Ha Giang (VNA) – A peach blossomfestival is taking place at Dong Van stone plateau in Meo Vac district of thenorthern mountainous province of Ha Giang.
The event was opened with an art exchangeprogramme on February 21.
Tourists can take the chance to visit poeticpeach blossom gardens in Thao Chu Lung hamlet, Ta Lung commune, and join in dancingand singing with local people, or tasting traditional dishes of Mong ethnic people.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Meo Vacdistrict Tran Quang Minh said the festival creates an opportunity for thedistrict to promote the local land, people, culture, and tourism.
It will help strengthen solidarity, friendshipand cooperation, and promote investment of domestic and foreign businesses andorganisations, he added.
Spreading over the four mountainous districts ofQuan Ba, Yen Minh, Meo Vac and Dong Van in the north of Ha Giang, Dong Vanplateau is blessed with beautiful nature and cultural diversity from ethnicminority groups.
The plateau was recognised as a member of theGlobal Network of National Geoparks in 2010, becoming Vietnam’s firstgeological park and the second in Southeast Asia.-VNA
Nearly 5,500 domestic and foreign holiday-makers made visits to Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo-Park in the northern province of Ha Giang during the nine-day lunar New Year (Tet) festival, generating over 5.5 billion VND (235,000 USD) for the tourism sector.
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 1 held a ceremony to welcome the first foreign visitors to its Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark.
The Prime Minister has recently given the green light to a tourism development master plan for Dong Van Karst Plateau national tourism site in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang until 2025 with a vision towards 2030.
Festivals featuring peach flowers and the culture of the H’mong ethnic group will be held in Meo Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from February 21 – 22.
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Peach blossom in Ha Giang (Source: internet) 
