VOV.VN - The central province of Nghe An is scheduled to hold a wide range of activities from May 10 to May 19 as part of the Lang Sen (Lotus Village) festival to celebrate President Ho Chi Minh’s 133rd birthday (May 19).

Upgrading work started at the historical relic site commemorating late President Ho Chi Minh in the Lao province of Savannakhet on April 9, under a project funded by Ho Chi Minh City.

The house where Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss-born doctor and bacteriologist, lived in and worked in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has been included in the cluster of national historical relic sites dedicated to him.

A large number of artifacts dating back about 3,000 - 3,800 years belonging to the Metal Age have been unearthed during excavations at Dong Dau hill relic site in Hanoi’s Ba Vi outlying district, the Museum of Hanoi announced on March 13.

VOV.VN - The Tay Thien festival opened in Dai Dinh commune in Tam Dao district of Vinh Phuc province on March 6 (the fifteenth day of the second lunar month), with the event drawing a wave of people making pilgrimages to pray for a new year of good health, happiness, and prosperity.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City administration has recently sent a document to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposing plans to include the Cu Chi Tunnels relic site in the list of UNESCO’s proposed World Heritage records.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum branch in the south central province of Binh Thuan has opened an exhibition showcasing paintings, photos and documents on the Party and President Ho Chi Minh at Duc Thanh relic site where he had taught before he left the country to seek ways for national salvation.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision recognising five more relic sites as special national ones.

VOV.VN - Hoa Lo Prison relic site in Hanoi welcomed the opening of an exhibition to the public titled “The silence” on December 9, with the event aiming to help guests gain a greater insight into the fierce 12-day-and-night struggle to defend the capital against United States’ airstrikes in late 1972.

A memorial to late President Ho Chi Minh on Co To island in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh received its certificate as a special national relic site at a ceremony on May 7.