for national independence, promoted national development, and striven for an ASEAN Community of peace, stability, cooperation and…... [read more]
The Nghinh Ong Festival in Can Gio, held annually around the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, is taking place in the coastal town of Can Thanh until October 5.
Huynh Thanh Nhan, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, said the festival honors ancestors who established the nation and those who died to protect the country. It also helps the city introduce its history, cultural traits and destinations to visitors.
The opening ceremony of the festival. Source: voh.com.vn
The event includes will rituals and festive activities, including a…... [read more]
