The 2013 Sa Pa in the Cloud festival will be held from April 26 to May 5, the Sa Pa District People's Committee has said.

The event will feature a large number of cultural and sporting activities including folk cultural festive days at the Ham Rong tourist site.

A Cat Cat village culture festival and a Mong ethnic pan-pipe competition will also be featured.

A decision to make Sa Pa a Class-Four town will be announced at the festival.-VNS