A beauty contest to highlight women wearing ao dai
(Vietnamese traditional long dresses) will open the second Ao Dai
Festival in HCM City''s Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11 on March 7.
Fireworks displays will take place from HCM City''s
tallest building, Bitexco (on Hai Trieu Street, District 1), and Dam Sen
Cultural Park in District 11 on New Year''s Eve. The displays will last
15 minutes starting at midnight on December 31.
Designs of ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dresses) from top fashion
designers will be presented at the first Ao Dai Festival to be held at
Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11 on March 8- 9.
The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a
cuisine festival at the Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11 from May
16 to 19 and a fruit festival at the Suoi Tien Cultural Park in
District 9 from June...
The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long will be named an
historical and cultural park under a plan approved recently by Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to promote the global value of the
1,300-year-old site in the centre of the capital city.
