Tran Quoc Pagoda was built in the 6th century during the Early Ly Dynasty and is like a small island along Thanh Nien Street in Yen Phu ward in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district, surrounded by West Lake. The pagoda is famed around the world and was recognised as a National Historical and Cultural Relic in 1962.
The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has long been famous for the glorious Dien Bien Phu victory in 1954, which played a decisive role in ending French colonialism in Vietnam. During the four-day holiday for the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day and May Day, many tourists flocked to Dien Bien.
Dong Ngo Pagoda in Tien Tien commune in Hai Duong city, Hai Duong province, has become a storage and display space for thousands of old agricultural stone tools and objects and is considered a unique museum not only locally but also in Vietnam.
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has recently rolled out a new tourism product to preserve historical values and also pay tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives while fighting to protect the Vi Xuyen border.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 7 took part in the Tich Dien festival in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam. The traditional ploughing festival is held annually with the aim to pray for a year of bumper harvest and prosperity.
Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos have always been sacred integral parts of Vietnam, as the country has historical evidence and a fully legal basis to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in accordance with international law.
A conference to assess the Defense Ministry-level scientific research project, themed “Vietnam – Cuba defence cooperation through the memoirs historical witnesses”, was held by the Department of Military Science on January 10 in Hanoi.
The capital city of Hanoi was liberated from the French colonial rule on October 10, 1954. Over the past 67 years, the Party organisation, authority and people of Hanoi have so far been proactive, creative to build an increasingly prosperous, civilised and modern capital city.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism is coordinating with travel firms and relevant agencies to further expand the pilot organisation of tours to local historical sites with participants being people working on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.
Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén has appreciated President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Cuba from September 18-21, affirming that the outcomes of the visit will contribute to deepening the time-tested friendship and solidarity between the two countries.
HCM City has piloted re-opening tourism by organising tours to local historical sites with participants being people working on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.
What will happen when historical events are discussed among young people? With trendy and creative approaches, the knowledge is shared naturally with emotion.
On September 2, 1945 at Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, declaring the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and opening up a new era in the nation’s history.
The autumn of 1945 forever marked a brilliant milestone in Vietnam’s history of national construction and defence. Under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Vietnamese people rose up in the great August Revolution, throwing off the yoke of colonialism and feudalism to seize power and establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first state for farmers and workers in
The Kim Dong Publishing House has released a book named “Uncle Ho wrote the Declaration of Independence” by journalist Kieu Mai Son on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).
Algerian newspapers and websites have published stories to mark the 110th birthday anniversary of late Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 – 2021), stressing his military talent and influence on the revolutionary movement of oppressed people around the world.
A documentary that provides thorough and systematic information about Vietnam’s history during the two resistance wars is being aired on various local television channels in celebration of the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2).
The Tran Temple Festival is annually organised at the national historical complex of the Tran King's shrines and tombs in Hung Ha district of the northern province of Thai Binh from the 13th - 18th day of the first lunar month, attracting a large number of tourists.
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