300 artists and students from 12 ethnic groups will take part in the event.

The New Year market fair of the Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang province will be re-created during the festival. Here visitors will taste local dishes, enjoy folk music and games, and get acquainted with ethnic minority culture.

Nguyen Thanh Son, an official of the National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, said, "We have organized festivals celebrating National Day on September 2 for 4 consecutive years. The highlight is the mountain market fair where ethnic people sell their specialties and engage in exchanges to enhance unity.”

There will be a photo exhibition featuring the life of people on the Dong Van Karst Plateau. A pair of pan-pipes, 7 meters tall, created by Mong artisans who live in the Culture Village, will be on display.

A traditional boat race of Phu Tho province will be re-enacted, demonstrating the martial spirit and resilience of Vietnamese people and rekindling the spirit of "remembering the source of the water we drink”.

Nguyen Thanh Son said, "The festival intends to bring together the people of the mountains and the people of the plains. The market fair of the Dong Van Karst Plateau will include a Mong panpipe festival and Phu Tho boat racing.”

The organizing board will reenact a full-moon festival of the Dao ethnic people in Ba Vi district to pay tribute to the deceased. Two historical documentary films – "Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh” and "Motherland gives us all” – will be screened.

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