Vietnam-Japan Cultural – Hoi An – 2010

The 2010 Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange Days will be held in Hoi An from August 21-23. The opening ceremony will be organized at An Hoi Sculpture Garden on August 21.

This annual event will feature a series of cultural and sporting exchange activities including a performance of Koto (a Japanese traditional musical instrument); a tea ceremony; calligraphy; Japanese traditional clothing (Kimono and Yukata) and Japanese cooking classes.

Other unique cultural activities will be organized, such as traditional dance and musical instruments shows, a dragon dance, a floating lantern festival, a street exhibition of photographs about festivals, culinary activities together with many other sports exchange events including cross-river boat race, stick-pushing, etc.

Several famous Japanese art troupes, including Iwami Kagura royal dance troupe, Daisuwa Taiko drum troupe and Sakai City’s lion dance troupe, will join the event. Read more

Album: Hoi An Festival – Pretty girl in Ao Dai and Hoi An Lantern

In this summer, we prepair to make a wonderful album about Hoi An lantern and Vietnamese traditional dress: Ao Dai. We are so happy to introduce the first Album: Hoi An Festival – Album: Hoi An Festival – Pretty girl in Ao Dai and Hoi An Lantern.

In next time, we will print this album and make it to free Postcard. If you like them, please email us to recieve more. Wishing you will happy with our gift.

Album: Hoi An Festival
Photos & Stylist: Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
Make up and Hair: Emil Ty
Model: Yikionna Mi – Tuy Duyen Le Nguyen – Van Ta
Customer: Hoi An Lantern

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Join fireworks display in Danang

Many Vietnamese and foreign tourists are eager to see the 2010 Danang International Fireworks Competition which will take place on March 27 and 28. The event this year under the theme Legend of the Han River will welcome five teams from the U.S., Japan, France, Portugal and Danang.

With each show lasting about 20 minutes, spectators will have a chance to admire the talents of team Pyrotecnico from New Castle Town, Pennsylvania, known as the fireworks capital of the U.S., Luso Pirotecnia Group from Portugal, Jacques Couturier Organization from France and the famous fireworks company Tamaya Kitahara from Japan. This year’s event will be more animated and more imposing than last time as it is also aimed to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and 35 years of liberation for Danang City. Read more

Hochiminh City celebrated Tets festival by Hoian Lanterns

In Hochiminh City, people has been hanging a lot of Hoi An lanterns to welcome New Year such as Nguyen Hue Flowers Road (Đường Hoa Nguyễn Huệ), Đồng Khởi Street, Lê Lợi Street… Hoian Lanterns are also appear in Sai Gon Cafe, Restaurant or people’s home.

They appear also at Kymdan Showroom, Cotton Showroom, etc… It shows that, this year the Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods Read more

Hoi An will celebrate New Year with fireworks

In this new year of the Tiger (Canh Dần Year), the Hoi An government will celebrate the Tets Festival with so many activities, including fireworks festival (begining at the midnight of the end day of year at three places in the city) and a kiss festival with over 1000 lovers at Hoai River Square. hoianfestival.com will updated information as soon as possible.

To have more infomation about Hoi An Tets Festival: Download file Hoi An Old Town – Tiger Tets Festivel – PDF Version – Vietnamese hoặc Hoi An Old Town – Tiger Tets Festivel – JPG Version – Vietnamese

Hoi An Lantern Festival 2010

Authorities in Hoi An will host a lantern festival to celebrate the Lunar New Year, decorating the city’s ancient tower and honoring the local handicraft of lantern making.

The festival will open in the 30th evening of the twelfth lunar month in 2009, which falls on February 13, 2010. The city will be bathed in the colorful, sparkling lantern lights arranged in traditional and modern shapes of fruits, Vị trí đặt quảng cáodragons, a phoenix, turtles, buffalo and other symbols of stars, moon, bridges and ancient buildings representing the architecture of the ancient town. Read more