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This year’s Hung Kings Anniversary Festival and the 2024 Phu Tho Culture and Tourism Week will be held over a 10-day period, concluding on April 18th, which marks the 10th day of the third lunar month. The festival will take place at the Hung Kings Temple National Historic Site in Phong Chau Commune, Viet Tri City, and other locations throughout Phu Tho Province in northern Vietnam.  The Hung Kings Commemoration Day honors the great achievements of the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Van Lang, Vietnam’s first state. Photo: Bao Dan toc This annual celebration commemorates the Hung Kings, the country’s founders, and serves as a reminder to Vietnamese people both domestically and abroad of the significance of unity and solidarity. The  Hung Kings Anniversary  is divided into two components this year: worship rituals and festivities. The worship rituals include a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of Great Father Lac Long Quan and Great ...

A volcanic island encircled by a ring of reefs, Ly Son is a striking, stark, and geologically fascinating destination, off the coast of central Vietnam. This area currently has traces of 10 volcanic craters, including 3 craters located on the seabed, the ancient crater Hang Cau, and Hang Thuy Pagoda about 9-11 million years ago, creating the foundation of Ly Son island today. According to the Vietnam Institute of Geological Sciences and Mineral Resources, the volcanic cluster in Ly Son and the surrounding area reveals different types of rocks and lava representing different eruptions during the Quaternary period, about 11 million to 4,500 years ago. In January 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to classify 21 monuments across the country as national monuments. Among them, the Ly Son island district has two relics: the scenic Gieng Tien Mountain (An Vinh commune) and Thoi Loi Mountain (An Hai commune). For visitors, this means striking scenery like no other...