Twenty provinces and cities representing the northern, central and southern regions will visit the capital to showcase their typical arts, traditional costumes, folk games and gastronomy.

Art troupes from the various provinces and cities will perform at the opening ceremony on October 6, and then on open-air stages inside and outside the city in the following days.

Three exhibitions will be held during the festival, featuring images from Hanoi’s past and present, cultural identities of diverse ethnic groups from various regions of Vietnam, and collections of Vietnamese folk paintings depicting Hang Trong and Dong Ho, and paintings of the Tay, Nung, Dao and Cao Lan ethnic minority groups.