Huge numbers of visitors flocked to Huong Pagoda on its festival opening day on February 10 or the sixth day of the lunar year, causing congestion for the pagoda’s cable car system. Crowds rushed to the pagoda from the early morning. According to the festival organisers, roughly 80,000 people have visited the pagoda since the Lunar New Year. On the festival opening day, the cable car system to Huong Tich Cave faced serious jams as thousands of people queued to wait for their turn. Staff carefully instructed people onto the cable cars. The pagoda entrance prices remained the same, but cable car return ticket increased by VND20,000. Hot weather left many tired. Some people sought to move to lanes which had fewer people to get their tickets more quickly … [Read more...] about Huong Pagoda jammed on festival opening day
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50,000 pilgrims visit Huong Pagoda on festival’s opening day
Tens of thousands of devout Vietnamese flocked to the Huong Son complex on Sunday, the first day of the Huong Pagoda festival. The Huong Pagoda, in Huong Son Commune, Hanoi's rural district of My Duc, is a collection of many temples and pagodas built amidst mountains and forests. Every year, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, February 10 this year, the three-month Huong Pagoda festival opens. The festival, one of the grandest religious festivals in the country, attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhists in the early days of the Lunar New Year. From early Sunday morning, the entrance to Thien Tru Pagoda, one of the main pagodas in the religious complex, was overflowing with people. This year, in an effort to ensure security and manage the place better, the organizing committee has not allowed business booths in the temple, caves, on narrow roads and at the Nam Thien Mon Gate. "This year, the festival’s opening day is still a public holiday, and the weather is … [Read more...] about 50,000 pilgrims visit Huong Pagoda on festival’s opening day
HCM City pedestrian street attracts thousands of visitors on opening day
Thousands of visitors have flocked to the Bui Vien Walking Street in HCM City's District 1 on its opening day on August 20. Bui Vien Walking Street opens from 7pm till 2am at weekends. Despite being a small and short street, Bui Vien Street is a popular destination to lots of visitors, especially foreign tourists. Visitors went for a walk or enjoyed foods on the street. Police came to instruct visitors on its opening day on August 20 evening. Foods and souvenirs are sold on the pavements. Foreign visitors have drinks at a stall. Lots of foods being sold on the street. Art performances attract a large number of audience. … [Read more...] about HCM City pedestrian street attracts thousands of visitors on opening day
Programme to help poor students get into university opens in capital
Programme to help poor students get into university opens in capital (11-06-2007) Volunteers participate in the kick-off ceremony of a programme designed to help students prepare for their university entrance exams in Ha Noi yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Tran Ha Noi — More than 9,000 volunteers from universities, colleges and social youth unions in Ha Noi gathered at the Cultural Friendship Palace yesterday to kick off a programme designed to help disadvantaged students prepare for their university entrance exams. A similar ceremony was held in HCM City last week. The campaign aims to give poor or rural students money for transportation, accommodation and food while they take their July exams in the capital. This is on top of support provided by volunteers. More than 58,000 rooms ranging from residents’ homes to restaurants will be offered to students free of charge or at a large discount. An additional 31,000 free bus tickets along with city maps, posters … [Read more...] about Programme to help poor students get into university opens in capital
Can Tho University opens new postgraduate education center
Can Tho University opens new postgraduate education center Huynh Kim By Huynh Kim – The Saigon Times Daily Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has inaugurated a new center VND196 billion to organize postgraduate programs. The nine-storey center has sufficient facilities for training 5,000 postgraduate students and 1,500 international students. The university, the largest in the Mekong Delta, has also introduced its foreign languages faculty which runs English and French BA and MA programs and short courses on English, Japanese and Chinese. … [Read more...] about Can Tho University opens new postgraduate education center