Vietnam: Hanoi stops all festivals until Feb 26

Local residents and tourists visiting the Huong Pagoda Festival last year. This year, the festival has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - The Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Feb 15 (Vietnam News/ANN): All traditional festivals in Hanoi will be temporarily postponed until the first full moon day of the new lunar year (February 26) in an attempt to prevent the spread of Covid-19, authority officials have said.

Vice-Chairman of the Hà Nội People's Committee, Chu Xuan Dũung urged all districts and local areas where traditional festivals will take place this month to strictly follow the city's direction to suspend all cultural activities until the full moon of Lunar January to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.