Viet Nam’s Northwest region has long been an attractive destination for travel lovers as they are welcomed by rolling hills, dense forests, and magnificent waterfalls. Anyone who sets foot in the land is awed by its wild and charming beauty.
A paragliding festival will transpire September 22-24 at the Khau Pha Pass in the district of Mu Cang Chai in northern Yen Bai Province, reports the Ha Noi Moi online newspaper.
The Yen Bai Tourism Year Festival 2017 officially began with the opening ceremony held in Yen Bai City, in the northern Yen Bai Province on the evening of May 19.
Muong Lo Valley in Nghia Lo Township, Yen Bai Province is famous for delicious rice thanks to its fertile soil. Nestled in mountains, the flat valley is the habitat of several ethnic minorities with diverse cultures and customs.
As an important occasion for the Dao Do (red Dao) ethnic community in the northern province of Yen Bai, the harvest festival has been preserved for hundreds of years.
Axe- and chisel-shaped moulds made of stone dating back to the Dong Son civilisation (about 2,000 - 3,000 years ago) have been discovered in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Tourists prefer to visit the northwestern region in the autumn to watch ripen terraced rice fields, indulge in the aroma, and participate in the glutinous young rice festival of the local ethnic groups - Tay, Thai, Nung, Giay, and Mong.
A photo of terraced rice fields by photographer Nguyen Quynh Anh has been named among the top photographs in the evaluation round of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest.
(TITC) - From 12 to 20 September 2015, in Nghia Lo Town and districts of Mu Cang Chai, Van Chan, Tram Tau (Yen Bai Provinve), People’s Committee of Yen Bai Province will organize the Week of Culture and Tourism 2015 in western area of Yen Bai Province with many exciting activities.
Mu Cang Chai, a district of Yen Bai Province in the nation’s northern upland, has become one of the most popular destinations for travelers and photographers to capture beautiful images of terrace rice fields and daily activities of ethnic minority peoples.
Yen Bai province's Nghia Lo town is a destination for those who want to see the culture and daily life in Vietnam's mountainous but spectacular northwestern region.