Festival to highlight spring colours across all regions
The "Spring Colours in Every Region of the Nation" Festival will take place from February 12-13 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the outskirts of Hanoi.
The festival will take place from February 12-13 (Photo: Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism)
Hanoi (VNA) – The "Spring Colours in EveryRegion of the Nation" Festival will take place from February 12-13 atthe Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the outskirts ofHanoi.
According to the organisers, the annual event will include alaunching ceremony for a New Year tree planting festival and an inaugurationof traditional house of Nghe An province and “Ruong” (traditionalwooden house) of Quang Nam province.
Many traditional festivals of different ethnic minority groups will be held,introducing their traditional practices during the Lunar New Year (Tet)Festival and Spring to visitors.
A worship ceremony for the ancestors of the Lo Lo ethnic minority group in thenorthern province of Ha Giang, which has been recognised as a national intangiblecultural heritage in 2012 will be organised. In each house of the group, thereis an altar worshiping the family’s ancestors. The solemn ceremony isusually hosted by the male head of the family and joined by other members.Family members prepare for the ceremony for the whole previous year.
At the same time, a wedding ceremony of the Ba Na ethnicminority group in the central highland province of Gia Lai will also be held. Thewedding named “po koong” in the local language always takes place at the end ofthe year after the harvest when locals have free time and plenty ofrice, cattle and chickens.
A new crop celebration ceremony will be organised by K’ho ethnicgroup in the central province of Lam Dong to ask the Rice Genie for abumper crop next year and a wealthy life for all families.
Within the framework of the festival, artists from ethnic communitiesresiding in the village will perform art shows praising Uncle Ho and the love for the country, among others.
The festival aims to promote solidarity and mutual supportof all ethnic groups, while introducing their traditional festivals and cultures to visitors./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 6 launched a tree planting festival at the Hung Kings Temple relic site in the northern province of Phu Tho on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).
The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district of the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 6, or the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The festival will take place from February 12-13 (Photo: Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism) 
