The 2017 Hoa Ban festival and fifth Dien Bien Culture, Sports and Tourism festival will be held from March 11th to 14th in response to the 2017 National Tourism Day in Lao Cai and Northwestern region.
The opening ceremony will be organized on March 12th at May 7th Square. Accordingly, the events will cover major activities such as: traditional cultural exhibition of Dien Bien’s ethnic minority groups, folk-song and dance and traditional music festival of ethnic groups, folk culture performances, book exhibition, sporting competition and games.
This year’s festival will highlight “Hoa Ban Beauty Pageant” with the participation of competitors from eight expanded Northwestern provinces (Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Phu Tho and Ha Giang) and carriage bicycle racing.
Specifically, the reappearance of the carriage bicycle racing in the Hoa Ban festival aims to help participants and tourists understand the contributions of people in the Dien Bien Phu campaign.