Dong Nai to hold first forest festival

03:01, 03/01/2014

(ĐN)- The Vietnam-Dong Nai forest festival entitled "Forest- spiritual precious thing" will be held for the first time in Dong Nai province, aiming to raise public awareness of forest and biodiversity protection.

(ĐN)- The Vietnam-Dong Nai forest festival entitled “Forest- spiritual precious thing” will be held for the first time in Dong Nai province, aiming to raise public awareness of forest and biodiversity protection.

Gayals in Cat Tien National Park.
Cat Tien National Park.

The three-day festival jointly held by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the provincial People’s Committee is scheduled to take place by the end this year and is expected to attract the participation of 2,000 people.

Various activities will be organized during the festival including exhibitions, workshops, traditional professional skill contest, food festival, etc.

The event also aims to promote the country’s forest resources, while calling on people to join hands in protecting forests and their biodiversity and resources.

The festival will help Dong Nai seek to create new tourism products, which will have an association with forests to draw more tourists to the province, contributing to increasing local people’s living standards.

Reported by P.V