Fireworks to be displayed during Hạ Long Carnival 2011

Posted by admin on April 22, 2011 under Halong Festivals, News | Be the First to Comment

The Government has approved the fireworks shows at Hạ Long Carnival 2011, according to the Official Dispatch No. 2343/VPVP-KGVX dated April 15, 2011 by the Government Office of Việt Nam.

The Hạ Long Carnival 2011, scheduled to take place in the evening of May 1, is the highlight of the Hạ Long Tourism Week 2011 which is slated for April 29- May 2 in Hạ Long city and other districts and cities across the province.

Other key activities of the Tourism Week will include the seminar on voting campaign for Hạ Long Bay to become one of the seven natural wonders of the world, contest of the best MC on the Bay, music and poetry night on Hạ Long, gastronomy festival, international beach volleyball final round, Open Quảng Ninh Tennis Tournament, classical music concert in the Đầu Gỗ Grotto and Quảng Ninh international trade fair, etc.

Particularly, locals and visitors will have a good chance to enjoy amazing light art performances for the first time in Việt Nam at a special area which will be officially opened within the week of festival.

Having been organized since 1998 and already become a special tourist product which lures the large participation of local people, domestic and international visitors.

In the Hạ Long Tourism Festival 2010, Quảng Ninh Province received 500,000 tourists with 68,000 long-stay visitors, of whom 25 per cent were foreigners.

Source: QN News