The festival opened with a 2 kilometre parade of dragon boats along Ngo Dong river, which run through the caves at the Tam Coc – Bich Dong complex, including Ca, Hai and Ba caves.

Visitors joining a parade of dragon boats can admire the awe-stunning beauty of yellow ripened rice fields along the banks of Ngo Dong river.

Visitors on the boats can not only admire the awe-stunning beauty of yellow ripened rice fields along the route but can also enjoy charming folk singing melodies performed by local artists.

A string of activities will be held during the week-long event, including a food market, a photo exhibition, folk games, and water puppetry shows.

The craft of embroidery of Van Lam villagers in Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu district and pottery making of Bo Bat pottery in Bach Lien village, Yen Thanh commune, Yen Mo district, will also be introduced to visitors on the occasion.

The Ninh Binh tourism week is held annually in late May during the most beautiful time in Tam Coc – Bich Dong site when the rice paddies along the banks of the Ngo Dong river ripen.

It aims to promote the unique value of Trang An complex to visitors at home and abroad, thus stimulating the tourism development of Ninh Binh province.

Vietnam promotes tourism in Indonesia

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Bac Giang city focuses on developing spiritual, leisure tourism

(BGO) - Thanks to investment in creating landscape highlights and preserving historical and cultural relic sites, Bac Giang city (Bac Giang province) has attracted more and more visitors.

 

HCM City diversifies tourism products

Ho Chi Minh City is diversifying tourism products and services to realise its goal of welcoming 8.5 million international tourists in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 14 percent.

 

2019 Do Son Tourism Festival kicks off

The 2019 Do Son Tourism Festival kicked off in Sea Square, Do Son District, Hai Phong City, on April 30.

 

Wellness tourism starts to develop in Vietnam

Wellness tourism has great potential but this new kind of tourism has not been effectively exploited in Vietnam, despite the number of potential wellness destinations and landscapes. 

 

Source: NDO