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Buckwheat Flower Festival returns to Ha Giang in November

The Buckwheat Flower Festival will return to Dong Van district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang, this November, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Duc Quy.
Buckwheat Flower Festival returns to Ha Giang in November ảnh 1Illustration. (Photo: VietnamPlus)
Ha Giang (VNA) – The Buckwheat Flower Festivalwill return to Dong Van district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang,this November, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeTran Duc Quy.

The event will be held on November 26, Quy said, adding thatHa Giang has grown nearly 400 hectares of buckwheat which are expectedto be in blossom from mid-October to late December.

Themed “Karst Plateau Vitality”, this year’s festival will featurea series of side events, including an exhibition of local “One Commune, OneProduct” (OCOP) and signature agricultural products, a marathon named “Runningon Happiness Route”, and an auto and a motorbike race.

There will be a Kayak and a SUP (racing paddle board) race on iconic Nho Que River.   
Visitors can also enjoy the view of a floral road on DongVan ancient street as well as various folk games of ethnic minorities, sportsevents and traditional cuisine.

Buckwheat flowers on the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark havebecome a tourist icon of Ha Giang Province. Not only used as a traditional foodof ethnic people, flowers of the grain also bring a poetic beauty, creating aunique feature in the mountainous highlands./.
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