(Photo: Sunny Tran)

The Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival is part of the Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week, taking place Friday to next Wednesday.

This is a major annual event in Yen Bai province, attracting thousands of visitors.

A visitor takes photos with some Mu Cang Chai children. (Photo: Doan Nguyen)

The Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival features Yen Bai’s local specialties and culture. The event promotes sustainable economic and tourism development.

A young girl’s smile is as sunny as the ripe yellow rice fields below her. (Photo: Phan Hai)

(Photo: Sunny Tran)

(Photo: Bui Trung Hanh)

(Photo: Mai Nhung)

(Photo: Sunny Tran)

Lim Mong vally (Photo: Don Tran)

A highlight of the festival will be the 6th Paragliding Festival themed “Flying over yellow fields”. Paragliders flying over Khau Pha pass will get a bird’s-eye view of vast yellow rice fields flanked by green mountains.

(Photo: Dang Thai Duong)

Khau Pha pass, one of the 4 highest passes in Vietnam, provides a panoramic view of Lim Mong valley.

(Photo: Vu Nguyen)

The paragliding festival “Flying over yellow fields” is an annual event hosted by the VietWings Hanoi Paragliding Club since 2013.

Photographers from all over Vietnam are drawn to the harvest season in Mu Cang Chai and its associated cultural activities. (Photo: Photo Group 9194)