Relevant units sign a cooperation deal on the launch of the Hanoi - Bac Giang cultural tourism route (Photo: VNA)
Bac Giang (VNA) – A culturaltourism route connecting Hanoi and the nearby province of Bac Giang waslaunched on March 16.
The route was opened by the SGOTravel Services and Exploitation JSC and the information and tourism promotioncentre of Bac Giang.
It features one-day and two-day-and-one-nighttours in which visitors will depart Hanoi for cultural, historical andspiritual relic sites, beautiful landscapes, and craft villages in Yen The,Viet Yen, Luc Ngan, and Son Dong districts of Bac Giang.
The tours, available for bothdomestic and international tourists, are open every day from Wednesdays toSundays.
Particularly, the “Hanoi - Tay Yen Tu”tour will offer an experience of the path of Buddhism propagation by King-MonkTran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen Buddhist sect, and his disciplesover 700 years ago. Travellers will have a chance to gain an insight into a setof more than 3,000 Buddhist woodblocks listed by UNESCO as documentary heritage inthe Memory of the World Programme for the Asia-Pacific region at Vinh NghiemPagoda in Yen Dung district.
Do Tuan Khoa, Deputy Director of the BacGiang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the launch of the Hanoi -Bac Giang route was the first step to connect destinations between the twolocalities, adding that his province hopes relevant units will continuedeveloping more high-quality travel products to boost local tourismdevelopment./.
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Relevant units sign a cooperation deal on the launch of the Hanoi - Bac Giang cultural tourism route (Photo: VNA) 
