The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the southern province of Dong Nai will jointly host a Vietnam Forest Festival, the first of its kind in the country, in November 2014.
Cultural performances, sports, culinary shows, traditional skill contests, and workshops will be held in praise of forest resources and forest protection efforts.
Organisers said the festival aims to introduce Vietnam’s forest resources and values and raise public awareness of forest protection for future generations.
Approximately 2,000 are expecting to attend festive activities.