The embassies of India, Malaysia and Ireland together with 11
consulates general in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang have registered
to attend the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival 2013, scheduled for June
8-11 in central Khanh Hoa province.
The
information was released by the provincial People’s Committee at a press
conference in Nha Trang city on May 31 to announce the biennial
festival.
An art troupe from Japan will present
traditional Bon odori and Flamenco dances at the event while the US’s
Jazz Five Play group will perform jazz. Guests from Morbihan province
of France will coordinate with the Hai Dao Tourism Joint Stock
Company to organise a wine fiesta on June 9.
With
more than 60 cultural, sports and economic activities, fairs and
workshops, the festival – the sixth of its kind since 2003 – aims to
highlight the traditional cultural features of local seas and islands as
well as to introduce the maritime tourism potential and strengths of
Khanh Hoa in particular and the central coastal provinces in general.
Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa provincial People’s
Committee Le Xuan Than said that this year’s event will devote dozens of
activities towards the province’s Truong Sa archipelago, thus
manifesting the whole nation’s affection towards this sacred land of the
country and affirms national sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa
archipelagos.-VNA