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Giong Festival: Sacred offerings revealed
Centuries of legend, history and cultural pride come alive at the Giong Festival, an annual celebration in the picturesque outskirts of Hanoi.
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15:23, 2025/02/05
Co Loa Festival Cultural Week 2025 opens
The festival functions as a guardian of traditional Vietnamese cultural values, ensuring their transmission to future generations.
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18:05, 2025/02/04
Lunar New Year tourism boom sets new records
Hanoi emerged as a leading destination during the Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, recording 142,000 foreign arrivals, an increase of 15.8% over the previous year.
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07:51, 2025/02/03
Experience unique Snake Dance in Hanoi's Le Mat Village
Every spring, tourists flock to this village on Hanoi's outskirts for the historic Jiaolong Dance.