Some tourist potentials include diversifying tourism types and tourism promotion activities and strengthening tourism cooperation with HCM city and other localities in the region. Bình Dương is now home to ecotourism zones, historical-cultural relics together with traditional craft villages on things such as lacquer, pottery and wooden shoes. According to VOV, eight must-visit places in Bình Dương (mainly in Thủ Dầu Một) are: Phú An bamboo village (Bến Cát) Bình Dương New City Park (Thủ Dầu Một) Hội Khánh Temple (Thủ Dầu Một) Phú Cường Cathedral (Thủ Dầu Một) Tay Tang Pagoda (Thủ Dầu Một) Đại Nam Văn Hiến (Thủ Dầu Một) Thủy Châu tourist site (Dĩ An) Wind and Water Cafe (Thủ Dầu Một) Festival First Full Moon of the New Year Festival (also called Lady Thiên Hậu Pagoda Festival) On this occasion, thousands of visitors flocked into Thủ Dầu Một since the 13th of the first lunar month to celebrate the first full moon on the 15th day of the lunar calendar. During this festival, the pagoda attracts thousands of people each day who come to pray for luck, happiness and success. It is common to see people eating vegan food and drinking water. The First Full Moon of the New Year Festival in Bình Dương was more special than in other provinces and Ho Chi Minh City because local businesses and residents give visitors free food, water and motorbike repair services. Japanese Festival (held in Bình Dương New City) Ky Yen Festival (twice a year on 15 April and in Làyuè of lunar calendar) Ông Bổn Temple Festival (the second day of Zhēngyuè in lunar calendar in spring, and 4 July in lunar calendar in fall) Dragon Boat Rowing Festival on Saigon river (30 April, 1 May, or 2 September) Lái Thiêu Fruit Festival (Thuận An City) International relations Sister cities Bình Dương is twinned with: Daejon, South Korea (17 May 2005) Cooperation and friendship In addition to its twin city, Bình Dương cooperates with: Kratié, Cambodia Champasak, Laos (13 November 2006) Guangzhou, China (21 August 2013) Emilia-Romagna, Italy (16 October 2013) Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (25 December 2014) Eindhoven, Netherlands (16 January 2015) East Flanders, Belgium (14 October 2015) Emmen, Netherlands (17 November 2015) Oryol Oblast, Russia (7 July 2017) Gallery References External links Official Bình Dương province website Bình Dương news website Southeast (Vietnam) Provinces of Vietnam