Huong Pagoda Festival to open in silence for Covid-19 prevention

Hanoi will not organise the opening ceremony for the Huong Pagoda Festival this year for Covid-19 prevention.

Hanoi will not organise the opening ceremony for the Huong Pagoda Festival this year for Covid-19 prevention.

  

Huong Pagoda Festival in 2019

The authorities of My Duc District People's Committee announced on February 3 that they would still held the festival but will not organise the opening ceremony as usual. If the situation becomes complicated, they will stop receiving visitors altogether.

The decision was made after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sent an official document asking localities to halt all large festivals, downscale or reschedule the festivals and events to prevent a new outbreak.

Huong Pagoda Festival was scheduled to open from February 13 to May 5. All the preparations have been completed.

Me Linh District authorities also scrapped Hai Ba Trung Temple Festival and other local festivals after several confirmed cases were reported. The number of visitors to Hai Ba Trung Temple will also be limited. Hai Ba Trung Temple Festival was scheduled to start on February 17.

Hanoi authorities have announced that there will be firework display for Tet at one location instead of 30 sites as previously planned.