Many delegates attended the event: Mr. Truong Hoa Binh - former Politburo member, former Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government; Ms. Nguyen Thi Le - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council; Ms. Tran Kim Yen - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the City; Mr. Duong Anh Duc - Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee...

The 2024 "Lantern Festival" opened with many dance performances from fan dance to lion dance and sword dance. The highlight was the colorful and attractive street art parade through the stands.

Among them, the lion dance parade is famous for its beautiful dances, which are warmly applauded by the audience.

During the festival, attendees also enjoyed folk games: Lantern Quiz, Hydrangea Throwing, Calligraphy Gifting... Art performances were all performed by Chinese clubs and groups.

The Lantern Festival is an intangible cultural heritage that has been included in the series of events celebrating the traditional New Year of the nation and is one of 19 typical cultural, artistic and festival events in Ho Chi Minh City. This is the pride of the Vietnamese-Chinese community in the city in general and District 5 in particular.

Many activities during the 2024 Lantern Festival in District 5: Exhibition of images of national intangible cultural heritage "Social customs and beliefs of the Lantern Festival of Chinese Vietnamese in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City" from February 17 to February 25; Vietnamese Poetry Night; Ong Nghinh Quan Thanh De Quan tour; Street art parade... and many other activities.

Among the activities, the street art parade is the highlight, attracting a large number of people to wait and participate.

These activities take place on many main streets of District 5: Chau Van Liem, Lao Tu, Luong Nhu Hoc, Nguyen Trai, Tran Xuan Hoa, Tran Hung Dao and Chinese Assembly Halls...