An incense offering ceremony was held at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh Mountain within the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on April 7 – the 10th day of the third lunar month - to commemorate the death anniversary of the nation’s legendary founders, the Hung Kings. State President Luong Cuong attended the ceremony.
The Phu Tho Trade Fair and Exhibition of products under the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme 2024 is part of the Hung Kings Temple Festival and the Culture and Tourism Week of Ancestral Land 2024.
Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City paid tribute to Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation, at a ceremony held at the National Historical and Cultural Park in the city on January 18 on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest festival in a year for Vietnamese people.
The Trang An - Saint Quy Minh Dai Vuong Festival 2022 was kicked off at Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 17, attracting thousands of visitors, and Buddhist monks and nun, and followers.
People gathered around the lake of Van Lang Park (Phu Tho province) to cheer for the teams competing at the Viet Tri City Boat Race Tournament. The activity was held on the morning of April 9, to celebrate the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day in 2022.
On the afternoon of April 8, all the districts of Phu Tho province participated in a contest of making banh day (traditional round cake) at the center of the Hung Temple relic site, to celebrate the Hung King's Death Anniversary on March 10.
Through the competition, the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day has aroused feelings of national pride and proud in most generations of Vietnamese expatriates.
Thousands of people gathered in the northern province of Viet Tri on April 12 for a kieu (palanquin) procession to commemorate Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation.
In the first days of spring, people in Thi Cam village, Hanoi celebrate their traditional rice cooking contest. The custom is aimed at praying for a prosperous, happy and peaceful new year.
A ceremony was held in Tuyen Quang city on March 28 to receive a certificate recognizing the festival of Ha, Thuong and Y La Temples as national intangible cultural heritage.
A festival dedicated to Mother Au Co – the legendary mother of Vietnam – opened in Hien Luong commune of Ha Hoa district, the northern province of Phu Tho, on February 22.
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.
early 70,000 holiday-makers flocked to the central city of Da Nang during the Hung Kings commemoration holiday from April 16-18, marking a 20 percent growth year-on-year.
