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Ghe Ngo boat racing festival in Soc Trang Province

The Soc Trang People’s Committee has issued a plan to organize the first official Ghe Ngo boat racing festival of Khmer people in Mekong River Delta – Soc Trang. Under the plan, the festival will take place from 14 to 17 of November, 2013. The event is held to create unique culture products, develop tourism, and to the conserve, preserve ...

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Halong Bay Maps

This little Halong travel guide provides with the map of Halong Bay and some tips on Halong tour.Halong Bay is at about 200km from Hanoi. A cruise on the Bay of the Descending Dragon seems a must for travelers coming to Vietnam. Being one of the most popular destinations in the country and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage, Halong ...

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Hanoi Traditional Craft Villages Festival in October 2013

Tradition Craft Village Festival of Hanoi and other provinces of Red River Delta 2013 (also called Traditional Craft Villages Festival 2013). The Festival will take place from 9th to 12th of October 2013 in Quan Ngua Sports Palace – Hanoi in response to the National Tourism of Red River Delta – Hai Phong 2013. Traditional Craft Village Festival 2013 with ...

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Hanoi Weather

Hanoi weather is very changeable. Although the city experiences four distinct seasons it would be fair to summarize the year in terms of summer (from May to September) when it is very hot and wet and winter (November to March) when it is cold and dry. What about October and April I hear you ask? Well in this humid, tropical ...

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Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2013

The 5th Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2013 will take place from April 27 to May 1, 2013 at the center of Hue city, the capital of Thua Thien – Hue province. The traditional craft festivals were held once every two years in odd years. And in 2013, its theme is “Craft villages in tourism development”. This event is organised by ...

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Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival

People living in the Song Hong (Red River) Delta are preparing to celebrate the Huong Pagoda festival 2013, which a local official has promised will be the biggest ever.   Festivities will begin on the sixth day of Tet Holiday (February 15th) when visitors can enjoy a photography exhibition of ancient Vietnamese Pagodas and watch birds being released on the ...

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International Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 in Nha Trang

According to Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Nha Trang-Vietnam International Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 will take place from June 8-10 in the beautiful coastal city of Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province). This is the first international thematic fair on sea and island tourism that has been organized inVietnam. The fair will introduceVietnam’s best marine ...

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Launch new tramcar routes visiting Hanoi Old Quarter

On the occasion of holiday April 30 and May 1, Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company officially launches 02 tour of Hanoi Old Quarter (also known as the “French Quarter”) by electric vehicles, serving the needs of domestic and foreign tourists. Two tours will help visitors to discover, learn cultural, history and architecture value associated with the development of Thang Long ...

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Long Tong festival kicks off in northern provinces

The Long Tong (going to the field) festival got underway in Bo Lu field, Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district of Bac Kan province on February 19 (the tenth day of the first lunar month). This is the biggest agricultural festival of the northern mountainous province and Viet Bac region (including six provinces of Bac Kan , Thai Nguyen, Tuyen ...

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Me Tri Green Rice Flakes Festival

Special products made from green rice flakes in Hanoi, such as cake, sweetened porridge and sticky rice, will be introduced at 30 stalls at the Cultural Festival of the green rice village of Me Tri on October 6th, 2012 in Me Tri commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi. During the festival, spectators will have a chance to enjoy special products made ...

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