Visitors to Quang Nam’s famous Hoi An Town and My Son Sanctuary will be exempt from entrance fees from June 21-26 as part of activities to celebrate the 5th annual Quang Nam Heritage Festival.

Hoi An Town & My Son, Quang Nam, Vietnam

Normally, tourists must pay to enter some sites in the old quarter of Hoi An Town.

The festival, co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the local government, will take place across the province from June 22-26, with the most attractive sites expected to be Hoi An and My Son, the province’s two UNESCO-recognized heritage sites.

High on the list of scheduled programs will be the sharing of heritage preservation experiences among Southeast Asian countries and Vietnamese provinces, food festivities and traditional art performances.

Activities will include the “Vietnam-ASEAN Cultural Heritage Space” exhibition; a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; the 3rd International Choir Festival; the 2013 Miss Ethnic Vietnam beauty pageant; and the Art Festival for Vietnamese Ethnic Minority Groups.

Tourism promotion activities for the province will showcase the uniqueness of Cham culture and gong festivals performed by local ethnic minority artists.

Also for the occasion, an international conference on preserving intangible cultural heritage will be jointly held by the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, UNESCO and the local government of Quang Nam. 

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The 2013 Ha Long Carnaval opened on April 27 with an arts performance in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city which was attended by local and regional leaders, as well as thousands of visitors.

This year’s theme is “The Colours of Quang Ninh – Convergence and Continuation”, featuring the traditional ethnic minority cultures.

The Dao ethnic group from Bang Ca commune, Hoanh Bo district, performed folk dances at the carnival’s opening ceremony to ask the gods for fine weather, good health and a prosperous, fortunate life.

In addition to the opening ceremony, the carnival includes stage performances and a parade which attracted nearly 5,000 amateur and professional actors and actresses, as well as a number of art troupes from China, the Republic of Korea and Laos.

Quang Ninh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Deputy Director, Hoang Quoc Thai, said the event aims to promote the province and encourage tourists form home and abroad to visit the province and learn more about its colourful local cultures.

Source: VOV

Some ATA photos of the opening ceremony:

Over tens thousands of tourists attended Carnaval Ha Long at 27/4/2013.

Opening the festival is the dragon dances

With the theme "Colors of Quang Ninh - Convergence and spreading", this year's festival with bold traditional culture of Vietnam, combine culture of Latin America.

Traditional games of Vietnam

The girl in the Carnaval dress attracts the attention

The girl in the Carnaval dress attracts the attention

Image represent of the 5-star yacht in Ha Long Bay