Speaking at the event, Do Dinh, director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, emphasized that the festival aims to give visitors the opportunity to experience new tourism products and services that were once part of the capital’s industrial heritage.
The highlight of this year’s festival will be a new creative cultural complex at the Gia Lam Train Factory on the outskirts of Hanoi, which is expected to attract young people. The complex will feature a steam locomotive made in Vietnam that is considered the pride of Vietnam Railways in the 1970s and 1980s.
According to the plan, more than 60 cultural activities will be held during the festival, including photo exhibitions, seminars, and international workshops.
Additionally, a number of community events and creative fairs will take place at several main locations throughout the Old Quarter, including Gia Lam Train Factory, Hang Dau water tower, Van Xuan flower garden, Long Bien Railway Station, and Gia Lam Railway Station.
The Hanoi Creative Design Festival is an annual event held in the capital with the aim of implementing initiatives to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, promoting the development of the local cultural industry, and affirming the city’s pioneering position in integrating with international creative economic trends.
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Music Story of the Old Quarter
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Festival highlights ethnic minority culture in Binh Phuoc
NDO – The distinguished cultural identity of ethnic minority groups in the Southern province of Binh Phuoc was in the spotlight at a festival held in Dong Xoai city on March 26-29.
Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival 2019 concludes
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Women encouraged to wear ao dai for week-long event
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