On the evening of March 14, the opening ceremony of the 2025 Ban Flower Festival and the 8th Provincial Ethnic Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival (Fest, Festival) took place at Dien Bien Provincial Stadium.
Attending were Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; along with representatives of central ministries, branches and leaders of many localities across the country...

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Le Thanh Do - Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee - said that the festival and festival, with many attractive activities, will contribute to preserving, honoring and promoting the traditional cultural values of the community of 19 ethnic groups in Dien Bien province, promoting the natural beauty, cultural beauty, and tourism potential of Dien Bien in particular and the Northwest region in general to the majority of people in the country and international friends.
"This is also an opportunity for Dien Bien to continue promoting the advantages of land, people, and natural conditions to attract tourists, and strengthen the promotion of tourism's potential" - Mr. Le Thanh Do said.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized that coming to Dien Bien province is coming to a place with majestic natural beauty. Unique cultural features of the ethnic groups in the Northwest region with the scenery of mountains and forests.
The Deputy Prime Minister suggested that in the coming time, Dien Bien province should focus on a number of tasks such as: developing tourism in a professional, modern, focused and key direction; promoting and enhancing the brand to make the Ban flower festival truly attractive, becoming an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists; promoting cooperation with provinces in the region and international partners to promote the value and image of ban flower flowers...

After the opening ceremony, there is the art program "Dien Bien - mau ban sang", including 3 chapters: "Touching the memory region", "Censence of the scent of the scent", " mo len quintessence - Rising brilliantly".
Through each performance, the image of the ban flower is depicted as a symbol of life, culture and the indomitable spirit of the people of Dien Bien.
For the first time, a music festival was held right after the art program, bringing excitement and modernity to the festival. Famous artists participating in the program such as Tung Duong, Double2T, Ngo Lan Huong... brought newly arranged hits with strong Northwest feel, attracting the attention of a large audience.