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A host of traditional spring festivals have kicked off in different cities and provinces across the country.

A spring festival will be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 24-25 to promote the rich and diverse cultures of ethnic groups across the country and strengthen national unity.

The Yen Tu Spring Festival will open on February 25 (the 10th day of the Lunar New Year), in Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh province, kicking off the National Tourism Year hosted by the locality.

Xen Muong festival in Mai Chau district, the northern province of Hoa Binh, is a spring event of Thai people, praying for good crops and happiness.

Long Tong Festival (going-to-the-field festival), Huong Pagoda Festival, and Yen Tu Festival are among many major traditional festivals that take place in the first lunar month.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) currently has about 16,000 units of blood in its blood bank, including over 6,000 units of blood type O.

A month-long spring festival will be held at the coastal entertainment and hospitality complex CocoBay in Da Nang from February 12 to March 11, featuring Tet (Lunar New Year) customs, folk games and traditional cuisine.

Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Hanoi from February 2-8.

The Spring Festival 2018 will take place from February 2-8, 2018 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi prior to the traditional New Year (Tet) festival.

The Food Safety Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City has established 12 groups to inspect food safety during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2018 across the city.

Vietnam introduced handicrafts and traditional cuisine to the Asia-Pacific Women’s Association’s spring festival in Brussels on May 6, which attracted women from 17 foreign embassies in Belgium.

Nearly 1,000 blood units were collected during the “Red Spring Festival” 2017 in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on March 18.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) collected more than 9,300 units of blood from donors on February 18 in Hanoi.

The 10th Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival was launched at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 18.

As many as 10,000 units of blood are expected to be collected during the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival 2017, which will open on February 18.

A heaven and earth sacrifice ritual was held on February 13 at Ngu Nhac Mountain in Con Son – Kiep Bac special national relic site in the northern province of Hai Duong.

The Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2017 kicked off in the northern province of Hai Duong on February 12 or the 16th day of the first lunar month.

The Yen Tu Spring Festival officially kicked off on February 6, the 10th day of the first lunar month, at the Yen Tu historical site in Uong Bi city, the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Up to 10,000 pilgrims have joined a “smiling for happiness and peace” programme as part of a spring festival at Khai Nguyen Pagoda in Hanoi’s suburban town of Son Tay which opened on February 5.

President Tran Dai Quang joined the “Spring in all Regions Nationwide” Festival 2017 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 4, during which he extended New Year wishes to all ethnic groups across Vietnam.