Highlights of Yen Chau Mango Festival

(PLVN) - On May 30, the People's Committee of Yen Chau district, Son La province organized the Mango Festival and the Ceremony to announce the Decision to recognize Vietnamese Heritage Trees in 2025.

The Mango Festival is an annual activity organized by the People's Committee of Yen Chau district since 2017. This year, Yen Chau continues to choose Kha village, Sap Vat commune as the location for the main activities of the Festival. This is a village with great potential and advantages for developing community tourism , with dozens of hectares of ancient round mango trees hundreds of years old and located in the geographical indication area.

Here, traditional stilt houses are preserved and unique cultural features of the Thai ethnic group are preserved, such as the Dong Sua Festival; folk singing, performing traditional musical instruments; maintaining traditional crafts...

Mango picking contest.

This year's mango festival takes place over 3 days from May 30 to June 1, including a series of rich and attractive activities. Highlights include mango picking contests, xoè dance contests, ethnic costume performances, dexterity contests, folk games, visiting and experiencing mango gardens, reenacting the Dong Sua Festival; displaying booths introducing agricultural products, handicrafts typical of communes and towns...

Delegates attending Yen Chau Mango Festival.

Yen Chau is one of the districts with the largest mango area in Son La province, with over 3,300 hectares of mango, the output in 2025 is estimated to reach over 26,000 tons, with varieties of round mango, native mango, Australian mango, Taiwanese mango, Yen Chau mango has become a symbol of special agricultural products of Son La land, with characteristic flavor, beautiful shape, thin skin, sweet, highly appreciated by domestic and foreign markets.

The mango picking competition brought a bustling atmosphere to the festival.

Speaking at the opening of the Festival, Mr. Lu Van Cuong, Chairman of Yen Chau District People's Committee emphasized: Mango Festival is an opportunity to promote and advertise Yen Chau Mango brand and honor mango growers; contribute to introducing the land and people of Yen Chau to a large number of friends and tourists inside and outside the province, promote products, connect trade, promote investment, promote production - consumption linkage; create a premise to promote tourism in Yen Chau district to develop commensurate with the potential and advantages of the district.

Many people and tourists come to experience the festival.

The leader of Yen Chau district said: In the coming time, Yen Chau district will continue to promote the strength of mango growing areas, expand the area, promote production according to VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards; improve the quality of processing, packaging, branding and promote exports - towards the goal of building "Yen Chau Mango - a national agricultural product brand".

The festival featured many unique cultural activities.

The highlight of this year's program is the Ceremony to announce the decision and award certificates of recognition for 5 Vietnamese heritage trees of Yen Chau district, including: Tamarind tree, mango tree in Kha village, Sap Vat commune; banyan tree in Luong village and a group of 9 tea trees in On Oc village, Muong Lum commune; and dracontomelon tree in Na Nga village, Chieng Hac commune. This is not only a biological and environmental recognition, but also a profound testament to the cultural - historical - spiritual value of mango trees in the life of the ethnic communities of Yen Chau.

A performance imbued with the traditional culture of the Thai people of Yen Chau.

Quoc Dinh

Source: https://baophapluat.vn/dac-sac-ngay-hoi-xoai-yen-chau-post550254.html