Once a year, Hanoi's faithful gather to celebrate Christmas and pray for a peaceful year ahead.

Experience the vibrant dances and cultural connections that marked the celebration of friendship between Vietnam and Latin America.

The festival is not just about food with diverse culinary offerings but a culture where each country expects to showcase its traditional values.

Twelve international chefs and 12 restaurants will meet up at Hoi An International Food Festival 2016 slated for March 14- 20 at Hoi An Sculpture Garden.

In order to respond and promote the National Tourism Year in the northwest province of Lao Cai in 2017, the 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien this month.

The organising board held a press conference in Hanoi on March 1 to reveal 2016 Ao dai Festival themed "Our Ao dai" that will take place at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on the night of March 4.

The northern province of Hai Duong opened the Con Son-Kiep Bac 2016 Spring Festival in Chi Linh district on February 23 (the 16th day of the first lunar month).

The 2016 Tan Vien Son Thanh festival, which was held by the People`s Committee of Ba Vi district, kicked off in Minh Quang commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi on February 21.

The Yen Tu Spring festival 2016 officially kicked off at the Yen Tu historical site, Uong Bi City in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 17, the 10th day of the first lunar month.

It is often said that the first month of the lunar calendar in Vietnam is the month of celebrations. There is a myriad of cultural, historical and religious events to be held after the Tet Lunar New Year holiday.

The Dong Da festival to celebrate the 227th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da victory over the Chinese Qing invaders was organised in Hanoi on February 12 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year).

Spring is considered the season of festivals for ethnic minority people, and each ethnic group has their own festivals reflecting their customs, beliefs and farming practice. However, all of them share the wish for prosperity and happiness in the new year.

Tet, the first festival in a lunar year, is of great importance to the Vietnamese and people in some other Asian countries.

As the Vietnamese Lunar New Year approaches, local tour operators have begun offering a number of activities in the hope of providing foreign tourists, as well as expats, with local experiences during the country’s biggest national holiday.

During Tet, apricot blossoms are indispensable for Vietnamese families in the southern region as peach blossoms are in the northern region.

The sixth biannual Da Lat Flower Festival, themed “Da Lat - A Multitude of Flower Colours” (Da Lat – Muon Sac Mau Hoa) kicked off in Da Lat city`s Lam Vien (Langbiang) square in Lam Dong province on December 29.

The closing ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2015 - Thanh Hoa with the theme “Connecting World Heritages” was held at the Lam Son square in Thanh Hoa city on December 26.

According to the organising board, Saigontourist, the 2016 Flower Street festival in HCM City will be held on Nguyen Hue Walking Street from February 5-12, 2016.

Da Lat has completed preparation work for the 2015 flower festival scheduled on December 29, 2015 to January 2, 2016 in Da Lat City.

A press conference to reveal the 2016 Hue Festival themed "Cultural heritage with integration and development, 710 years since the founding of Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan (now Thua Thien-Hue) was held in Hanoi on December 17.

In the framework of the 4th International Cultural Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 14-16 and the third International Tourism Forum, Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism and the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism signed the cooperation document to promote tourism links between Vietnam and Russia in 2016-2018.

The sixth festival, themed “Da Lat - A Multitude of Flower Colours”, will take place in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat from December 29 to January 2, 2016.

The third Thai Nguyen Tea Festival 2015, themed "Quintessence of Vietnamese tea", officially kicked off in the evening of November 26 at the Nui Coc Lake tourism site in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.