Capital city to open spring festival on Tết holiday

The Spring Festival Thăng Long–Hà Nội 2010 is organized in Đinh Tiên Hoàng Street

According to the Hà Nội Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the festival will be opened at 9 AM on February 20 (7^th day of the Lunar New Year) in Đinh Tiên Hoàng Street in the heart of Hà Nội City.

The event consists of three parts. The first one, “Thăng Long – the thousand-year spirit of the Vietnamese nation” with drum and gong performance will open the festival.

Part 2 is the “Incense offering rituals” in memory of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ and other forefathers who made great contributions to the country and Hà Nội.

The national solidarity will be highlighted in Part 3 entitled “The glorious epoch of Hồ Chí Minh” and “Thousand-year Thăng Long–Hà Nội toward the future”  with a parade of national flags, red banners, portrait of President Hồ Chí Minh, and representatives of 54 ethnic groups in Việt Nam.

The Spring Festival Thăng Long-Hà Nội 2010 will open the festival season in the capital city, which lasts until the end of the 1^st quarter.