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The Danang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) will be held from June 3 to July 8 by the Han River with the participation of eight teams, including seven from Italy, Poland, France, Australia, Canada, Finland, the UK and the host team, Danang. The vivid Danang International Fireworks Festival 2019. Photo: Vietnam Tourism  Under the theme “A world without distance”, the festival will include the display of pairs of teams in the spotlight starting on June 3. The DIFF will begin with the competition between the Vietnamese and Finnish teams on that day. The following nights will feature competitions between teams from Canada and France on June 10, Australia and Italy on June 17, and Poland and the UK on June 24. The final will take place on July 8. As in previous DIFF festivals, each fireworks display will last 20 minutes, according to the themes chosen by the Organizing Committee, including: “Love Without Distance”, “Peace For the World – Equality for Humanit...

Themed ‘Da Lat – The City of Four Seasons of Flowers,’ the biennial cultural-tourism festival, which usually lasts for only a few days on each edition since its introduction in 2003, was originally scheduled for 2021, but was pushed back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Returning on a larger scale of two months, it began on November 11, while the official opening ceremony was just held on Sunday night, which featured performances from many famed Vietnamese singers and some 400 artists from Lam Dong and from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the Da Lat Flower Festival 2022 in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, December 18, 2022. Photo: M.V. / Tuoi Tre The event aims to honor flowers and floriculture in Da Lat, promote tourism and trade, and call for greater domestic and international cooperation and investment into the famous hilly resort city.  It is also expected to continue to promote the brand of Da Lat as the co...

The 5th Tourism Festival – Ninh Kieu Lantern Night will be organized from January 5 to 7 next year after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nguyen Ngoc Anh, vice-chairman of the Ninh Kieu District People’s Committee in Can Tho City, said on Thursday. The tourism festival, which has been organized for four times, has drawn attention from the media and tourists while giving a boost to local tourism.  In previous years, tourists flocked to the city to explore and admire the lanterns, with most hotels fully occupied. The hospitality industry in the city is expected to welcome 98,000 visitors during next year’s festival. According to Anh, there will be 15 events during the fest, the centerpiece of which will be a lantern competition on the Khai Luong Canal with up to 100 lanterns in various sizes.  In addition, a hot-air balloon festival will be held for the first time in the city. During the festival, two hot-air balloons will fly into the sky in a 50...