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Thailand is gearing up for a busy month of festivals and events in March, with the return of many annual celebrations after a hiatus during the pandemic.

Singaporeans should expect a new wave of COVID-19 infections with more people travelling and the upcoming year-end festivities, Singaporean Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has said.

Traditional festivals in Ba Ria-Vung Tau bear the cultural influence of all three regions of the North-Central-South, becoming an indispensable part of the community's cultural life here.

The 2nd “Ho Do" International Music Festival and the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held in the city from December 8 -11.

“Di qua trung bong chet” (Walking through the valley of death), a documentary written, produced and directed by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), has won six awards at international film festivals.

Hanoi will build a national dossier for Mo Muong to be included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Mo Muong is a job and also a performance practiced at funerals, religious festivals, and life cycle rituals by the Muong ethnic group.

Water puppetry performances have been a major draw at this year’s Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival in Chí Linh city in northern Hai Duong province.

Some of the most famous ethnic festivals in the North will be held this year, aiming to preserve traditional and cultural values of these unique events.

Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese expats in Hungary, including over 1,000 children, took part in the Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by the Vietnamese association last weekend.

Located in Vietnam’s northeast region with its wild and magnificent beauty, Ha Giang province has become increasingly attractive to visitors.

A series of Vietnamese short films will be screened at Vietnamese Short Film Week, which will be held in HCM City and Hanoi from September 7.

Many traditional festivals are being reproduced and treated as part of tourism events in a bid to attract more visitors, experts said.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has sent greeting letters and flowers to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen on the occasion of the traditional New Year of Laos (Bunpimay) and Cambodia (Chol Chnam Thmay).

Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - the traditional new year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, were celebrated at a ceremony in Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.

Festivals are underway in the central province of Quang Nam, the north-central province of Nghe An and northern Lao Cai province to boost tourism recovery and development following COVID-19.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, bestowed with breathtaking landscapes coupled with a kaleidoscope of culture and cuisine, needs to diversify to better tap into the tourism market to increase revenues, insiders have said.

Hanoi authorities have allowed relic sites to reopen and welcome visitors back following a long time of closure prompted by COVID-19.

Many spring festivals in the capital city of Hanoi will be halted as it is applying COVID-19 preventive measures.

Tourist attractions and flower festivals in Ho Chi Minh City are about to welcome visitors as the Lunar New Year (Tet), the largest traditional festival of the Vietnamese people, approaches.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked local departments under its wings to advise cities and provinces nationwide to cancel festivals and fireworks displays celebrating Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year which will come by the end of this month, as concerns rise over COVID-19 spike.