Hanoi (VNA), Feb. 15 -- The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, began in Huong Son commune in Hanoi 's outlying district of My Duc on February 15 (the 6th day of the first lunar month), welcoming 30,000 visitors.

According to Nguyen Ba Hien, head of the management board of the Huong Son landscape complex , also known as Huong Pagoda and featuring a series of Buddhist pagodas, caves and temples, the annual event opened for festivalgoers on February 11. The number of people coming to worship and visit the site has so far amounted to 130,000.

This year's festival sees the use of e-tickets instead of paper ones to curb congestion and overcrowding, with up to 4,500 boats and 110 electrical cars available to offer trans...