Co Ma commune hosts highland market fair

Co Ma commune held the opening ceremony of the Highland Market Fair 2025 on September 1. Attending the event were representatives from the provincial Party Committee’s Board for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, leaders of neighbouring communes, as well as a large number of local residents and tourists.

An art performance at the opening ceremony of the Co Ma Highland Market Fair 2025. 

The two-day market fair features a variety of cultural, artistic, and traditional ethnic sports activities and folk games such as tug of war, tu lu spinning, khen (panpipe) playing, pounding banh day (round sticky rice cake), pa pao throwing, badminton, and volleyball.

Delegates at the opening ceremony. 

A cultural performance rich in the traditional identity of the Mong ethnic group.

The fair also includes booths displaying, promoting, and selling local agricultural products such as son tra (docynia indica), taro, dua meo (mountain cucumber), pineapple, corn wine, and black chicken, grown and processed by ethnic minorities from Co Ma and nearby highland communes. More than 40 stalls offer a variety of handmade brocade items, traditional clothing, and household goods.

An art performance at the opening ceremony.

The Co Ma Highland Market Fair is an annual event held to mark Vietnam’s National Day on September 2. It serves as a meaningful occasion for ethnic communities in Co Ma and neighbouring communes to engage in cultural and sports exchanges, share production and lifestyle experiences, and promote their distinctive agricultural products to visitors. The event contributes to showcasing local identity and boosting agricultural and tourism development in the area.

A booth displaying local products.
Tourists visit a booth at the market fair.
Crowds of locals and tourists visit the market fair.

 

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