The Puppy Temple or Thuy Trung Tien Temple on Truc Bach Lake was originally built during the reign of King Ly Thai To (1010 to 1028).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ordered that stone or cement-made statues of animals sourced from China or Europe be removed from their locations in front of doors of Buddhist temples, historical relic sites and offices.

On March 4, hundreds of people of Cuu Quan village in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi grouped at the village’s ancient communal house to protest some local officials for selling the house’s beams made of sua wood for hundreds of million dong.

 Ethnic spring festivals on show this month; Da Lat kicks off horse racing on Valentine’s Day; Fishing village pays tribute to founder; Spring book fair to open in Hanoi; “Pushkin in Vietnam” opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Covering approximately 3.000m2, there are hundreds of graves of whales. Fishermen worship whales like dead men. This is the largest cemetery for whales in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From Hanoi by Highway 5 to Pho Noi town, then turning to Road 39A, going through rice and corn fields and longan gardens, you will reach Pho Hien - Hung Yen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of August 21, about 6,000 people flocked to Hoang Phap Pagoda in Tan Hiep Commune, Hoc Mon District, HCM City, to participate in the Yu Lan festival to pay grateful to their parents.

Nearly 140 doucments in Nom and Chinese scripts of the Le and Nguyen Dynasties have just been discovered in an ancient temple in Thach Tri Commune, Thach Ha district of the central province of Ha Tinh.

 Many practical activities have been held in many localities across the country to mark the 2,577th birthday of Lord Buddha which falls on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

Going to Buddhist temples to wish for peace and prosperity in the early lunar new year has been traditional custom in Vietnam. This custom was once eroded somewhat. In recent years, it has strongly recovered, especially among the young people.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of thousands of fish cram in a small stream of over 100 meters long. No one knows when they appeared. The local Muong people considered the fish as treasures.