Hanoi is set for a plethora of spectacular events and important activities to mark its millennial celebrations in early October.
An opening ceremony on the morning of the 1st at Ly Thai To flower garden will set off 10 days of celebrations.
There will be a ceremony to formally receive the UNESCO certificate recognizing the Thang Long Citadel as a world heritage site.
In the evening, there will be performances at five spots around Hoan Kiem Lake.
A laser and smoke show that will also feature artistic fireworks and 3D displays will start at 8 pm. It will be followed by an ao dai fashion show with 200 models on The Huc bridge and But tower. The show will conclude with more fireworks at 9 pm.
At the five sites, there will be a variety of performances, each featuring a different theme -- like traditional music, dragon dancing, water-puppets, acrobatics, and hip-hop dancing -- from 9 pm to 11pm.
Dinh Tien Hoang Street will be made over into an old Hanoi street and will have an old artist doing calligraphy, a to he artisan making sculptured figurines from colored rice dough, and a rickshaw from the beginning of the 20th century.
There will be girls with shoulder poles and baskets carrying fresh flowers to sell, children singing nursery songs and dancing, women in the traditional ao dai going to pagodas, and couples walking hand in hand along the lake.
A calligraphy exhibition will be held at the Temple of Literature at 5pm October 4. The next day will see the official opening of the Yen Phu “ceramic road” and a ceramic exhibition at the renowned Bat Trang handicrafts village.
There will be a kite-flying festival on the morning of October 6 at the My Dinh stadium and a Hanoi cuisine festival at Ho Tay Water Park in the evening.
October 8 is meant for young people and will feature an art performance by young Hanoians early morning around the lake and a youth street festival at Cach Mang Thang Tam Square.
The closing ceremony on October 10 will feature a torch relay from the Ho Chi Minh Museum to the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.
A meeting to be held in Ba Dinh Square will open with 21 cannon shots and see a speech by the prime minister and a choral song to celebrate Hanoi’s birthday.
It will be followed by a march by 12,000 soldiers, police, and militiamen. Ten helicopters carrying flags and banners saying “1000th year Thang Long-Hanoi” will fly past.
The ceremony will also feature the country’s biggest ever parade with 31,000 participants, 200 of whom are foreign students in Hanoi. The performance will last for 3 hours and end with 1000 children setting doves free and releasing balloons to the sky.
The ceremony will be attended by UNESCO representatives and mayors of Hanoi’s twin towns and sister cities around the world. Twenty giant screens will be placed in the city’s parks for people to watch the ceremony.
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