The festival will comprise a wide range of activities such as an art programme to open the festival, a ‘banh day’ (round sticky rice cake) making contest, folk games, a photo exhibition featuring the beauty of Mu Cang Chai, booths showcasing OCOP (One Commune One Product) products, and paragliding experience.

Visitors can also experience tours connecting Son La’s Muong La, Lao Cai province’s Sa Pa, and Yen Bai’s Tram Tau and Van Chan with Mu Cang Chai.

The best places to contemplate hawthorn flowers in Mu Cang Chai district are Nam Khat, Lung Cung, Hang Gang, Hu Tru Linh, and Trong Tong. Visitors can also visit the Mong ethnic group’s villages, De Xu Phinh pine hills and Che Tao primeval forest; conquer Lung Cung mount peak and Dinosaur spine, and watch sunrise and sunset at tourism sites.

The festival is organised to realise contents of linkages and cooperation in agricultural and tourism development associated with ethnic culture preservation in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding No. 01 dated November 4, 2022 of the Party Committees of Muong La, Bac Yen, Mu Cang Chai, Tram Tau and Van Chan districts.

It also aims to honour the beauty of hawthorn flowers in Nam Nghiep hamlet in Ngoc Chien commune; promote tourist attractions to contemplate this kind of flower in Nam Khat, Nam Co, Lao Chai and La Pan Tan communes of Mu Cang Chai district, thus creating a supply chain of tourism products, forming open tours inside and outside the province, and contributing to attracting more visitors.