Over the course of one month, the relics of Lord Buddha embarked on a spiritually profound journey across nine major cities and provinces, from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to the northern province of Quang Ninh, drawing more than 17.8 million devotees

The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on January 27 (the sixth day of the lunar new year).