Festivals & events

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Festivals & events

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may2021

Yen Tu Festival

21 Feb 2021 - 11 May 2021 | Ha Long

The Yen Tu Festival sees Vietnam’s Zen Buddhist community converge in a spectacular pilgrimage to the Dong Pagoda in the Yen Tu mountains of Quang Ninh Province. In the 13th century, Vietnam’s King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong invested heavily in the complex and founded the first Vietnamese school of Ze

Sunrise Sprint

08 May 2021 - 08 May 2021 | Da Nang

The Sunrise Sprint is the perfect entry point to the demanding world of triathlons. This warm-up event held the day before the IRONMAN 70.3 VIETNAM race in Da Nang, the Sunrise Sprint offers participants the challenge of a 750m beach swim, a flat and fast 20-kilometre bike ride, and finishes off

IRONMAN 70.3

09 May 2021 - 09 May 2021 | Da Nang

Now in its sixth year in the beautiful beach city of Da Nang, the IRONMAN 70.3 is Vietnam’s premier multi-discipline sporting event. Named Asia’s ‘Best Long Course Destination Race’ in 2019 by AsiaTRI.com, participants are treated to a fast and scenic course that includes a 1.9-kilometre ocean swim

Giong Festival

19 May 2021 - 20 May 2021

This festival is held yearly to celebrate Saint Gióng, a great hero and one of the fiercest warriors in Vietnam. There are two celebrations held per year, the first in Soc Son district in Northern Vietnam on the very site that Saint Gióng was said to have ascended to heaven. The second, and m