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The Danang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) will be held from June 3 to July 8 by the Han River with the participation of eight teams, including seven from Italy, Poland, France, Australia, Canada, Finland, the UK and the host team, Danang. The vivid Danang International Fireworks Festival 2019. Photo: Vietnam Tourism  Under the theme “A world without distance”, the festival will include the display of pairs of teams in the spotlight starting on June 3. The DIFF will begin with the competition between the Vietnamese and Finnish teams on that day. The following nights will feature competitions between teams from Canada and France on June 10, Australia and Italy on June 17, and Poland and the UK on June 24. The final will take place on July 8. As in previous DIFF festivals, each fireworks display will last 20 minutes, according to the themes chosen by the Organizing Committee, including: “Love Without Distance”, “Peace For the World – Equality for Humanit...

Located some 180 kilometers east of Hanoi, Haiphong is famous for its delicious and inexpensive street food. Thanks to the typical seafood and the meticulous and creative way of preparing dishes, Haiphong cuisine has become a heavyweight of Vietnamese cuisine. Here are the offerings of Haiphong cuisine compiled by The Hanoi Times . These dishes taste best when they are enjoyed right in the heart of the city. Banh da cua   (Red rice noodles with crab) The wonderful dish of  Banh da cua is one among the should-not-to-miss dishes for travelers to Haiphong City . Photo: Hai Phong Ngon Banh da cua  is considered “a signature dish of Haiphong cuisine”. A bowl of authentic Haiphong’s Banh da cua must meet all five elements, including the dark red color of the noodles, the bright red of chi truong ( or made-in Haiphong chili sauce prepared from freshly-chopped chili, tomatoes, and ground garlic, seasoned with a pinch of salt and fermented according to a t...

The festival was originally held from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month in order to pay tribute to the villages’ tutelary gods. This year the occasion will run from March 1 to March 3. Security officials are on hand to ensure traffic safety along Nguyen Trai road. The festival attracts both adults and children who come to enjoy the atmosphere. Since 1992, the festival has been restored and is held on a rotary basis, with a major festival taking place every five years. Recent times has seen the event postponed for three years consecutively due to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. A procession of palanquin passes five villages. This year five palanquins gather in Quan Nhan village. In 2021 the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially recognised the festival of the five Moc villages as part of the country’s national intangible cultural heritage, thereby encouraging locals to...