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The Phu Day Festival has begun with traditional ceremonies, plus artistic activities and unique national games including singing, human chess, wrestling and dragon and lion dancing.

The northern province of Phu Tho has worked hart to have facilities and activities ready in order to successfully organise this year’s festival to commemorate the nation’s legendary founders, the Hung Kings.

The world’s largest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, with over 2, 430 tourists aboard, visited Nha Trang Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa on March 21.

The cultural exchange festival Global Village 2011 took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20.

The SuperStar Aquarius ship of the Star Cruises Hong Kong Limited will come back to Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City on April 3, nearly three years after the cruise line suspended Halong’s calls.

Airlines will add more flights between the country’s two biggest cities and the central coast province of Phu Yen from March 31 till April 2 in anticipation of higher air travel demand during the National Tourism Year opening ceremony set on April 1.

A delegation of 15 Indian artists will perform at the Hanoi Opera House from April 4-7, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has agreed to let the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submit two dossiers on two of the country’s cultural practices to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 

Some 120 enthusiasts from 25 nations and territories have registered to participate in an international kite festival in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province from April 8-10.

An exhibition featuring thousands of original and digitized versions of Han Chinese – Nom documents issued during the Le (1428-1788), Tay Son (1778-1802) and Nguyen (1802-1945) dynasties has opened at the provincial library of Thua Thien-Hue.