At the festival (Photo: VNA)YenBai (VNA) – A paragliding festival kicked off at Mu Cang Chaidistrict’s Khau Pha mountain pass of the northwestern province of Yen Bai onSeptember 23, drawing the participation of 111 domestic and foreign pilots.
Thefestival, themed “flying over ripening rice fields”, was part of the Muong LoCulture Tourism Week, which was underway in Nghia Lo town of Yen Bai provinceuntil September 29.
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Thetwo-day festival aimed to honour the beauty of local terraced fields as well asencourage the protection of natural landscape and highlight the hard work oflocal people over the centuries to create the fields.
It isthe biggest annual paragliding event of Vietnam, attracting thousands of peopleto Khau Pha pass, one of the longest mountain passes in Vietnam at more than1,200 metres above sea level.
Vu TienDuc, Chairman of Mu Cang Chai district People’s Committee, said the festivalcontributes greatly to promoting images of Vietnam’s terraced fields andspecialties of the district.
Mu CangChai served an average of about 30,000 visitors each year before and the figurewas 45,000 in 2016.
In May,a paragliding festival was also held in Khau Pha, with 100 paraglidersparticipating in the event as part of the Yen Bai Tourism Year in response tothe 2017 National Tourism Year.-VNA
