Festivities for Ha Noi’s 1,000th year set to begin

Festivities for Ha Noi’s 1,000th year set to begin

Fireworks, martial arts, and traditional music performances will be the highlights of a three-day festival to be held at Ha Noi’s Ly Thai To Garden and around Hoan Kiem Lake from October 9 to 11.

The festival, which will kick off a slew of events to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Ha Noi’s liberation from the French, October 10, 1954, and the capital’s 1,000th birthday next year, will also feature traditional cuisine and garments, craft festivals, city tours by electric car, and tours to famous centres of Buddhism and ancient capitals like Phu Tho, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.

HCM City ends nominations for top 100 attractions

The Sai Gon 100E organisation committee has closed nominations for the 100 interesting activities and specialties.

The 100 have been placed in 10 categories: hotels, Vietnamese restaurants, transport services, Vietnamese cuisine, Vietnamese specialty foods, destinations, shopping sites, tours, entertainment venues, and outstanding events.

After choosing the top 100, the city will showcase them on 40 large TV screens placed at Tan Son Nhat Airport and tourist destinations around the city and through posters, pamphlets, websites, books, DVDs, and computer memory sticks.

The city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said around 2000 4GB USBs containing information about HCM City and its tourist attractios will be sent to 1,000 foreign travel agencies around the world.

The voting began yesterday and information about it will be available at www.hcmc100e.info and through flyers to be distributed at the airport, hotels, and shopping malls.

Each group will have 15 nominations. The results will be announced at the end of this year. — VNS