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Dien Bien: Pa Khoang hosts second cherry blossom festival

Thousands of visitors flocked to the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien for the second cherry blossom festival that kicked off in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, on January 12.
Dien Bien: Pa Khoang hosts second cherry blossom festival ảnh 1An art performance at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Dien Bien (VNA) – Thousands of visitorsflocked to the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien for the secondcherry blossom festival that kicked off in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Biendistrict, on January 12.

The two-day festival features an array of activities, including Vietnamese andJapanese cultural and artistic performances, folk games and a farm producemarket.

Special dishes of Vietnam’s northwestern region and Japanese tea culture areintroduced on this occasion.

Nguyen Huu Khoi, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dien Bien district, saidthe festival aims to honour the beauty and values of cherry blossom - a symbolof Japan, and preserve and promote values of cultural heritage of Dien Bienprovince.

The festival helps promote land, people and tourism potential of Dien Bienprovince, enhance solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Japan, and luremore Japanese investments in Vietnam, he added.

It forms part of activities marking the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phuvictory and the 110th founding anniversary of Dien Bien province, according tothe official. -VNA


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