Performance to celebrate 1000 years Thang Long - Hanoi
This October, Vietnam is celebrating the 1000th birthday of Hanoi, marked with the 1000 Year Thang Long – Hanoi Festival. As the biggest cultural event in the year, the festival will take place during 10 days long (from 1st to 10th October, 2010) with a lot of social, cultural and tourism events.
The festival will start with an opening ceremony at the monument of King Lý Thái Tổ and streets around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake. Then there comes a series of activities, including exhibitions, art performances and sports events.
The grand celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi will be held on the last day of the festival with a state-level meeting at Ba Dinh square with military march and parade. By the West Lake in the evening a cultural gala night will perform. You can also watch firework at My Dinh National Stadium.
Below is the list of events to be held on the ten day festival:
| Event | Venue |
| October 1 | |
| Opening ceremony | Ly Thai To Garden/ Hoan Kiem Lake |
| Exhibition: literature and art works through history | Centre for Exhibition, Culture and Arts, 2 Hoa Lu St |
| Photo exhibition on Ha Noi | Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien St |
| Revolutionary film week | National Cinema Centre |
| Art show | Hoan Kiem Lake |
| October 2 | |
| Exhibition on ancient materials and artefacts on Thang Long Citadel | Thang Long Citadel relic |
| Thang Long international tourism festival | Bao Son Paradise Resort (Hoai Duc Dist) |
| October 3 | |
| Ha Noi Moi newspaper run | Hoan Kiem Lake |
| October 4 | |
| Exhibition: National heroes and cultural figures | Revolutionary Museum |
| Exhibition: Historic battles in Viet Nam | Viet Nam Military History Museum |
| Calligraphy exhibition | Literature Temple |
| Thang Long old dances | Ly Thai To Garden |
| October 5 | |
| Official opening of the Ceramic Road | Yen Phu Road |
| Bat Trang ceramic exhibition | Bat Trang Village, Gia Lam Dist |
| October 6 | |
| Kite festival | My Dinh Square |
| Traditional martial arts performance | Quan Ngua Sports Palace |
| Exhibition: Old Ha Noi Food festival | Ha Noi Museum West Lake Water Park |
| October 8 | |
| Art shows by young people | Out-door stages all over the city |
| Street festival | Square in front of the State Bank Headquarters |
| October 9 | |
| Art show by international art troupes | Out-door stages all over the city |
| October 10 | |
| Official ceremony celebrating 1,000th anniversary of Ha Noi | Ba Dinh Square |
| Gala night | My Dinh Stadium |
Tourists coming here will have a chance to see the traditional Hanoi that will be recreated to give you a best look at the old and the modern Hanoi. There are also tours to craft villages around Hanoi operated for those who are interested in the amazing handcraft of the Vietnamese.
The festival is a chance to commemorate and honor Vietnam thousand years of culture as well as to promote Vietnam image globally. If you don’t want to miss this chance to feel the grand atmosphere of Vietnamese cultural festival, quickly book yourself a hotel in Hanoi and come exploring Vietnamese culture. You might want to hurry up as many Hanoi hotel rooms are fully booked already.
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