(VOVworld)- The 2015 Nha Trang Sea Festival in central Khanh Hoa province will take place from July 11 to 17. Under the theme “Peace and Creativity” with more than 50 cultural, sporting, and tourist activities, the festival expects to receive 150,000 foreign and domestic tourists.
At a press conference on Monday, leaders of Khanh Hoa province said that this year’s main activities will feature the seas and islands through which to reflect on the city’s peacefulness. An exhibition featuring legal and historical evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagoes will be held. Seminars on the marine economy will be held along with programs describing the culture of the local coastal region, their self-motivation, and creativity. Other outstanding activities include beach cleanups and a salangane nest festival.
The 7th biennial festival, which began in 2003, covers cultural, arts, sports, and tourism activities bearing traditional and modern features and honoring the characteristics of the sea and islands as well as the potential of Nha Trang city and Khanh Hoa province as a whole.