At the meeting, representatives of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai province reported on the progress of implementing the key contents of the Red River Festival in 2025.
According to the plan, the opening ceremony of the Festival will take place at 8:00 p.m. on November 19, 2025, broadcast live on Vietnam Television, promising to bring a unique art program rich in the identity of the Red River region.
Before and during the event, a series of exciting and attractive cultural and tourism activities will be organized, such as: space for experiencing ethnic culture, displaying culture and tourism of provinces and cities in the Red River basin, performing folk cultural rituals and performing ethnic art of Lao Cai at Dinh Le Square from November 18 to 24, 2025.
At the same time, there is also a fair "Restoration of the ancient Coc Leu market" and a sports exchange program for businessmen and young people in Lao Cai province, creating a vibrant atmosphere and connecting the community.
In addition, the Lao Cai snow tea festival in 2025 will take place on November 21 - 22, 2025, the Red River Golf Festival 2025 will be held on November 22, 2025, and the series of events will be closed with the Hong Ha - Lao Cai (Vietnam) International Cycling Race - One track - Two Countries, taking place from November 28 to 30, 2025.
The entire program promises to bring a large-scale, unique festival, honoring the culture of the Red River region, while contributing to promoting the image of dynamic, integrated and imbued with identity to domestic and international tourists.
At the meeting, delegates from departments, branches and sectors focused on discussing and agreeing on detailed plans for organizing activities; propaganda plans; ensuring security and order, environmental sanitation, urban beautification and welcoming domestic and international delegates.
Concluding the meeting, the Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee requested relevant agencies and units to urgently review and complete the organization plan, ensuring the progress, quality and professionalism of the Red River Festival in 2025.
Ms. Vu Thi Hien Hanh suggested promoting propaganda before, during and after the event through many creative and flexible forms on digital platforms such as TikTok, Zalo, Fanpage, combined with building clips, trailers, and vivid media graphics, to strongly spread the image of the Festival, attracting a large number of tourists inside and outside the province to Lao Cai.
The 2025 Red River Festival is expected to be a large-scale cultural - tourism event, creating a strong impression in promoting the cultural identity of the Red River basin provinces, honoring the beauty of the land and people of Lao Cai, while enhancing the tourism attractiveness and position of the Northwestern localities on the tourism map of Vietnam.
