Son La, Laos’ Houaphanh province hold tourism, cultural festival
The northern province of Son La and Laos’ Houaphanh province jointly held a tourism and cultural festival in Houaphanh on March 21-23 to promote their popular destinations and the cultures of ethnic groups in the two provinces.
An art performance at the festival (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The northern province of Son Laand Laos’ Houaphanh province jointly held a tourism and culturalfestival in Houaphanh on March 21-23 to promote their popular destinations and the cultures of ethnic groups in the two provinces.
The event helped connect and promote tourism development linksbetween Son La, Houaphanh, and other Vietnamese localities. It offered a chance for the two provinces to together develop unique and attractive tourism products, create jobs, andincrease income for their people, especially those in ethnicminority and border areas.
Festival goers enjoyed art exchangeprogrammes, typical products of the two provinces, and learn about theircultural features, including folk games and cuisine.
The festival took place at a time when the Lao people arepreparing to celebrate their traditional New Year Bunpimay, which is heldannually in mid-April./.
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An art performance at the festival (Photo: VNA)