The Hanoi Cuisine and Handicraft Villages Tourism Festival has opened to visitors in Le Quang Dao Street in Nam Tu Liem district to entertain SEA Games visitors.
The event introduces the best dishes of the capital. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — The Hanoi Cuisine and ꦰHandicraft Villages Tourism Festivalhas opened to visitors in Le Quang Dao St♚reet in Nam Tu Liem districtto entertain SEA Games visitors.
The event gathers hundreds of handicraft villages, artisans andfood suppliers in the city and throughout the country. The festival introduces the top dishes of the city and someneighbouring localities, typical handicraft villages, which offer tourismservices, and demonstrations of traditional handicrafts. Bamboobooths host cuisine spaces offering popular dishes such as rice pancakes,shrimp cakes, coffee, young rice cake, and tea scented with lotus from the WestLake. Handicraft shops introduce notable villages like Van Phuc SilkVillage, Bat Trang Ceramic Village and Son Dong Wood Craft Village, wherevisitors can listen to guides explaining the village production processes. This festival aims to advertise the images and destinations ofHanoi’s tourism and introduce local cuisine to both domestic and foreignvisitors, said Nguyen Thi Mai Anh, deputy director of Hanoi Investment, Tradeand Tourism Centre, at the recent opening ceremony. The event highlights the importance of cuisine andhandicraft villages as tourism products to contribute to the local economy andpreserve intangible heritage, she said. Hanoi has been considered a hub of delicious dishes, whichrepresent the creativity and talent of local residents. She said that the city had been voted as a city with alluringcuisine by various international travel magazines. Hanoi hosts more than 1,350 handicraft villages, many of whichare popular destinations for tourists. The festival will last until May 23, and is part ofa series of activities to advertise the capital as a safe,friendly and attractive destination./.
The Hanoi Tourism Festival 2022 themed “Hanoi – Den de yeu” (Hanoi – come to love) will be held from May 13 – 15 at Ly Thai To Garden and Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hoan Kiem district.
Some 2,000 banners along with billboards on the largest regional sporting event have been on display along main roads, in public places and downtown Hanoi. Competition venues are also adorned with flower pots.
Tours of Hanoi using double-decker buses are being offered free of charge to all delegates, including athletes, coaches, and reporters, to the ongoing SEA Games 31 throughout May.
Travel companies in Hanoi have organised 28 tours for coaches, athletes and guests to the 31st Southeast Asian Games, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
The men’s and women’s sepak takraw teams of Thailand attending the ongoing SEA Games 31, comprising of over 30 members, toured Hanoi capital with double-decker bus on May 18.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The event introduces the best dishes of the capital. (Photo: VNA) 
