Key events held within the festival include the opening ceremony, and the Cherry Blossom and Yên Tử yellow apricot blossom festival. In preparation for the festival, investments have been made into infrastructure in the Yen Tu spiritual tourism site.
The province has also completed the first phase of the Yên Tử festival tourism service centre, which features Trúc Lâm palace, a Zen village, a pilgrimage village and the King monk Trần Nhân Tông museum.
Last year, the Yen Tu relic site attracted about 2 million visitors, including 250,000 foreigners.
