Mu Cang Chai is home to nearly 83,000 hectares of forest, including almost 60,000 hectares of unspoiled natural woodland. Recognising this potential, local authorities have embraced a holistic strategy that protects biodiversity while promoting tourism.
As tradition dictates, on the last day of the first lunar month each year, the Mong ethnic people in Na Hau commune, Van Yen district, Yen Bai province, eagerly gather at village centres to celebrate the forest worship ceremony, also known as the forest festival. This annual event is held to express gratitude to the forest deities for their blessings over the past year and to set new commitments for forest protection in the year ahead.
The Mong Panpipe Festival and To day Flower Festival opened in Mu Cang Chai town, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on December 27, attracting a large number of locals and tourists.
The Xen Dong festival, known as the forest worship ritual, of the Thai in Nghia Lo town in the northern province of Yen Bai, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Along with building new-style rural areas, the Tay ethnic minority group in Khanh Thien commune, Luc Yen district, in the northern province of Yen Bai have, paid attention to preserving a traditional festival in a bid to promote their cultural traits.
To meet the adventure tourism needs of visitors to mountainous Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai province, driving off-road ATVs, or all-terrain vehicles, is being trialled as a tourism offering.
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.
Mu Cang Chai terrace fields in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been included into the list of the 50 most beautiful places in the world in 2020 by Big 7 Travel.
A project on child drowning prevention carried out in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has reaped positive results, according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The light reflects on the water mingling with the sunlight, and the green of the young seedlings creates a mesmerising picture on the terraced fields in KhauPha valley, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province.
When we talk about weekends, we might think about getting away or a cozy family gathering. However, civil servants in Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province have a different way of spending their weekends.
The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 27 held a workshop to review the implementation of the project “Ending Violence against Children” (EVAC) which was launched in the province in 2016 for the period until 2020.
Ancient shan tuyet tea trees in Sung Do commune, Van Chan district of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been recognised as Vietnam’s heritage trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).
Tu Le ‘Com’ (young sticky rice flake) festival took place on September 22 in Tu Le commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, attracting many locals and visitors.
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.
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.
The northern province of Yen Bai has attracted tourism investment from two major groups worth nearly 7.7 trillion VND (333.24 million USD) since the start of 2019, said the provincial Department of Planning and Investment. b
