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Flower festival marks city’s millennial birthday
Posted by thanhson in Destinations, Travel news, Vietnam Culture on May 28, 2010
A flower festival will be held in the relic site of the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi to usher in the capital city’s 1,000th birthday from May 1 to October 30.
At a press briefing on April 28 in Hanoi, the organising board said that the festival is part of the “Space of Arts” programme developed by the XQ Vietnam Company and the Co Loa-Hanoi Citadel Relics Management Board.
Dalat Flower Festival to mark Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel news on December 9, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has given the People’s Committee of the central highland province of Lam Dong the go-ahead to hold a Dalat Flower Festival to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The Deputy Prime Minister authorized the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanoi City People’s Committee to help Lam Dong Province organise the festival from January 1 to 4, 2010 making it the first big event to welcome the grand celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The highlight of the festival will be a tortoise tower of flowers in the middle of Xuan Huong Lake circled by flowers depicting an orchestra, a tower, roads and streets. Festival activities will include a flower market and an international flowers and ornamental plants exhibition. Basic preparations for the event are already completed.
Flower festival 2010 to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi
Posted by Hảo Nguyễn in Travel news on December 8, 2009
The Capital City Flower Festival will straddle the New Year, running from December 12, 2009 to January 3, 2010 at Hoan Kiem Lake area. This festival, which is being held for the second time, will be Vietnam’s first major cultural and tourism activity in 2010.
Nguyen Thi Hoa, Deputy Chairwoman of the Flower Festival’s Organisating Broad says the flowers will be displayed on the sidewalks and along the edge of Hoan Kiem Lake. The The Huc Bridge, Ngoc Son Temple and King Ly Thai To’s statue will also be decorated with flowers and Dinh Tien Hoang Road will accommodate pedestrians.
A highlight of the festival will be the symbol of a sacred dragon and a 6m high flower tower surrounded by 9 dragons made from flowers and fruits. A huge book also created from flowers and fruits will be placed opposite the Thap But (Pen Tower) and Dai Nghien (Ink Pad).
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