Located at the gateway to the Northwestern region, Yen Bai is home to 30 ethnic groups, each with its own unique cultural characteristics. Over the years, the province has focused on preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of its ethnic groups in conjunction with tourism development. This approach has helped local people maintain their cultural identity, while also providing a boost to tourism and contributing to improving the lives of the local population.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the need to align socio-economic development with the task of ensuring national defence and security while presiding over a conference on ensuring security and order to support socioeconomic development in the northwestern region and surrounding areas on March 24.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed that the northwestern region holds a specially important strategic position in terms of politics, socio-economy, national defence, security, ecological environment, and foreign relations. It serves as the "northern gateway" of the country, directly linked to the cause of building and safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ho Chi Minh City will step up efforts to strengthen travel linkages with the expanded northwestern region to develop more unique tourism products, according to its Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City and eight provinces in the expanded northwestern region hosted 69.2 million visitors in 2023, accounting for 105% of the set target and up nearly 28% year-on-year, heard a conference held in Lao Cai province on December 25 to review their tourism cooperation programme.
The first culture and tourism week of Vietnam’s northwestern region and Ho Chi Minh City kicked off in the Lao province of Luang Prabang on October 25.
Terraced fields and the culture linked with them are considered a “specialty” of the northwestern region, but comprehensive investment strategies and development measures are needed to fully capitalise on this tourism resource, experts said.
A culture and tourism week of Vietnam’s northwestern region and Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to take place for the first time in the Lao province of Luang Prabang from October 25 to 27.
The art of Xoe dance symbolises the beauty, artistic value, and culture of the Thai ethnic minority group in the Northwestern region comprising Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Son La and Dien Bien provinces.
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.
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.
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.
A series of festivals organised by different ethnic minority groups from the country’s northwestern region are taking place at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.
Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations (UN), laid stress on the significance of seeking political solutions and diplomatic efforts to restore peace in Syria while speaking at the UN Security Council’s session on February 19.
The northwest cuisine and cultural space festival opened at the Sun World Fansipan Legend tourism site, Sa Pa town in the mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 8.
