Where will you go at Hoi An?

The main thoroughfare in the Old Town is Tran Phu. Just south of the Old Town, across the Thu Bon River, are the islands of An Hoi to the west, reachable via Hai Ba Trung, and Cam Nam to the east, reachable via Hoang Dieu.

Hoi An, once known as Faifo, was a major international port in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the foreign influences are discernible to this day. While the serious shipping business has long since moved to Da Nang, the heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shophouses, which is particularly atmospheric in the evening as the sun goes down. While almost all shops now cater to the tourist trade, the area has been largely preserved as is, which is unusual in Vietnam, and renovation has proceeded slowly and carefully – it’s mercifully absent of towering concrete blocks and karaoke parlors. . Read more

Hoi An – New Year Festival – 2012

Happy New Year at Hoi An Ancient Town with several festivals such as The Spring Flowers Festival, pancake making festival, Gala night of the music bands, Vietnamese folksongs singing. Here is the list, wishing you will happy with our service.
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Time: 17 January – 06 February, 2012 (24^th day of the 12^th lunar month, Cat year – 15^th day of the New Dragon year)

Time	Activities	Places
From 17-22 January, 2012 (24th – 29th of the 12th lunar month, Cat year)	The Spring Flowers Festival	Streets of Trần Hưng Đạo & Nguyễn Huệ
From 19 – the morning of 20 January, 2012 (26th day & the morning of 27th of the 12th lunar month, Cat year)	The pro-poors Tết pancake making festival.	01, Nguyễn Trường Tộ street
Evening of 22 January, 2012 (From 21:00 to lunar New Dragon year’s Eve)	Opening “the 4th Hội An Festival of Lanterns” – Gala night of the music bands in Hoi An & the show “Welcoming the 2012-New Dragon Year’s Eve”.	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
New Year’s Eve	Fireworks.	Sông Hoài Square-Cham islands-Phước Trạch bridge and An Bàng beach
New Year’s Eve	Bell & drum beating at the New Dragon Year’s Eve.	Religious monuments, schools…
From 16 – 29 January, 2012 (From 23rd of the 12th lunar month, Cat year to the 7th day of the New Dragon year)	Competition of the Lunar new year’s poles.	Religious monuments, family chapels…
Evenings of 23-24-25 January, 2012 (19:00, the first three days of the New Dragon year)	Final of the competition “Young singers – Young singing bands – Excellent dancer couples – Hip-hop groups – Spring fashion…”	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
From 24 January - 05 February, 2012 (From the 2nd – 14th day of the New Dragon year)	Photo competition “Beautiful spring moments of New Dragon year”	An Hội Sculptures Garden
14:00, 06 January, 2012 (4th day of the New Dragon year)	Competition “Chinese human chess”	Sông Hoài Square
19:00. 26, 27 & 29 January, 2012 (The 4th, 5th & 7th day of the New Dragon year)	Traditional Vietnamese kungfu Festival	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
19:00, 28 January, 2012 (6th day of the New Dragon year)	Competition of Practical Fitness Gymnastic	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
19:00, 30 January, 2012 (8th day of the New Dragon year)	Final “Charming in the age of 40s”	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
19:00, 31 January, 01 & 02 February, 2012 (The 9th - 11th day of the New Dragon year)	Competition “Cultural communes to Welcome the New year festival”	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
19:00, 03 February, 2012 (12th day of the New Dragon year)	Gala of comedians in Quảng Nam province & Đà Nẵng city.	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
14:00, 04 February, 2012 (13th day of the New Dragon year)	Folkgames for children on the Spring days.	Sông Hoài Square
19:00, 04 February, 2012 (13th day of the New Dragon year)	Final: Vietnamese folksongs singing.	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden
08:30, 05 February, 2012 (14th day of the New Dragon year)	Non-professional boat race.	Sông Hoài river
19:00, 05 February, 2012 (14th day of the New Dragon year)	- “Hoi An Legendary Night” - “Poem recital in the First fullmoon evening””	Hội An Ancient town
19:00, 06 February, 2012 (15th day of the New Dragon year)	Music show Closing “the 4th Hội An Festival of Lanterns” & “the New Dragon year festival”	Stage at the An Hội Sculptures Garden

