A performance at last year's festival.

After the opening ceremony held in the May 7 Square on Saturday, the festival will feature a number of activities including art performances and exhibitions on local tourism products.

The highlight of this year will be a fashion show on traditional costumes of Dien Bien’s ethnic groups, which is expected to draw the participation of many local artisans, in a bid to introduce traditional culture of ethnic groups in Vietnam and Dien Bien in particular.

There will also be a pack-bike competition where participants push pack-bikes carrying food from the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument to the Hill D relic site. This activity aims to illustrate the Dien Bien Phu Operation of the Vietnamese people and army in 1954.

The annual Ban Flower Festival honors and promotes the natural beauty, cultural heritage and ethnic groups of the province.