On February 25, the People’s Committee of Tien Giang Province held a press briefing to promote the annual first Vietnam Fruit Festival, which is slated April 19-24, 2010.

The second International Kite Festival will be held at the Bien Dong Tourist Area in Vung Tau City from March 25-29, which is expected to attract participants from 30 countries around the world.

The central province of Quang Ngai has submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism a proposal to host a Vietnamese sea and island festival in 2012.

The 8th Vietnam Poetry Day opened at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on February 28, the fifteen day of the first lunar month.

The Vietnam Spring Newspaper Festival 2010 opened at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on February 27.

A festival to worship the ancestor of Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province was held at Nam Dieu Temple in Thanh Ha Ward Wednesday morning on the tenth day of the lunar calendar.

 The tiger is also known as the god of the mountain and forest and the king of all kinds of animals. For Vietnamese people, the year of the tiger often comes with significant events in the nation’s history.

A plan for a grand ceremony on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi that has been submitted to the Government for approval will be one of the most glorious cultural and historical programmes in Vietnam’s history.  

For the first time, Suoi Cat tourist site will organize a flower festival in Phan Thiet City to welcome the Tet holiday next month.

Dossier of the Vietnamese Giong Festival which was sent to UNESCO for recognition as intangible cultural heritage has been said to have enough technical factors to submit to the UNSECO’s Intergovernmental Committee for further appraisal.