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Art show to replace Carnaval festival during Ha Long tourism week

The annual Week of Ha Long Tourism 2017 will take place in Quang Ninh from April 28 to May 7, with the decade-long traditional Carnaval street festival to be replaced by an art performance.
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at the Week of Ha Long Tourism 2016 (Source: VNA)
QuangNinh (VNA) – The annual Weekof Ha Long Tourism 2017 will take place in the northern coastal province ofQuang Ninh from April 28 to May 7, with the decade-long traditional Carnavalstreet festival to be replaced by an art performance.  

The organising board announced at a pressconference on April 17 that the week will feature seven official cultural,sport and tourism events, to be held in Ha Long and Mong Cai cities.  

According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Tourism Trinh DangThanh, the province cancels the Carnavalfestival in order to make better preparations for the National Tourism Year2018 to be hosted by Quang Ninh.

The artperformance programme themed “Ruc ro Ha Long” (Brilliant Ha Long) will bring together many leading Vietnamese artists andtroupes from Europe.

Mong Caiwill host the opening ceremony, the walking street and the cuisine streetfestivals , while the other activities, including an international beach volleyball competition and the province’stennis tournament, will take place in Ha Long.

Apart from seven main events, a series of otherculture and sport activities will be arranged throughout the locality beforeand after the Week of Ha Long Tourism 2017.

Quang Ninh is home to Ha Long Bay, which wastwice recognised as a World Natural Heritage site by the UN Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1994 and 2000. 

The annual Ha Long Tourism Week aims to promote the locality’stourism, thus attracting more and more tourists to the province.-VNA

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