🥃 Dong Cuong Temple Festival recognised as National Intangible Cultural Heritage
The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province held a ceremony on February 1 to announce the recognition of Dong Cuong Temple Festival in Van Yen district as a national intangible cultural heritage.
🔜 100 pilots join Khau Pha paragliding festival in Yen Bai
The Khau Pha Paragliding Festival kicked off in Mu Cang Chai district, the northern province of Yen Bai on September 25, attracting 100 local and international pilots.
𝔍 PM stresses shared responsibility for promoting Xoe Thai
A ceremony to receive the UNESCO certificate recognizing Xoe Thai as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held in Nghia Lo town, the northwestern province of Yen Bai, on September 24.
♍ PM stresses shared responsibility for promoting Xoe Thai
Xoe Thai, the unique folk dance of Vietnam’s Thai ethnic minority group, represents the convergence of cultural beauty, therefore, promoting the art is the shared responsibility of all Vietnamese, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
🐼 Free tickets to UNESCO ceremony honouring art of Xoe Thai
Due to the number of people interested in attending an event to celebrate UNESCO recognising the art of Thai ethnic group’s Xoe dance as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, free tickets are only available on request, the organising committee announced.
🤡 Paragliders enjoy spectacular flights over Mu Cang Chai terraced fields
Dozens of professional Vietnamese and foreign paragliding pilots will gather to showcase their spectacular and innovative paragliding skills in Mu Cang Chai, home of one of the 10 most beautiful terraced rice fields in the world.
Pay Tai festival held in Yen Bai
Pay Tai is a traditional festival of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups. In Lam Thuong commune, Luc Yen district, in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, the festival this year was held on a large scale to promote the cultural values of local ethnic groups and to attract tourists.
ဣ Over 2,000 people to perform Xoe Thai dance in Yen Bai in September
Over 2,000 people will join a Xoe dance performance of Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, which is slated for September this year.
ꦺ Over 6,300 artifacts excavated at Yen Bai’s archaeological site
More than 6,300 artifacts, have been found in excavations at the archaeological site Ben Mau A in Van Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, since September 2000, according to the provincial Museum.
ꩵ New prehistoric archaeological site discovered in Yen Bai
Experts from the museum of northern Yen Bai province have found a cultural relic site belonging to the Late Stone Age (pre-Hoa Binh Culture period) in Ngoi Sen village, Van Tien commune of Yen Bai city.
ꦯ Tuan Quan – Extremely valuable prehistoric archaeological site
Archaeologists have discovered findings with cultural values of the prehistoric period in Vietnam through an urgent archaeological excavation of Tuan Quan relic site in northern Yen Bai province, which confirms that the site is a particularly rare and precious relic belonging to the late Stone Age and feudal periods.
ജ Visitors flock to Mother Goddess worshipping festival in Yen Bai
A festival centring on the Vietnamese Mother Goddess worshipping opened in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on October 26, drawing large crowds of practitioners and visitors.
🌸 Muong Lo Culture & Tourism Festival 2019 receives big US awards
Vietnam’s Newday Media JSC has recently won a gold prize in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Travel & Tourism category of the 17th Stevie Awards for its organisation of the Muong Lo Culture & Tourism Festival 2019.
🌟 More ancient slabs with engravings of terraced fields found in Yen Bai
Six ancient slabs engraved with images of terraced fields were found in Lao Chai commune, Mu Chang Chai district, in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, in July.
🍷 Yen Bai to host Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival
Activities to mark the National Day (September 2) and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai between August 29 and October 18.
🦂 New Year customs of Red Dao ethnic people in Yen Bai province
Like other ethnic groups in Vietnam, Red Dao ethnic group has their unique tradition for celebrating Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival.
𒉰 Paragliding festival returns to Yen Bai province
A paragliding festival opened in Mu Cang Chai district’s Lim Mong village, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, on September 21, impressing thousands of visitors.
Paragliding festival returns Yen Bai province
The paragliding festival which opened in Mu Cang Chai district’s Lim Mong village, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, on September 21 has impressed thousands of domestic and foreign visitors to the locality those days.
Muong Lo tourism-culture week opens in Yen Bai
The 2019 Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival kicked off on September 20 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, featuring a chain of exciting activities.
Ancient tea tree in Yen Bai honoured
A ceremony was held in Suoi Giang commune, Van Chan district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 20 to honour ancient tea tree, as part of the Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Week.