The Mango Festival in Yen Chau District, Son La Province will take place for 3 days, from May 24-26, with many rich and attractive activities. Among them, the most prominent are the mango picking competition, bamboo dance competition, performance of innovative and original national costumes, raft racing, fishing net weaving, weaving competition, etc.

Yen Chau Mango Festival 2025 continues to be held in Kha village, Sap Vat commune - the village with the largest area of ​​ancient mango trees in the district.

Along with that, there are activities to experience mango gardens and labor production areas in Kha village, Sap Vat commune - a community tourism village that still preserves many cultural characteristics of the Thai people and is the village with the largest area of ​​ancient mango trees in the district; reenacting the Dong Sua Festival - a traditional ritual of the Thai people with the meaning of praying for health, a year of favorable weather, good harvest; organizing folk games, performing activities, cultural and artistic exchanges...

In particular, within the framework of the Festival, the district will be honored to receive the Certificate of Recognition of Vietnam Heritage Trees for 1 tamarind tree and 1 ancient mango tree in Kha village, Sap Vat commune; 1 dracontomelon tree in Na Nga village, Chieng Hac commune; 1 banyan tree and 9 tea trees in On Oc village, Muong Lum commune, Yen Chau district.

Mango picking competition is an indispensable activity in the Festival.

 

Worshiping rituals in the Dong Sua Festival of the Thai people in Yen Chau

Mr. Lo The Thi, Vice Chairman of Yen Chau District People's Committee, said that the Mango Festival in 2025 will be held for 3 days, longer than previous years; the purpose is to promote, introduce, and invite businesses, cooperatives, and tourists from inside and outside the province and district to Yen Chau; introduce and promote local agricultural products in general, and mango products in particular. Within the framework of the Festival, there will also be booth activities on a larger scale than every year, with the participation of 14 communes and towns to display and introduce local agricultural products, especially mango products.

Yen Chau round mango is famous for its delicious taste.

Yen Chau district is known as the famous fruit region of Son La province, with many models invested in and developed such as: mango, tissue culture banana, late ripening longan, spread-out plum... Among these, the native round mango must be mentioned, with an area of ​​about 200 hectares. This is a unique mango variety in Yen Chau, which has existed for hundreds of years, the fruit is only as small as a fist, when ripe the flesh is yellow, with a special aroma.

Beautiful Thai Yen Chau women in the festival

 

The festival is held to contribute to preserving and promoting the historical and cultural traditions of the nation.

Yen Chau round mango has been included in the list of rare plant genetic resources by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; it is the only native mango variety in Northern Vietnam listed in the list of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that needs to be preserved and developed; and the Department of Intellectual Property has granted a Certificate of registration of geographical indications and brand identity system.

From investing in fruit tree development, supplying products to domestic and international markets, the lives of local people have gradually improved. This year, the total estimated fruit output of Yen Chau is about 104,000 tons, worth about 1,000 billion VND, mainly mango, plum, longan.