Ninh Thuan to hold festival in August

11:57' 23/07/2007 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – On July 27, HCM City’s Department of Culture and Information and Ninh Thuan Province’s People’s Committee held a press conference on the 2007 Ninh Thuan Festival. The festival will take place from August 15 to 21 with the theme “Ninh Thuan with hidden colors.” This is aimed to be a rendezvous for provinces in the southeastern and coastal central regions and Central Highlands as well as HCM City. The festival’s culture and art programme will be carried out by 250 artisans and actors. Other activities will include motorbike racing on sand; the third round of the national volleyball contests for men and women; dragon boat racing; a 250-kiosk fair; a tourism exhibition; a sheep contest; culinary activities; and the Ninh Thuan Champaign Festival Night. The province will also organize many travel tours as well as prepare thousands of well-equipped hotel rooms and tents for tourists for the occasion. (Source: SGGP, VIet Nam Net)