The northern province of Phu Tho welcomed nearly 6.5 million visitors during the 2026 Hung Kings Commemoration Day and the Hung Kings Temple Festival, representing a year-on-year 12%, reinforcing its status as one of the leading cultural and spiritual tourism destinations of the country.

VOV.VN - More than 60,000 people travelled to Phu Tho province in the first three days of the Hung Kings Temple Festival and the Ancestors Land Culture and Tourism Week 2026 to offer incense in tribute to the Hung Kings and take part in cultural and artistic activities.

Preparations for the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day, the Hung Kings Temple Festival, and the Ancestral Land Culture-Tourism Week 2026 are being carried out in a coordinated and methodical manner by the northern midland province of Phu Tho.

The northern province of Phu Tho is set to host the first-ever international art exhibition, as part of the Hung Kings Temple Festival and the 2026 Ancestral Land Culture and Tourism Week, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Duong Hoang Huong told a meeting on March 27.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has unveiled a lineup of activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on April 3-4, ahead of the Hung Kings Temple Festival - one of the country’s largest cultural and religious celebrations honouring its legendary founders.

VOV.VN - Visitors and residents of northern Phu Tho province dubbed the land of ancestors were enthralled by a spectacular fireworks display that lit up local sky on April 17 evening in commemorate of Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.

VOV.VN - A contest of making Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake), and Banh Giay (round glutinous rice cake) was launched in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 16 ahead of the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2024.

VOV.VN - Villagers of localities in the northern midland province of Phu Tho held a kiệu (palanquin) procession on April 15 to commemorate the nation’s ancestors – Hung Kings - as part of the 2024 Hung Kings Temple Festival.

VOV.VN - A festival held to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings opened on April 9 in Viet Tri in the northern province of Phu Tho, attracting an array of local people and visitors.

VOV.VN - Incense offering rituals took place at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Complex on Nghia Linh Mountain in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 25 in commemoration of the nation’s legendary ancestors, Father Lac Long Quan and Mother Au Co.