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Thousands of pilgrims and tourists are flocking to visit Huong (Perfume) Pagoda after the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday, wishing for peace, good weather, happiness and prosperity. Huong Pagoda Festival which will last for three months was opened on the morning of February 21. Boats carrying tourists to the festival   Since the midnight before the opening day, all of boats on Yen Stream have had to work at full capacity to transport visitors to the pagoda. Lan Huong from Hanoi’s Long Bien District said that she went on boat at 2:00 am to avoid the congestion. At 5:00 am on February 21, hundreds of people were at Huong Tich Cave for offering incense. Many people felt quite tired after a long trip to the pagoda in the cold and rainy weather. Nguyen Van Linh from the northern province of Hung Yen said that he has come to the pagoda at midnight every year for the past eight years. According to Linh, this year, the management of Huong Pagoda Festival’s … [Read more...] about Pilgrims flock to Perfume Pagoda after Tet

The second Bulgaria Rose and Friends Festival will be held in Hanoi next month with 1,000 rose trees imported from Bulgaria to be displayed. The event will take place on March 8-11 at West Lake Water Park by the Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam and some agencies and organisations on the occasion to mark the 68th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Bulgaria. The second Bulgaria Rose and Friends Festival will be held on March 8 in Hanoi. Photo for illustration The embassy has co-operated with the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to import 1,000 rose trees of more than 100 different varieties from Bulgaria. The rose trees are being taken care at a ministry institute. Rosegarden owners in northern Vietnam have been invited to join the festival. Many kinds of roses will also be brought to the festival. Visitors will have a chance to see special products made from roses such as a rose street, rose house and European garden. Lots of activities such as Ao dai … [Read more...] about Bulgaria Rose Festival to take place in Hanoi next month

People have flocked to the Red River and lakes in Hanoi to release carp fish that are traditionally said to convey the Kitchen Gods to heaven on February 8.Dozens of motorbikes parked along Long Bien Bridge to release the carps into the Red River in the morning of the Kitchen Gods' Day, wishing for a good year with health and prosperity.Volunteers also came to the bridge to prevent people from polluting the environment with their plastic bags. Many people asked the volunteers to help release their carp so that the fish could survive entering the water.Volunteer Nguyen Tien Duyet said, "Our group has 50 members that are mostly students and workers. We have taken turns standing along the bridge to help the people since yesterday."Hanoi’s West Lake is another popular location for fish release. "I've come to this lake to release fish on Kitchen Gods' Day every year. But this year, I noticed that people are more aware of the environment," said Nguyen Thu Ha in Tay Ho District. … [Read more...] about Carp released on Kitchen Gods’ Day

Many people have flocked to Hanoi's Hang Ma Street to buy offerings for the coming Kitchen Gods' Day.This year, the Kitchen Gods’ Day falls on February 8. According to legend, on this day the Kitchen Gods will begin their trip to visit the Jade Emperor and report on what has happened in the country. Many believe the release of the strong and fast carp into local ponds, rivers and lakes can help transport the Kitchen Gods to heaven. Hang Ma Street is famous for selling toys, paper goods and paper votive offerings and has been in business for more than 500 years. During these days, it becomes colourful with all types of goods and nice weather also encourages people to go out and shop for the gods.A set of paper clothes with hat cost about VND150,000 (USD6.57). More detail clothes with perfume and patterns can cost more than VND200,000. According to a seller, the commodities this year are still the same types of traditional offerings. Most of them are made in Dong Ho Village in Bac … [Read more...] about Hang Ma Street busy as the Kitchen Gods Day nears

The world’s longest sea cable car route was put into operation in An Thoi town, Phu Quoc island district, Mekong Delta Kien Giang province on February 4, with the aim of serving tourists on the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival which is several days left. The Sun Group invested cable car system is the world’s longest sea cable car route Invested by Sun Group, a prominent real estate developer in Vietnam, the route has the length of nearly 8 km, with the one end being An Thoi town and the other being Hon Thom island, the largest in the An Thoi island cluster to the south in Phu Quoc island district.The Hon Thom cable car system is the first and most important item of the Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park in the southern area of Phu Quoc island invested by Sun Group.The system has 70 cars capable of carrying 30 passengers each and uses the three-rope cable car technology that is the most modern and safest in the world.The system and the Sun World Hon Thom Nature … [Read more...] about World’s longest cable car route launched in Kien Giang