Lao Cai, Oct. 16 -- The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival 2026 opened in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on the evening of October 16, featuring a grand Xoe dance performance by 2,026 participants. The opening ceremony was attended by Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister; representatives of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and ministries and agencies; and the Ambassadors of Belarus, Laos and India to Vietnam, among others. In his opening remarks, Chairman of the Lao Cai provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Anh said the province regards culture as the spiritual foundation, an endogenous resource and a driving force for sustainable development, with people...