Yen Chau Mango Festival 2025 opens

The Yen Chau Mango Festival 2025 officially opened in Kha hamlet, Sap Vat commune, Yen Chau district on May 30. The event featured the awarding of the certificates recognising Vietnam Heritage Trees.

 

The opening of the Yen Chau Mango Festival 2025.

Attending the festival were Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, and dead of the provincial Delegation to the National Assembly; Hoang Van Chat, former Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and former Chairman of the provincial People's Council; Trang Thi Xuan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People's Committee; Luong Thi Van Anh, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Chairwoman of the provincial Inspection Board; and representatives from the Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).

Delegates attend the opening ceremony.

Yen Chau district currently has over 12,000 hectares of fruit trees, including more than 3,340 hectares of mangoes. In 2025, mango production is estimated to exceed 26,000 tonnes. The district’s round mango variety has been granted a geographical indication registration certificate and a brand identity system by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam. As many as 207 hectares have been certified under VietGAP, GlobalGAP, and organic standards; 298 hectares have been granted planting area codes for export.

Delegates attend the opening ceremony.

The Yen Chau Mango Festival 2025 will take place from May 30 to June 1, featuring a variety of engaging and meaningful activities, such as agricultural product exhibitions; mango picking competitions; traditional Xoe dance contests; ethnic costume showcases (both traditional and modern); crafts and skill contests; folk games; and tours of mango orchards.

Trang Thi Xuan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People's Committee, speaks at the opening ceremony.

She urged provincial departments and localities to continue applying scientific and technological advances in production and post-harvest preservation; support farmers in improving skills to meet VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards; and enhance market connectivity, brand building, and sustainable consumption.

She also called on the business community, distributors, and exporters to pay more attention to Yen Chau’s mangoes and other valuable agricultural products, supporting farmers in developing value chains and expanding markets.

Leaders of the Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and Environment announce the decision and present the certificates recognising five Vietnam Heritage Trees to representatives of the hamlets.
Delegates visit the sacred forest of Kha hamlet.
The delegates take a commemorative photo at the Vietnam Heritage Tree.

During the festival, VACNE leaders announced the decision and awarded certificates recognising five Vietnam Heritage Trees: a tamarind tree and a mango tree in Kha hamlet, Sap Vat commune; a banyan tree and a tea tree in Luong and On Oc hamlet, Muong Lum commune; and a dracontomelon (sau) tree in Na Nga hamlet, Chieng Hac commune.

These trees, each several hundred years old, are considered living historical witnesses and are closely tied to the cultural and spiritual life of generations of local people.

At art performance at the opening ceremony.
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