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On September 9th 2014, the Boat Festival in Ho Chi Minh City was held for the first time. The festival aims to promote waterway tourism of the city. It is a potential product that is expected to flourish in the future.

At the press conference on United Nations Day of Vesak Vietnam 2014 at Bai Dinh Pagoda, authorities of Ninh Binh province declared that all preparations for Vesak 2014 had been completed.

Binh Thuan province has recently planed to hold Binh Thuan Tourism Day on October 24th 2014 in Phan Thiet City. The event aims to celebrate the 19th Anniversary of Binh Thuan tourism.

10th Southern Fruit Festival 2014 is being held in Ho Chi Minh City with several attractive programs to satisfy the need of tourists in this summer, and to promote Ho Chi Minh City festivals throughout the world also.

Phu Tho is ready for Hung King Festival to be held in 2014. The festival’s organization rejects records of units, organizations and individuals preparing and honoring the festival. Phu Tho also strives for making the festival an epitome of the country.

From July 11-14 in Nha Trang City, Nha Trang Sea Festival 2015 will take place with many attractive and diverse activities. Being organized every two years, Nha Trang Sea Festival is one of the most outstanding events in Nha Trang City.

On October 7th, 2014 (September 13th lunar calendar), a thousand of visitors and locals gathered at a cultural relic Dinh Thay Thim (Thay Thim Palace) in Binh Thuan province to make a pilgrimage and attend in Dinh Thay Thim Festival 2014.

It is estimated that Ben Tre Coconut Festival will take place from April 7-13 with the participation of some country members of World Coconut Association, 10 provinces having strength of coconut in Vietnam, coconut enterprises in Vietnam, and farmers.

As expected, on April 15th 2014, “the Royal night”, a program in the framework of Festival Hue 2014 has been celebrated for tourists to experience and explore lives of Kings inside the Forbidden City in ancient times.

People's Committee of Hai Phong City has held the opening of the third Red Flamboyant Festival 2014 with the theme “Hai Phong colors of Red Flamboyant” and received Cat Ba archipelago’s certification as a special national relic site.

Ba Na Hills has officially inaugurated the first Flower Festival Ba Na Hills at D' amour flower garden with the convergence of a variety of flowers from all over the country and renowned flowers in the world.

After Tet Nguyen Dan Festival, Tet Doan Ngo Festival held on the 5th of the fifth lunar month is the warmest and biggest reunion festival of Vietnamese people. Traditionally, the festival is held to protect the crops and health of people with fruit feast.

Annually, on the 10th day of the third month in lunar calendar, people from everywhere in Vietnam and international tourists come to Phu Tho to join Hung King Festival. This is one of important festivals in the country.

The plan of Coconut Festival 2015 in Ben Tre is a favorable condition to promulgate Coconut industry in Ben Tre to nationwide and worldwide through tourist activities. The 4th Ben Tre Coconut Festival is going to be held in April, 2015.

The opening ceremony of Southern Fruit Festival 2014 will be held on June 1st. The festival is an annual cultural event which is the most awaited every summer in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Dragon Dance Festival 2014 will take place on October 4th 2014 at Statue of King Ly Thai To area in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The festival is held by Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Folk Cake Festival, one of the traditional festivals in Southern Vietnam, will be held on February 2nd at the Hoa Su Restaurant in Can Tho. The festival aims to introduce to tourists the cultural traditional feast in Tet occasion of Vietnamese.

From August 17th to 23rd, Week of Korean Traditional Culture Experience will be celebrated at Vietnamese Women’s Museum on Ly Thuong Kiet Street. It is an opportunity to explore and experience Korean culture.

In order to introduce and honor the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine as well as the creative talent of Vietnamese artisans, Vietnamese cuisine festival 2014 will be celebrated in Nha Trang City since July 1st to 6th 2014.

The second Halong Cherry Blossom Festival took place successfully. After two times of organizations, the festival proved itself in defining relationships between Vietnam and Japan in particular, Quang Ninh and other cities of Japan in general.