The attraction of "Countryside market festival"

TTH - The “Rural Festival Market” of Huong Thuy town is held annually. This is a place to gather, exchange and connect cultural and tourism activities inside and outside the locality.

Tourists enjoy rustic dishes. Photo: Huong Thuy Culture and Information Department

Immerse yourself in the festival

Since the “Countryside Market Festival” was held, almost every year, Mr. Le Quang Phong’s family on Le Ngo Cat Street, Thuy Xuan Ward (Thuan Hoa District) has spent time participating in the festival to experience the fun and close-up cultural activities. “All the activities taking place at the “Countryside Market Festival” are meaningful, attractive and attract tourists. My family does not want to miss any activities during the festival days,” Mr. Phong excitedly said.

Mr. Dang Van Hiep, Vice Chairman of Thuy Thanh Commune People's Committee, said: "The festival rural market" has been formed for many years on the basis of restoring and promoting the potential and advantages of the locality, such as Thanh Toan tile bridge, historical, cultural and natural relics in the locality. Through many times of organization, the "festival rural market" has gradually become more complete and professional, bringing to tourists and locals many interesting and memorable experiences about a purely agricultural countryside with charming rivers and streams."

“Countryside market festival” is an opportunity for tourists to buy and sell agricultural products, typical industrial and rural products. Tourists can visit the countryside landscape and national historical sites. Coming to the countryside market, tourists and locals can experience rustic and simple dishes, immerse themselves in activities that recreate rural life and agricultural production, and enjoy poetry, songs, folk songs, and folk games performed by local people.

Playing cards. Huong Thuy Culture and Sports Department

There is also a photo exhibition of “The beauty of the rural market”, “Thanh Toan tile bridge”, images of Uncle Ho and the ceremony to welcome the spirit of Tran Thi Dao. Many other activities take place, such as the golden bell ringing contest at primary school level, the exchange of singing and singing of cards of schools, the flower lantern festival, the cooking contest, flower arrangement, painting, conical hat making, and Ao Dai honoring contest... The festival also features folk games and some other games, such as blindfolded beating, crossing the monkey bridge, sack jumping, flag capturing, leading the ball, swinging across the river, catching ducks on the river, blindfolded catching chickens and ants on land, throwing rings around ducks' necks...

Create a source of income for the people

Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Huong Thuy Town, Cai Thi Duyen, informed that the unit is coordinating with local authorities to consult and develop a plan to organize the program "Countryside Market Festival" in 2025, expected to take place in early June. This year's festival activities will be basically the same as every year, but there will be investment in improving the form, costumes, improving the quality of the program content and creating attractive highlights, attracting tourists to visit and enjoy.

Local authorities guide people on how to organize culinary services, souvenir sales, accommodation services... more professionally, ensuring hygiene and safety and reasonable prices. New in recent years and this year, Huong Thuy town continues to organize trade fairs, exhibitions of typical rural industrial products, agricultural products, craft villages and OCOP products, job fairs, vocational training recruitment. This is an opportunity not only to serve tourists shopping to generate income during the festival days, but also to introduce and promote the brand, traditional products of Thuy Thanh and Huong Thuy in general.

It is expected that dozens of businesses and production facilities will participate in this year's "Countryside Market Festival" with 15 typical agricultural and craft products; including many OCOP products certified 3 - 4 stars by Huong Thuy town. In addition to check-in points such as Thanh Toan tile bridge tourist site and Sen lake in Tuong Le area, Huong Toan restaurant, Van The Garden, this year's "Countryside Market Festival" will organize tours for visitors to visit historical sites such as: Van The communal house, Ton That Thuyet temple, Thanh Thuy Chanh communal house, secret tunnels...

“Countryside market festival” promises to continue to have some new features, such as: exchange and performance of Bai Choi singing for students, organizing job fairs, consulting on vocational training recruitment, sending workers to work abroad under contracts, etc. These activities contribute to preserving and promoting the art of Bai Choi singing in Huong Thuy town in particular, Hue city in general, and creating jobs and increasing income for workers.

At this year's "Countryside Market Festival", the People's Committee of Huong Thuy town plans to continue inviting units and businesses to participate in the trading floor, looking for domestic and foreign job opportunities under contracts and vocational training for workers in fields such as nursing, caregiving, market development, garment, sales, construction, etc. In addition to introducing preferential policies and attractive job positions, units will directly conduct recruitment interviews, and at the same time provide advice on suitable career orientation, study abroad and labor export opportunities for candidates.

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