The Gióng Festival in Phù Đổng is held to commemorate the merits of Phù Đổng Thiên Vương Thánh Gióng, reenacting the story of Thánh Gióng defeating the Ân invaders.

The Gióng Festival is considered by researchers to be one of the most interesting and oldest festivals, the most widely known and popular.

The Gióng Festival is practiced, preserved and protected by the community, which is also the unique feature of the festival. The main rituals of the Gióng Festival are held at locations in the Phù Đổng Temple Relic Site, which was ranked as a special national relic by the Prime Minister in 2013.

After 15 years of being recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Gióng Festival ritual at Phù Đổng Temple is maintained and organized on an annual scale and a main festival scale every 5 years.

The Gióng Festival at Phù Đổng Temple takes place from April 26 to May 7 (March 29 to April 10 of the lunar calendar). There are many unique activities such as incense offering ceremonies by locals and visitors from all over; sports, cultural and artistic performances, water puppetry, traditional wrestling, rice cooking competitions, folk games, traditional art performances, etc.

In addition, the opening of the Cultural Tourism Week and sightseeing, experience, introduction of tourism products, local cuisine; opening of rural market booths, displaying and selling OCOP products and promoting tourism...