The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Viet Nam directed all agencies
at localities throughout the country to enhance the party''s ability to
guide management and organisation of spring festivals.
Traditional rituals and music performances to celebrate the New Year
festivals of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar took place in HCM City
yesterday.
Thousands of pilgrims flocked to the Perfume Pagoda on the outskirts of
Ha Noi yesterday, as one of the nation''s biggest festivals was
officially opened.
The world over, festivals have been transmitters, preservers and
developers of culture through generations. What''s more, they are fun
events that almost everyone looks forward to.
A ion of films by well-known directors as well as surprising
successes by young filmmakers that gained attention at other
international film festivals will be shown at the German Film Festival
in HCM City from September 27 to October 4.
A series of festivals kicked off the tourism season over the past week
as the industry launched a fight back following news that the number of
international vistors to Viet Nam took a dip during the first four
months of the year.
The Central Highland province of Kon Tum has seen success in reviving
as many as 19 traditional festivals of local ethnic minority
communities, as part of efforts to preserve the area''s heritage.
Some cultural festivals held last year were
organised unprofessionally, according to Pham Van Thuy, director of the
Popular Culture Department at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism.
Visitors to the Museum of Ethnology can learn about
traditional festivals in Val-de-Marne, a province neighbouring the
French capital, and Yen Bai, a northern mountainous province of Viet
Nam, at the museum''s newest exhibition.
