The biggest rose festival in the northwestern region is underway from April 27 to May 30 at Vietnam’s largest rose valley in Sa Pa town, a major tourist destination in Lao Cai province.
A host of different folk games and arts performances have been organised as part of the Ban Flower (or Bauhinia Flower) Festival 2023 and the 7th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of ethnic minority groups in northwestern Dien Bien province.
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Muong Te district in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau at about 4.49 am on March 3 without posing any risk of natural hazards, according to the Institute of Geophysics.
The 15th edition of the cultural, sports, and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups in the Northwestern region has wrapped up in Phu Tho province, leaving spectators with unforgettable memories.
Hoang Su Phi is a mountainous district located in the western reaches of the northwestern province of Ha Giang. It boasts spectacular landscapes of gigantic mountains and terraced rice fields.
When it comes to terraced rice fields in northern mountainous Hoa Binh province, those in Mien Doi in Lac Son district must be mentioned. These are impressive man-made works of the people of Lac Son in particular and of Vietnam’s northwestern region at large.
Ambassadors to Argentina from ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, have had a working visit to Catamarca province in a bid to step up trade-investment between the bloc and northwestern Argentine provinces.
The famous “Xoe” dance in Vietnam is believed to date back at least 10 centuries. It began innocently as the simple movements of holding hands in the hope of bringing people together as night falls in mountainous areas. The dance gradually became a regular performance during community events. It grew and has turned into a famous dance of Thai ethnic people in the northwestern region.
More than 15,200 women in the northwestern provinces of Lao Cai and Son La will be provided with opportunities to engage in economic development via the Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) programme.
At a height of about 2,800 metres above sea level and set in a magnificent mountain range, Ta Xua commune in Bac Yen district, Son La province, has become an attractive tourist destination in recent times for adventure lovers. The land is also known as one of the most fascinating “cloud hunting” paradises in the northwestern region.
The rainy season festival, called “De khu cha”, is one of the seven major traditional festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic group in the northwestern mountainous region of Vietnam.
“Com” (young sticky rice flakes), made from Tu Le glutinous rice grown in terraced fields of Van Chan and Mu Cang Chai districts in the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai, has gained a high reputation thanks to its unique green colour and special taste.
Without good conditions like their peers in lowland areas, children in the mountainous northwestern region still enjoy an unaffected and joyful life with home-made toys.
The northwestern provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien and China’s Yunnan province have agreed to enhance cooperation in the time ahead with a view to building a borderline of peace, stability and friendship.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan on March 8 had a working session with the Board of Directors of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), discussing measures to promote research exchange activities and cooperation in business training, and popularise Vietnam’s business and investment climate.
A space showcasing the distinctive cultural traits of ethnic minority groups in the northern mountainous province of Son La opened in downtown Hanoi recently, in an attempt to attract visitors to the northwest region in general and Son La in particular.
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