| UN Day of Vesak 2019 before opening | The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 on May 12 at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district of northern Ha Nam province is about to take place. Here’re images of the UN Vesak taken just before its opening ceremony. | |  | |
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| Hung Kings Temple Festival 2019 opens in Phu Tho | A festival to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings attracted thousands of local people and visitors after taking place in Hung Vuong Square, Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho on April 12. | |  | |
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| Quan The Am festival in Da Nang city | The Quan The Am (the Goddess of Mercy) festival kicked off at Ngu Hanh Son (the Marble Mountain) in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 24 (the 19th day of the second lunar month). | |  | |
| Quet Lau ritual in Lau Then ceremony of Tay ethnic group in Lang Son province | Lau Then ceremony (a traditional ceremony of Tay ethnic group) consists of Quet Lau (sweeping bad karma) for lessening or nullifying impacts of past negative karma or bad luck. During the ceremony, in addition to cakes, fruits, participants also bring food bags (rice and paddy) and clothes which are wearing to perform Quet Lau ritual. | |  | |
| Hanoi ‘goes green’ on St. Patrick’s Day 2019 | The St. Patrick’s Day held on March 17 every year to commemorate Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland, who used the shamrock leaf to ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century. The celebration has been taken place in numerous nations in the world, including Vietnam. | |  | |
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