The Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will take place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on October 12-14, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Duong Van Tien has said.
Terraced field in Mu Cang Chai province (Photo: VNA)
Many activities will be arranged in the week, including art
performances, exhibitions, and a Muong Lo cake festival, among others.
Accordingly, the Miss Muong Lo contest is slated for October 12, while a
carnival with the participation of 100 artists and an art performance will take
place the next day.
Notably, the "Yen Bai - Heritage Journey” programme which will start on October
13 morning will be a highlight of the events.
Meanwhile, the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will also feature various
activities, such as a contest of H’Mong panpipe performance, a goat fight,
community tourism activities and a photo exhibition on terraced paddy fields by
domestic famous photographers.
Earlier, Yen Bai decided to suspend all recreational activities in the
province, including the Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai
Terraced Field Festival, due to President Tran Dai Quang’s sudden passing.
Mu Cang Chai has 500 hectares of rice terraces in La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and De
Xu Phinh communes, cultivated by the H'mong people for centuries. The local
terraces are among the 2,500 hectares recognised as national heritage sites in
2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The locality is about 1,000 metres above sea level, making it impossible to
grow rice the same way as in the plain. Local residents grow rice in terraced
fields to make the full use of the limited water flow.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful year-round. Visitors in March can
see glittering ponds before locals start to cultivate rice between April and
May. After May, the hills are covered in green until the fields start to turn
golden with ripening rice in early September.
During the harvest in October, the golden rice fields stand out amidst green
forests.
Source: VNA
Currently, the tourism products of Yen Thuy district are mainly the festival and spiritual tourism. In addition to ensuring a civilized lifestyle in the religious activities, the party committees and the local authorities at all levels always focus on preserving the value of historical, cultural relics and festivals associated with exploiting tourism strengths.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.