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The Opening Ceremony with the theme "Experience Pa Khoang - Admire Cherry Blossoms" will be held from 8:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., on 12th January 2024 at 7th May Square, Dien Bien Phu City and broadcast live on the radio and television stations of Dien Bien Province, livestream on digital platforms.
Activities taking place within the framework of the festival at Hoa Island, Pa Khoang Commune, Dien Bien Phu City as planned include: Vietnam - Japan cultural exchange performance; wine party "Sake - Mong Pe" and "Thang Co Hotpot - Oden Hotpot"; Culinary contest "Flavours of Dien Bien"; Vegetable and Fruit market and exhibition of high quality agricultural products and display of OCOP products, introduction of cultural and tourism products.
The Cherry Blossom Festival also holds exchange activities and sports competitions such as: The "Dien Bien Phu Marathon 2024" running tournament with an expected scale of about 1,500 athletes participates; Open KAYAK Boat Race.
Experiential activities include: Experiencing folk games, with traditional and folk games of Vietnam's ethnic groups such as toss còn, pao (a ball made of red, black, white fabric, sewn into squares, stuffed with cotton seeds, rice seeds and a little rice husk. The ball is attached with 5 coloured tassels, four tassels at the four corners and the bottom string, symbolising the dragon's body, with nine staggered tassels attached); and experiencing Japanese games such as playing cards (Karuta), playing badminton (Hanetsuki); displaying, experiencing Japanese cultural space, experiencing traditional KIMONO costumes, tea ceremony and cake making (Japanese Mochi).
The Cherry Blossom Festival - Dien Bien Phu 2024 is an activity that contributes to strengthening comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in the spirit of strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia; strengthen friendly relations and mutual understanding between the people of the two countries in general and with Dien Bien Province in particular.
At the same time, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Vietnam (21st September 1973 - 21st September 2023), commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (7th May 1954 - 7th May 2024); 115 years of establishment of Dien Bien Province (28th June 1909 - 28th June 2024) and 75 years since the founding of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee (10th October 1949 - 10th October 2024).
* Tourism Information Technology Center
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