Dien Bien province is set to host the 2025 Ban (Bauhinias) Flower Festival and the eighth Cultural, Sports, and Tourism Festival of Ethnic Groups from March 13-16.

March 13

• All day: Sports Competition: Throwing Con, Pounding Rice Cake
  Location: Relic area of Dien Bien Phu stronghold center (De Castries bunker)
• Afternoon: Volunteer activity program within the framework of the 2025 Ban Flower Beauty Contest
  Location: Dien Bien Province General Social Protection Facility
• 20:00: Performing the live show "U Va Legend" and Thai ethnic folk culture
  Location: U Va Village, Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Dien Bien
• 20:00: Opening of the Highland Cultural Space and Cultural, Sports and Tourism activities
  Location: Relic area of Dien Bien Phu Base Group Center (De Castries Tunnel)

March 14

• All day: Festival of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of all ethnic groups
  Location: Hoa Ban Hall, Dien Bien Phu Cultural Exchange and Tourism Information Center
• All day: Performance, introduction of excerpts from festivals, traditional cultural rituals of ethnic groups
• From 16:00: Incense offering ceremony at the Martyrs' Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield
  Location: Martyrs Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield
• From 19:20: Ceremony of the 2025 Ban Flower Festival and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival
  Location: Dien Bien Province Stadium

March 15

• All day: Sports Competition: Tug of War, Crossbow Shooting
  Location: Relic area of Dien Bien Phu stronghold center (De Castries bunker)
• All day: Contest to introduce culture and tourism of districts, towns, and cities
  Location: Highland Cultural Space Organization Area
• Morning: Sports competitions: pushing bicycles, loading ammunition, pulling cannons
  Location: Relic area of Dien Bien Phu stronghold center (De Castries bunker)
• 19:45: Street parade with the theme "Colors of Dien Bien"
  Location: Main roads of Dien Bien Phu City
• All day: Preliminary round of the 2025 Ban Flower Beauty Contest
  Location: Hoa Ban Hall, Dien Bien Phu Cultural Exchange and Tourism Information Center
• 20:00: Live show "U Va Legend" and Thai ethnic folk culture
  Location: U Va Village, Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Dien Bien Province

March 16

• 20:00: Final of the 2025 Ban Flower Beauty Contest
  Location: Dien Bien Province Stadium

March 10-16

• All day: Organizing the program "Presstrip" in districts, towns, and cities in the province

March 13-16

• All day: Highland cultural space
  Location: Relic area of Dien Bien Phu stronghold center (De Castries bunker)
• All day: Activities to display, promote and introduce cultural and tourism products
  Location: Dien Bien Phu Cultural Exchange and Tourism Information Center (next to De Castries Tunnel)
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