At Lang Van Parish in Ninh Binh, visitors arriving during this year’s Christmas festivities are greeted not only by the largest church in Vietnam - built on a 14,000m² campus - but also by a monumental stone grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. Lang Van Church at night. The stone grotto spans 500m² and rises 25 meters high, constructed using 6,250m³ of large slate rocks transported from the former Ha Nam province. The massive grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes inside Lang Van Church. Lang Van Church itself was founded in 2015 and completed after ten years of construction.

Source: VietNamNet News December 24, 2025 06:34 UTC