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Foreign visitors experience the traditional Tet cultural space (Photo: VNA) With thousands of traditional folk festivals, Vietnam has potential to attract domestic and foreign tourists. However, due attention has not been paid to festival-goers to directly participating in and experiencing them. Phu Thuong Sticky Rice Festival (Photo: VNA) Untapped "gold mine" Folk festivals, including Spring…

(VOVWORLD) - The temple of Ba Chua Xu, the Holy Mother of the Realm, is located at the foot of Sam moutain in Chau Doc city, An Giang province. This is a famous spiritual tourism destination in Vietnam’s southwestern region recently recognized by the Vietnam-India Economic and Cultural Exchange Forum as an “Exemplary Asia-Pacific Spiritual Tourism Destination”.

Former Ambassador Lê Thị Hồng Vân spoke with the Vietnam News Agency about a successful year for Việt Nam’s multilateral external relations and cultural diplomacy at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, France, and proposed directions for the coming years.

Becoming the Vice Chair of one of the key specialised committees of the UNESCO affirms Việt Nam’s position and reputation in the world arena, showing the support and confidence of the international community in Việt Nam’s ability to make contributions and management capacity at the UNESCO

A popular dish across western provinces, particularly of An Giang’s Châu Đốc District, this special cow cake is cooked with palmyra palm sugar and is a point of pride among locals here. Fermented glutinous rice and coconut juice give the cake its signature buttery rich characteristics.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that the Via Ba Chua Xu festival in An Giang Province will be selected to be Vietnam’s nomination in 2024 for UNESCOs recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have prepared new and diverse tourism products to lure more local and foreign tourists.

Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have prepared new and diverse tourism products to lure more local and foreign tourists.

There are a handful of places that have been chosen by travel experts and guides as “the” destinations to check out in 2023.