Biggest Mong festival set to begin

 Gau Tao, the biggest festival of the Mong ethnic people, will be open to tourists in 2016, according to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the northern Lao Cai Province.

The department said the biggest ever celebration of the Gau Tao, recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage, would be celebrated on the 10th of the first lunar month in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai.

Mong people living in Ha Giang, Yen Bai, and Lai Chau will join the event.

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