The Bat Xat Fall Festival 2018 opened on August 19 and will run through September 1. Local people and visitors can join in a number of exciting activities, including climbing mountains, visiting waterfalls and terraced rice fields and exploring village fairs. 

A parachute show and a tour of silver carving village will be held for the first time as part of the event. 

 The festival aims to promote the distinctive culture of ethnic people in Lao Cai province and tourist attractions in Bat Xat, a mountainous border district that is blessed with a large area of primitive forest and a rich diversity of flora and fauna.-VNA