The Khau Pha Paragliding Festival kicked off in Mu Cang Chai district, the northern province of Yen Bai on September 25, attracting 100 local and international pilots.
A ceremony to receive the UNESCO certificate recognizing Xoe Thai as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held in Nghia Lo town, the northwestern province of Yen Bai, on September 24.
The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai would develop rapidly and sustainably with its potential, advantages and opportunities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told local officials on September 25.
Xoe Thai, the unique folk dance of Vietnam’s Thai ethnic minority group, represents the convergence of cultural beauty, therefore, promoting the art is the shared responsibility of all Vietnamese, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 24 visited the construction sites of several key socio-economic infrastructure projects in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Due to the number of people interested in attending an event to celebrate UNESCO recognising the art of Thai ethnic group’s Xoe dance as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, free tickets are only available on request, the organising committee announced.
Dozens of professional Vietnamese and foreign paragliding pilots will gather to showcase their spectacular and innovative paragliding skills in Mu Cang Chai, home of one of the 10 most beautiful terraced rice fields in the world.
Over 2,000 people will join a Xoe dance performance of Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, which is slated for September this year.
Residents in Van Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, have enjoyed substantially improved livelihood thanks to cinnamon cultivation.
Officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health paid a working visit to Dai Son commune in the northern province of Yen Bai’s Van Yen district on January 12 and 13 to inspect COVID-19 vaccination and school health.
Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in the northern province of Yen Bai on November 15 to announce the recognition of Tan Hop commune as a new-style rural area and launch the festival of great national unity 2021.
Modernisation and industrialisation are breathing new life into ethnic minorities in remote Mu Cang Chai district in the northern mountain province of Yen Bai. However, it is also threatening many traditional cultural and economic activities, particularly the local handicraft of bamboo and rattan weaving of the Mong ethnic minority people.
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