Activities	Places
Competition and Exhibition of Lanterns	An Hội Sculptures Garden
Exhibition: The Spring parallel sentences	An Hội Sculptures Garden
“Old town streets of Spring flowers”	Hội An Ancient town
Ornamental rocks and bonsais	Sông Hoài Square
Hoi An bingo game	An Hội Sculptures Garden
Lottery	Sông Hoài Square
Contemporary games	Sông Hoài Square
Children games	Sông Hoài Square

Time	Activities	Places
From 22 January - 06 February, 2012 (From the last day of Cat year to the 15th day of the New Dragon year)	Eating – Drinking	Sông Hoài Square & An Hội Sculptures Garden
From 23 January - 06 February, 2012 (The first 15 days of the New Dragon year)	Excursion “In the Spring boat”	Sông Hoài river

For further information, please contact us at:
Standing office: HỘI AN CENTRE FOR CULTURE AND SPORTS
- Add: Sông Hoài Square, Hội An city
- Tel: 0510. 3861327
- Fax: 0510. 3863761
- Email: ttvhtt@dng.vnn.vn

Date of the Mid Autumn festival

The Mid Autumn festival in Hoi An will celebrate from 10th – 15th September (Lunar Calendar)

So you could visit Hoi An to join our most interesting festival. Here are the list of Mid-Autumn Festival date (just for 15th Sep – Lunar Calendar) in Vietnam in next year:
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2012: 30/09/2012
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2013: 19/09/2013
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2014: 08/09/2014
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2015: 27/09/2015
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2016: 15/09/2016
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2017: 04/10/2017
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2018: 24/09/2018
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2019: 13/09/2019
Date of the Mid Autumn festival – 2020: 01/10/2020

Vietnamese New Year Festival Date

The Vietnamese Tets festival in Vietnam (Vietnamese New Year Festival or Chinese New Year Festival) will celebrate from 1st – 4th January (Lunar Calendar)

So you could visit Hoi An to join our most interesting festival. Here are the list of Vietnamese New Year Festival date (just for 1st January – Lunar Calendar) in Vietnam in next year:
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2012: 23/01/2012
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2013: 10/02/2013
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2014: 31/01/2014
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2015: 19/02/2015
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2016: 08/02/2016
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2017: 28/01/2017
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2018: 16/02/2018
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2019: 05/02/2019
Date of the Vietnamese New Year festival – 2020: 25/01/2020

Hoi An Beach – Wonderful beach in the world

An Bang Beach rates among world top 50
An Bang Beach, 3km east of central Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, was ranked 43rd among a list of 50 outstanding beaches by website www.cnngo.com.

The website described it as having “gentle waves and soft white sand.”

“Recently, it’s picked up speed among expat tourists, which explains the Western-managed bars and restaurants along the waterfront. The bars are a great spot to mingle, but if you’re in a solitary mood, walk away from the main stretch and you’ll feel like you have the place to yourself,” it added.

The pure and pristine 4km beach is a destination to welcome local and international tourists to Hoi An.

Le Van Giang, chairman of the Hoi An People’s Committee, said that tourism infrastructure would be continually developed to attract more visitors.

Top 40 of Vietnamese Dishes with Hoi An food

CNN was voted for 40 delicious dishes, Hoi An food has one. Congratulation!

Vietnamese cuisine doesn’t win any points for complexity. Many of the most popular dishes can be made just as well on the side of the road as in a top-end restaurant.

But it’s precisely this simplicity, the subtle variations by region and the fresh ingredients that keep us pulling up a plastic stool for more.