Tay Ninh

The number of visitors increased by 4.1% compared to the same period last year, while total tourism revenue surged by 48.8%, or nearly 88% of the year’s target.

Preserving and promoting intangible cultural values in connection with developing community-based tourism is an important strategy to boost the local tourism industry's sustainable development.

The Buddha’s sacred Śarīra is enshrined at the Buddhist exhibition centre within the tourist site from May 8 to 13, allowing Buddhist followers and the public to pay their respects during the Vesak celebrations.

As part of this programme, a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 22 new homes for impoverished families in Tay Ninh’s border region took place on March 29. It is spearheaded by the Fund for the Poor of Tan Chau district, in collaboration with Hung Nhon Group, De Heus Group of Netherlands, and Tay Ninh’s National Assembly delegation.

During a working trip to the southwestern province on March 27, the People’s Daily delegation met with local officials and visited Linh Trung Export Processing and Industrial Zone III in Trang Bang township, discussing potential Vietnam-China joint ventures.

Ba Den Mountain is set to become a major spiritual landmark, not only with its ancient pagoda system and sacred religious structures but also as the host of world-class cultural and Buddhist events. In 2025, the mountain will host a series of significant ceremonies during the United Nations Day of Vesak, including the procession of Buddha relics from India, the Bodhi trees planting event, and a grand candle-lighting ceremony to pray for world peace. These sacred rituals will transform Ba Den Mountain into a global pilgrimage destination, attracting thousands of Buddhist followers and visitors from around the world.

In 2025, the southwestern province plans to rebuild or renovate 567 houses under its temporary housing eradication plan, including 443 new constructions and 124 repairs, with an estimated budget of over 44.8 billion VND (1.75 million USD).

Tay Ninh is courting investments across six projects in urban development, 15 in housing, 10 in commercial and market infrastructure, two in education and training, 11 in transportation, two in export-import warehousing, nine in agriculture, and three in tourism.

Ba Den Mountain is not only known as the roof of Southern Vietnam but also as a destination rich in historical and cultural significance in the eyes of international travellers. This landmark has been recognised by the world-renowned travel guide Lonely Planet as one of the top 15 must-have experiences when exploring Vietnam. It is also recommended for those looking to delve into history, culture, and fascinating legends in Tay Ninh.

As of January 22, Tay Ninh province housed 394 foreign invested projects worth more than 10.2 billion USD in value.

More than 100 Vietnamese outstanding aquatic sport athletes were honoured at an event held in the southern province of Tay Ninh on December 24.

Police of the southeastern province of Tay Ninh and Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Tboung Khmum provinces on December 16 held a meeting to review their border crime prevention and security cooperation this year and sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on collaboration for the first half of 2025.

Authorities at the Moc Bai international border gate have identified 14 among 410 Vietnamese citizens returning from Cambodia suspected of involvement in online fraud, said the Tay Ninh provincial Border Guard Command on December 13.

An event was held to present 3.5 billion VND (nearly 140,000 USD) to support progammes aimed at eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses and ensuring social welfare, and 1,000 gifts to policy beneficiary and poor households in Tan Chau district, the southern province of Tay Ninh, as the Lunar New Year approaches.

A week-long Vietnam-Japan cultural programme officially commenced on the evening of December 1 atop Ba Den Mountain in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh, marking the first event of its kind in the region.

Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam has expressed a hope that Tay Ninh’s authorities will continue to support Singaporean businesses investing in the southwestern province in the near future.

A ceremony was held in the southern province of Tay Ninh’s Tan Bien district on November 7 to send off four search teams under Military Region 7, who are set to locate and repatriate the remains of fallen Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Cambodia during wartime as part of the 24th dry-season campaign for 2024 - 2025.

The steering committee for the search, collection, identification of fallen soldiers’ remains (Steering Committee 515) of the southern province of Tay Ninh on November 6 signed an agreement to coordinate the search and repatriation of martyrs’ remains during the 2024–2025 dry season with the specialised committees of five provinces of Cambodia.

A delegation from Cambodia’s Tboung KhMum province on November 6 visited the Department of Public Security of the southern border province of Tay Ninh to express their gratitude to the latter’s support in putting out a recent fire in Ponhia Kret district.

The southern border province of Tay Ninh has helped Cambodia’s rescue teams in putting out a fire at a casino in Tbong Khmum province, saving four trapped employees, said the provincial police on November 4.