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Nearly 500 artifacts and images of ancient pagodas and towers are on display at an exhibition that recently opened in the Tay Yen Tu spiritual and ecological tourism complex in the northern province of Bac Giang.

The Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival opened at Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in Chi Linh city, the northern province of Hai Duong on February 6, along with a ceremony to commemorate the 689th death anniversary of Huyen Quang - the third progenitor of the Truc Lam Zen sect.

Along with festivals imbued with the traditional culture of ethnic minority groups, a range of spiritual tourist attractions in the northern province of Tuyen Quang also attracted thousands of tourists in the early days the lunar new year.

The beauty of Yen Tu is the grandeur and tranquility of the mountains and forests mingled with the serenity and ancientness of the system of pagodas, towers and Zen realms.

A prayer for peace for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) living in Paris and surrounding areas was held on February 13 at Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Villebon-sur-Yvette, 25km south of the capital.

The northern province of Bac Giang is launching a range of tourism stimulus packages to draw in more than 2 million visitors in 2020.

The northern province of Bac Giang is launching a range of tourism stimulus packages to draw in more than 2 million visitors in 2020.

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, 20 km southeast of Bac Giang City, has been considered the first Buddhism university of Vietnam and the place of origin of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhist.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh welcomed nearly 150,000 tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, over 600 of them foreigners, up about 12 percent, according to Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Duong Hoang Sum.

A Truc Lam Zen Monastery was inaugurated in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on January 5 after two years of construction.

With its cultural and spiritual values, Con Son Pagoda welcomes thousands of tourists from both inside and outside the country to visit each year.

A monastery of Vietnam’s indigenous Truc Lam Zen Buddhist sect was opened in the southern province of Bac Lieu on December 1.

Yen Tu mountain is 1,068-meter high above sea level. It belongs to Dong Trieu mountain range in the Northwest of Vietnam.

After ceding throne to his son, King Tran Nhan Tong retired to lead a religious life as a hermit in Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, founding the Thien Tong Zen sect.

More than 1 million tourists visited the northern province of Quang Ninh between February 2 and 14, a record number of visitors during a Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

An exhibition on the cultural space of Truc Lam Zen Buddhist sect in Tay Yen Tu opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on February 14.

Visiting pagodas on the first days of the Lunar New Year is a deep-rooted tradition of Vietnamese people. The hundreds-year-old Bo Da Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang is rich in historical and cultural values.

The northern province of Bac Giang will host a Culture - Tourism Week from February 14 to 20 with a theme ‘Discover Sacred Land in Tay Yen Tu’.

The Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival 2019 is scheduled to take place at the Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in the northern province of Hai Duong from February 14-27, or the 10th-23rd day of the first lunar month.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho welcomed 82,800 visitors, including 6,200 foreigners, in the three-day National Day holidays spanning from September 1-3, a rise of 8 percent year on year.