Artistic and floral creations will be on display, bringing colour to a 600-metre long street in the centre of Hanoi from Dec 28, three days before the festival officially begins to kick off the New Year’s celebrations. The five-day event, which will take place in Dinh Tien Hoang Street at Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake), will gather purveyors of flowers and floral artisans from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Lam Dong province’s Da Lat city, as well as craftsmen from Hanoi’s traditional villages.

Construction of a 20 million USD eco-tourism complex in Tan Phu township, Dong Phu district, the southern province of Binh Phuoc , began on Dec 22.

The Hanoi City People’s Committee has made public its decision on how festivals should be organized and managed in the city, and what regulations they must follow. Accordingly, the organizing committees of festivals must now submit plans to city management agencies that meet these new regulations.