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These festivals are only available in the northern mountainous region, attracting tourists from all over the world to participate
Festivals only available in the Northern mountainous region such as plum picking, buckwheat festival, etc. bring visitors many interesting experiences when coming here to travel and explore.
Festivals only in the Northern mountainous region attract a large number of tourists
1. Moc Chau plum picking festival
One of the festivals only in the Northern mountainous region that is busy preparing to take place is the plum-picking festival in the Moc Chau plateau. Everyone knows that the land of Moc Chau, Son La province is the “Northern plum capital” – where a lot of plums are grown. If you have missed the pure white plum blossom season, you can come here in May to participate in the unique plum-picking festival.
Moc Chau plum picking festival takes place in May. Photo: @velvet_nguyen155
Moc Chau has many large plum growing areas up to hundreds of hectares, typically Na Ka valley , Mu Nau garden, Pa Khen I sub-zone, etc. In each main plum season, these are the coordinates that attract a large number of people. Tourists visit, take photos and experience directly picking the ripe red plums, which are crispy and sweet from the branches.
This year, this festival takes place on May 22, 2022. Photo: @tranthuylianh
Every year, in May, Moc Chau will hold a plum picking ceremony to honor local products and bring many cultural exchange activities between local residents and visitors. In this 2022, plum picking festival will be held on May 22 in Moc Chau Nong Truong town. This is the time when plums enter the main season, the most delicious fruit, extremely suitable for picking and enjoying.
Visitors can directly pick ripe sweet and crispy plums. Photo: @hannahthanhtruc
Participating in the Moc Chau plum picking festival 2022 is an opportunity for visitors to experience many activities such as plum picking contest, presentation and enjoyment of plums. Besides, visitors can follow the activities of the indigenous people such as camping, performing arts, playing extremely attractive folk games.
Visitors can check-in in the orchards of ripe plums. Photo: @_tthuha_
In particular, when experiencing this festival only in the northern mountainous region, visitors can also enjoy eating ripe plums in the garden, walking in the giant plum garden and taking countless beautiful check-in photos. Of course, you can buy take-out at a good price right in the garden, eat and rest the specialty fruits of Moc Chau land .
2. Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival
If Moc Chau has a plum picking festival, Mu Cang Chai Yen Bai has a terraced field festival held in the ripe rice season. In 2021, due to the Covid-19 situation, the festival will not take place. But before that in 2020, the festival was held in September – right at the time when the Northwest golden season was beautiful and brilliant.
The terraced field festival takes place in the Mu Cang Chai district. Photo: @lonelyplanet_it
The Northern mountainous region has many beautiful terraced fields, and Mu Cang Chai is one of the most impressive places to have appeared in tourist photos of famous magazines in the world. Therefore, domestic and international tourists love this land every year.
This is one of the places with the most beautiful terraced fields in the Northwest. Photo: @vu.thu.thao
Every year from September to October, Mu Cang Chai is dressed in the golden coat of ripe fields. The terraced fields here are planted all over the mountainside, foothills, covering the villages, running along with the far distance, painting a heartbreakingly beautiful picture.
The majestic picture of Mu Cang Chai terraced fields. Photo: @dronemperors
It is thanks to that beautiful beauty that the terraced field festival is held to promote the tangible and intangible cultural values of Yen Bai to domestic and foreign tourists. Traveling to Yen Bai in this festival season, visitors can participate in many activities such as photo exhibitions, trade fairs, food, local community tourism.
Beautiful scenery in the Northwest golden season. Photo: @ fairawaytravel
One of the most attractive activities in the ripe rice season of Mu Cang Chai is the Paragliding Festival, which offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy the golden season from above. In addition, you can also experience with indigenous people in many practical local activities such as going to the fields, participating in traditional art activities.
3. Ha Giang triangular circuit festival
Referring to the festivals only in the Northern mountainous region , the triangular buckwheat festival cannot be ignored. This is one of the big festivals and is loved by tourists, held on cold winter days every year on Dong Van rock plateau, receiving enthusiastic responses from many visitors. 
Buckwheat triangle festival is held in Ha Giang. Photo: @ evivaviaggi
Everyone knows buckwheat is the symbolic flower of Ha Giang city, blooming from October to December every year. The color of pink roses, white moon, a little purple color adorns the landscape of this land more poetic. A majestic, magnificent and dangerous Ha Giang suddenly turns tender with each degree of buckwheat flowers in bloom.
Beautiful buckwheat flower season in Ha Giang. Photo: @dn.ndyb
Coming to Ha Giang in winter, you will find buckwheat fields everywhere. It is also said that this flower is truly the “tourist ambassador” of beautiful Ha Giang. Therefore, the buckwheat flower festival is organized to introduce and promote the unique cultural values and unique geological heritage associated with Ha Giang province. 
Live virtual and relax with the buckwheat flower fields. Photo: @yanbanhbao
The last time the triangular circuit festival was held was in 2020 with many inaugural art program activities, off-road racing tournaments, Northwest culinary culture festival, etc., bringing visitors many experiences. attractive. In 2021 due to the Covid pandemic, the festival did not take place. However, people are looking forward to this Northern festival to return in 2022.
Buckwheat flower is known as the “tourist ambassador” of Ha Giang. Photo: @clary_301
Plum-picking festival, terraced field festival and buckwheat festival are 3 festivals only in the Northern mountainous region but not in other regions of Vietnam. These are festivals held to promote intangible cultural values, promote indigenous tourism to a large number of domestic and international tourists.
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These festivals are only available in the northern mountainous region, attracting tourists from all over the world to participate
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