A 20-theme street carnival, two firework displays and art performances
by leading domestic and foreign artists will be highlights of an
upcoming culture-sports-tourism week in northern Hai Phong city.
Le Khac Nam, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee,
said on May 7 that the week will take place from May 9-18 with more than
30 cultural, sports and tourism events.
The opening ceremony
of the week and the second Red Flamboyant Festival is scheduled for May
11 night. Other events will include a Red River Delta tourism fair and a
golf tournament in response to the National Tourism Year of Red River
Delta-Hai Phong 2013, as well as a photo camp themed “Homeland’s Sea and
Islands ”.
Eight art troupes from Laos, Japan, Russia,
India and the Republic of Korea will join Vietnamese artists to
perform during the week.
All the activities will focus on the
topic “Red River Civilisation” with images featuring the cultures,
cuisines and heritages of the delta’s 11 localities.
According
to the Hai Phong People’s Committee, the city centre now has more than
7,800 rooms available for tourists during the occasion.-VNA