Accordingly, the opening ceremony of NationalTourism Year 2019 and Nha Trang Beach Festival will be held on May 10.
The artistic show Seas and Islands of Vietnam willbe held later on May 11, with the Colourful World Music Festival and closingceremony set for May 13.
Some 50 arts and sports programmes will be heldacross stages of Tran Phu street with swimming competitions, bamboo basketscompetitions, fishing competitions and reformed theatre and ‘quan ho’ (loveduet) singing from Bac Ninh province.
The festival also includes scientific seminars,arts exhibitions and displays, sports activities and other cultural andartistic activities of Khanh Hoa, like the cultural villages festival at DienKhanh district, art space at Cam Ranh city and food markets at Ninh Hoa hamlet.
Nguyen Dac Tai, Deputy Chairman of the Khanh HoaPeople’s Committee and head of the organising board, said most activities inthe festival are carried out by entrepreneurs, organisations, groups andindividuals. Activities are organised openly with community interaction inmind.
The festival was held for the first time in 2003and has become a commercial brand of the province. It is held every two years,attracting domestic and international tourists and boosting local tourism.-VNA