Where to go over the Tet holiday?
Exhibition ‘12 Animal Designations’
Monday 23 January to Monday 6 February every day
Da Nang Fine Arts Museum at 78 Le Duan
Tet flower market
Open daily until Friday 27 January (the 30th day of the 12th lunar month)
29 March Square on 2 September street
Spring Flower Festival
Friday 27 January to Friday 3 February
29 March Park on Dien Bien Phu
A musical performance to welcome in the Tet Festival
Friday 27 January from 10.00pm
Tran Hung Dao street
Street parade of live music and dancing
Street artists, in eye-catching costumes, will parade along the street. Many different genres of music will be covered, including paso doble, rumba, tango, cha-cha and disco. There will also be a trumpet band performance.
Saturday 28 January (the 1st day of the 1st lunar month)
Tran Hung Dao street
Traditional arts programmes
Saturday 28 to Tuesday 31 January from 8.00pm
At the eastern end of the Han River Bridge
Sunday 29 to Tuesday 31 January at 8.30am and 7.00pm daily
29 March Park on Dien Bien Phu
Final round of the singing contest ‘Tieng Hat Mai Xanh’ (Forever-Green Singing)
Wednesday 1 February from 7.30pm
At the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Street music performance
Friday 3 February from 7.30pm
Bach Dang riverside pavement near the city’s branch of the State Treasury
(All of the above events are free to enjoy)
Hoi An Light Festival ‘Colours of Hoi An’
Funded by Thailand’s Index Creative Village PLC, the event promises to be a spectacular feast of music and lights, with lasers and 3D mapping technology.
Friday 27 January to Sunday 5 February from 7.00pm to 9.00pm daily
Tickets, priced at 120,000 VND per person, can be bought at ticket stands in Hoi An.
Musical performance ‘Da Khuc Cho Tinh Nhan’ (Serenade for Lovers)
The event will feature famous domestic singers My Tam, Quang Dung, Nguyen Vu, Ung Hoang Phuc, Duc Phuc, Hong Minh and Ky Phuong Uyen.
Sunday 5 February at 8.00pm
Trung Vuong Theatre, 86 Hung Vuong
Tickets can be bought at the theatre or booked on 0948215605 or 0985962962
Dragon's head breathes fire and squirts water
Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 January 9.00pm daily
The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
Han River Bridge swings open
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 11.00pm
The Han River Bridge
Free to watch
Cruise ships in port
Tuesdays 24 and 31 January
7.00am - 6.00pm Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream (3,500 passengers from Asian and European countries)
Tuesday 31 January
7.00am for overnight stay to 11.00am on Wednesday, Star Cruises' SuperStar Virgo (2,500 foreign passengers)
Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 January, and Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 February
2.00pm Saturday to 6.00pm Sunday MS Chinese Taishan (Chinese passengers)
Movies:
The Return Of Xander Cage (C16)
The third explosive chapter of this blockbuster franchise that redefined the spy thriller. Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile. He is on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiangand, his teammate in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandoras Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments. Packed with the series’ signature deadpan wit and bad-ass attitude, the movie will raise the bar on extreme action with some of the most mind-blowing stunts ever to be caught on film.
From Friday 27 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
Kung Fu Yoga (P)
Chinese archeology professor Jack teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate the lost Magadha treasure. In a Tibetan ice cave they find the remains of the royal army that had vanished, together with the treasure, only to be ambushed by Randall, the descendent of a rebel army leader. When they free themselves, their next stop is Dubai where a diamond from the ice cave is to be auctioned. After a series of double-crosses and revelations about their past, Jack and his team travel to a mountain temple in India, using the diamond as a key to unlock the real treasure.
From Friday 27 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
Journey to the West: Demon Chapter (P)
Tang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the west. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series of demon-capturing events, the monk and his disciples gain a mutual understanding of each other’s hardships and unease. Finally, they resolve their inner conflicts and work together to become an all-conquering, demon-exorcising team.
From Saturday 28 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
The Great Wall (C16)
A mystery centred around the construction of the Great Wall of China.
From Friday 3 February
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
Monster Trucks (P)
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a monster truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
From Friday 3 February
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket