The Huong (Perfume) pagoda was kick-started in My Duc suburban district, Ha Noi on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year (January 28), attracting tens of thousands of people across the country.

The organizing board said it has arranged 4,600 boats and motorboats to serve pilgrim demand.

In addition, illegal waste dumping penalties will applied this year.

The Perfume Pagoda is a vast complex of Buddhist temples and shrines built into the limestone H??ng Tích mountains.

The largest and longest Buddhist festival of Viet Nam will last three months until April 30.

(Source: Patavietnam)