The Dai Phung Ancient Communal House and traditional festivals in the Doai region (now Dan Phuong District on the outskirts of Hanoi) have long been popular tourist destinations.

The midnight pig procession festival takes place in Hanoi's outlying district of Hoai Duc, drawing the attention of locals and visitors alike.

The Hung Temple Festival will run from March 29 to April 7, featuring a variety of traditional rituals and cultural activities.

At these days, driving in the streets, you can feel Tet is coming. The streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Some streets which are used to selling flowers become more colourful with many kinds of flowers...

The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam`s cultural identity is Lunar New Year or Tet, with a lot of meaningful customs and traditional special foods.

Organisers of the country`s longest festival, the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival, expect to reap the benefits of recent improvements made to appeal to more tourists.

The traditional royal ceremonies that took place during the Nguyen Dynasty have been re-introduced for Tourism Week in Hue Citadel from December 24-31.

State President Truong Tan Sang emphasised Da Lat’s 120-year history as a leading tourist destination when addressing the December 27 launch of the Da Lat Cultural and Tourism Week and the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival.

The chill in the Central Highland city of Da Lat will be warmed by flowers and festivities this New Year holiday, during the Da Lat Culture Tourism Week 2013.

Flower villages in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat are putting the finishing touches to the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival due to take place in a couple of days.

The 8th edition of Hue Festival, themed“Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, will be held from April 12-20, 2014.

The world heritage Gong, a sacred and precious musical instrument of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is likely to lose its original cultural significance, a UN cultural expert warned yesterday.

Whenever taking part in Vietnamese village and temple festivals, you will have a chance to watch a traditional game - human chess (“cờ người”), which is the favourite to a great deal of Viet people.

The 2013 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival opened in HCM City on November 14 with the participation of delegates joining the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSAYP) 2013.

The Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang are celebrating the ethnic Khmer community`s Ok Om Bok Festival with a range of cultural activities.

The first International Conference on Spiritual Tourism for Sustainable Development will be held in the northern province of Ninh Binh on November 21-22, according to Director of the provincial Culture, Sports and Tourism Department Lam Quang Nghia.

Central Highlands Da Lat city, the homeland of Vietnamese flowers, will host the fifth flower festival from December 26-31.

The Vietnam Festival is taking place in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from October 9-19 as part of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-UAE diplomatic ties.

A total of 26 countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the Hue Festival 2014 by sending art troupes to perform at the event.

Vietnamese traditional martial arts have been learnt in 100 countries and territories by hundreds of thousands of followers. It is now one of the world’s most popular sports.

The Hanoitimes -  Sixteen Vietnamese businesses showed their products at the International Food and Beverage Fair which got under way in Paris o­n Sunday.

For those in Japan who love Vietnamese culture a host of cultural activities and artistic performances at the Vietnam Culture-Tourism Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held inTokyo and the prefecture of Fukuoka from September 11 to 20 this year.

The third cartoon festival has been held in Hanoi fromJune 1, until June 8 at the Hanoi Library.Cartoon lovers will have the chance to visit two exhibitions by well-known artists from Vietnam and Belgian. o­n display are works by 40 Belgian cartoonists and 11 young Vietnamese artists.