VOV.VN - A total of 207 boats and 500 people took part in a water procession event in the opening ceremony of the Tam Chuc pagoda festival held in Kim Bang district in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 21, which falls on the 12th day of the first lunar month.
VOV.VN - Tam Chuc pagoda in northern Ha Nam province, the largest Buddhist temple in Vietnam and one of the largest in the world, has welcomed hordes of pilgrims during the opening days of the Lunar New Year.
VOV.VN - Hordes of pilgrims and visitors flocked to Huong (Perfume) Pagoga in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 15, the fifth day of the first lunar month, to attend one of the largest spring festivals of the year in Vietnam.
Going to pagodas on the first lunar days remains a tradition of Vietnamese people both at home and abroad, including those in Laos.
VOV.VN - Many Hanoians have flocked to large temples and pagodas on the first day of Lunar New Year (Tet) to pray for a year of good health, happiness and prosperity.
The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on February 11 (the second day of the lunar new year) and last until May 1.
The Vietnam–Malaysia Business Association (VMBIZ), with the support of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV), on January 15 held a ceremony to present a bronze bell to Ti-Ratana Heights pagoda in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Work started on the upgrade of Phat Tich Pagoda, a Vietnamese Buddhist pagoda in the Lao capital of Vientiane, on December 29.
VOV.VN - The Ok Om Bok Festival – Ngo Junk Race is held in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang in the 10th lunar month, but some months before the festival, pagodas encourage Buddhist followers and young mento train for the junk race.
Phase one of the upgrade of Bo De Pagoda, a Vietnamese pagoda in the central Lao province of Khammouane, was inaugurated at a ceremony on November 12.