The balloon festival scheduled to take place from September 2 – 4 will showcase a total of 14 colourful hot air balloons which feature numerous distinctive shapes and colours.
The highlight of the event will be a national flag salute ceremony which will be held on September 2 to celebrate National Day. Hot air balloons will raise a 200 square metre national flag into the sky in Tri Ton district of An Giang.
The organisers will also hold a music gala on a walking street in order to help tourists discover the beauty of the local area at night.
Ba Vi National Park bright like the sun with wild sunflowers
The vastness of Ba Vi National Park is lit up every year from November to December by wild sunflowers, which are also a tell-tale sign that winter is upon us. With thousands of visitors coming every day, Hanoi authorities are mapping out a plan to make sunflower season a new and unique tourism product of the capital.