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The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival officially opened in Gia Vien district in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 21 (the sixth day of the first lunar month).

Long Tong Festival (going-to-the-field festival), Huong Pagoda Festival, and Yen Tu Festival are among many major traditional festivals that take place in the first lunar month.

Huong Pagoda festival is biggest in Vietnam. It is not only a sanctuary for millions of pilgrims each year, but also offers a chance for tourists to come to contemplate landscapes at the site.

This year’s Huong Pagoda Festival in the suburban area of Hanoi welcomed approximately 1.4 million tourists, up 6,000 from the same period last year and including about 7,800 foreign visitors, according to the People’s Committee of My Duc district.

Vietnam holds huge potential for cultural and spiritual tourism thanks to its diversity in culture, customs and traditions, which have been shaped and practised nationwide for thousands of years.

Crowds of domestic and international tourists flock to the Huong Pagoda Festival in spring to pray for a happy new year and to contemplate the picturesque landscapes at the site.

The festival of Huong Pagoda, one of the biggest traditional festivals in Vietnam, kicked off in Huong Son commune of My Duc district, Hanoi, on February 2 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

The 3-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest in Vietnam, officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 13 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of 50,000 pilgrims.

Free wifi service will be available for tourists during Huong Pagoda Festival, which is scheduled to open on February 13.