Thousands of people, including Party and State officials, pilgrims and Vietnamese expatriates, offered incense to commemorate Hung Kings – the nation’s founders – at a solemn ceremony in Phu Tho province on April 9.
Thousands of people, including Party and State officials, pilgrims and Vietnamese expatriates, offered incense to commemorate Hung Kings – the nation’s founders – at a solemn ceremony in Phu Tho province on April 9.
Thousands gathered in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 7 for a grand procession to honour the Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.
The number of foreign tourists to the northern province of Quang Ninh increased sharply in the first three months this year, reaching an estimated 1 million arrivals, a year-on-year rise of 19 percent, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Numerous foreign tourists flock daily to a cultural tourism village in Dong Trieu district, northern Quang Ninh province, to discover the unique cultural identity of the local villagers.
(TITC) – According to Quang Ninh’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first 2 months of 2014, the province attracted 2.4 million tourist arrivals, increasing by 8% over the same period last year.
On the evening of February 24 and early morning of February 25, Quang Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reinstated a festival to pray for good crop of the San Chay ethnic minority group in Dai Duc commune, Tien Yen district.
The specific cultural beauty of Dao ethic people drew many local people and visitors to the Dao ethnic cultural festival in Tien Yen district, the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The second cherry blossom festival will be held in Ha Long park in the northern coastal city of Ha Long in Quang Ninh province in mid March.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in the first month of 2014 is estimated at 722,350, up 7.5 percent from last December and 21 percent against 2013’s January.
In January 2014, total tourist arrivals to the northern province of Quang Ninh reached an estimated 523,000, a 8 percent rise over a year previous, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.