Vietnam Travel News

The opening ceremony on April 26 at the Bai Chay Tourism Zone will feature martial arts performances, music and dance, and a fireworks display.

Organized in the form of a carnival on both sea and land, the event’s highlights will be a dragon dance narrating the amazing “descending dragon” Legend of Ha long bay an orchestra performance at the Dau Go cave, a beauty contest, a fashion show titled “The dance of rocks”.

Six ferries decorated in different themes -- “The legend of Ha Long Bay”, “Breathtaking Beauty”, “The dance of rocks”, “Exploring a unique ecological museum”, “Meeting place of ecotourism and maritime culture” and “The sea rhythm” – will put in an appearance.

An international trade fair and a food festival related to the carnival’s main theme will be held.
 
A festival atmosphere will pervade the streets of Ha Long town with a parade by ten trucks decked up to represent various famous places in Quang Ninh Province -- like Ha Long Bay, Yen Tu Mountain, Tuan Chau Resort and Mong Cai town.

The carnival, to run from April 26 to May 1, has a twin goal -- popularizing the natural and cultural values of Quang Ninh, and promoting its attractions to pull in more domestic and foreign investors.