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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.

The tourism sector of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is diversifying its products based on local advantages with a focus on enhancing tourists’ experience towards the goal of becoming a four-season destination.

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.

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

The northern province of Quang Ninh held a tourism promotion programme in London, the UK, on May 14.

The northern province of Quang Ninh held a ceremony in Ha Long city on April 22 to introduce two newly-recognised national treasures – the Dau Ram pottery jar and the Ngoa Van-Yen Tu golden lotus-flower-shaped box.

The 2019 cherry blossom – Yên Tử yellow ochna flower festival opened at the Yen Tu Truc Lam culture centre in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bí city on March 9.

The 2019 cherry blossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival will open at the Yen Tu Truc Lam culture centre in Quang Ninh province’s Uong Bi city on March 9.

Yen Tu Mountain has been associated with the name and career of Buddhist King Tran Nhan Tong, who founded the Truc Lam Zen sect bearing the typical Buddhist culture of the Vietnamese people.

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).

Sacred Yen Tu Mountain Buddhist sanctuary

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’.

A grand ceremony was held at Truc Lam Palace, part of the Yen Tu landscape relic site in Uong Bi city of northern Quang Ninh province, on December 7 to mark 710 years since the Nirvana attainment of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong.

Since Buddhism entered Vietnam from India and China thousands of years ago, it has mixed with the nation’s traditions and beliefs, while contributing to shaping the nation’s cultural heritage.

An excavation team from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology and the Bac Giang provincial Museum has discovered valuable artifacts after a month-long excavation in the remnants of Ma Yen pagoda.

Yen Tu Festival, which is held at the Yen Tu historical relic and landscape area, northern Quang Ninh province, from the tenth day of the Lunar New Year through the end of the third lunar month, has become a big spring festival for Buddhists and tourists nationwide.

Quang Ninh province authorities have announced a plan to build a second cable system on Yen Tu Mountain, famous for its beautiful landscape and Buddhist heritage.

The golden apricot flowers in Yen Tu mountain will be displayed for the first time at the 2016 Ha Long cherry blossom festival, which will take place in Ha Long city.

Some 80 mickey-mouse plants (Ochna integerrima) grown on Yen Tu Mountain, the northern province of Quang Ninh, will be on display for the first time at the Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016.