The race attracted the participation of 450 athletes, with 12 teams from Quynh Nhai District and four teams from neighbouring localities including Viet Tri City (Phu Tho Province), Muong Lay Town (Dien Bien Province) and Nam Nhun District (Lai Chau Province).
The rowers competed in men’s, women’s and mixed categories with a distance of 1,500m each.
* Also yesterday in Nam Dinh Province, crowds flocked to the traditional Vieng Market, which opens every year at midnight on the 7th day of the first lunar month, in Vu Ban District.
On sale at the market often include handicrafts, antiques and modern reproductions, utensils, agricultural tools, and many varieties of ornamental plants. According to popular belief, anything bought at the market will bring good luck to the customer for the whole year.
* The touristic city of Da Lat in Lam Dong Province welcomed around 250,000 visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday, 2.5 times higher than the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Of the total, 12,500 were foreigners.
In 2023, the province aims to serve more than 6.5 million holidaymakers, including more than 250,000 international arrivals.
