As a gateway of the northern region of Vietnam with many special tourism products, the northern province of Yen Bai has prepared activities for the Lao Cai – Northwest National Tourism Year 2017.
Yen Bai (VNA) – As agateway of the northern region of 𝐆Vietnam with many special tourism products, thenorthern pro🅺vince of Yen Bai has prepared activities for the Lao Cai – NorthwestNational Tourism Year 2017.
Cultural events for NationalTourism Year are ready to be held across the province in the middle of May,said Nguyen Anh Tien, Chief of Culture and Information Dvision of Van Yendistrict. A festival worshipping the MotherGoddess of Mountain and Forest, one of the highlights of this year’s event inYen Bai, will be held in Dong Cuong temple in Van Yen district for the firsttime. It is hoped to provide locals and visitors a new access to a typical culturalheritage of Vietnam. Van Yen district will also host activitiesthat introduce local food, costumes and rituals. In other localities, Muong LoTourism Week and Mu Cang Chai Terraced Fields Festival will be held inSeptember, with a wide range of activities such as street festival, photocontest and a trade fair. Events to introduce community andadventure tourism are also set to take place in Van Chan and Mu Cang Chaidistricts. Dai Minh Grapefruit Festival andboat racing competition on Thac Ba Lake are slated for early October. The province will coordinate withother provinces to promote spiritual tourism as part of a programme to developthis kind of tourism along the Red River, said Tran Thuy Luu, Head of TourismManagement Division, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The activities aim to attractmore domestic and international visitors to Yen Bai province while creatingbreakthroughs in tourism and contributing to local development. They will also provide opportunitiesfor tourism cooperation between northwestern provinces and other localities nationwide.- VNA
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Rice terraced field in Yen Bai (Photo: VNA) 
