Fruit festival in a bid for brand name affirmation

The inauguration of fruit festival in Lai Thieu was coincident to International Children’s Day of June 1; thus, kids have been brought to the jubilant festival among local and far off visitors.

Fruit buyers at the festival

Crowded people involved

From the afternoon of June 1, the roads leading to the central area of ​​Cau Ngang belong to Hung Tho quarter, Hung Dinh ward, Thuan An town have been crowded with sellers. Long time ago, there was a festival of this size, so the people had an appointment to visit, buy and sell very crowded. A long road along Vam Bung canal is blocked by means of transport, becoming a "pedestrian street" for people to easily buy and sell, enjoy specialty fruit and garden.

Lai Thieu festival this nine-time fruit season has more than 120 fruit stalls, regional cuisine, ceramics and trade and service participation, creating conditions for tourists and local people to visit and buy. shopping. After the opening program, there are art and cultural activities such as: Theater, music, organizing the 2nd round of the contest for the second year of the Gardening Competition with 41 contestants.

At the fruit fair, in order to add richness, the organizers arranged 60 stalls in the form of selling fruits and plant varieties. In addition to garden houses in Thuan An town, there are also booths from Tan Uyen town, Ben Cat town, Dau Tieng district. The famous gardeners of the western provinces such as Long An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Can Tho ... and the Southeast provinces also participated in this festival.

Handicrafts and ceramics are also sold a lot, convenient for people to choose when participating in the festival. Cuong Phat ceramics are chosen by many customers. Ms. Tran Thi Xuan, a house in An Son, Thuan An town, said that both festivals she attended and felt very happy after a period of hiatus, the festival of Draying ripe fruits was held again. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hang, in Hung Dinh ward, Thuan An town said, this is a very good opportunity for the surrounding gardeners to sell fruit, introduce their orchards to tourists near and far, especially on the occasion Lunar New Year Lunar New Year 5-5 every year.

According to Ms. Tran Yen Nhi (in Ho Chi Minh City): “This year I learned about Lai Thieu festival in the ripe fruit season and brought the whole family here to visit. Not only is a pure gardening occasion, I also bought many beautiful household ceramics products of Cuong Phat Ceramic Company. My children have also experienced piggy bank so they are very excited. Not far from Ho Chi Minh City, this is an ideal picnic destination for relatives and friends.

Efforts to regain the brand of ecotourism area

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tam, Chairman of Thuan An Town People's Committee, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee, said Lai Thieu festival of ripe fruit is one of the promotional activities about Thuan An town, introducing floating fruit specialties. language, traditional ceramics and the development of Thuan An town over the years. Thuan An town is a locality rich in revolutionary traditions, with a rapid economic development of the province. In recent years, in addition to focusing on industrial development, the Party Committee and the town government are also interested in agricultural development associated with the development of tourism services on the basis of focusing on exploiting potentials and advantages. local. Especially, Thuan An town has focused on developing high-tech agriculture and maintaining areas specializing in specialty trees and traditional fruit trees of the locality.

Lai Thieu - Binh Duong is famous for fruit orchards, industrious people, suffering from hardships along with incentives of nature, creating very special fruit trees, such as: Mangosteen, durian, Female elements, strawberries, bon bon ... have conquered the taste of people inside and outside the region, becoming an indispensable delicacy on the annual Lunar New Year of the people of the Southern region and now.

According to Mr. Tam, organizing festivals along with other activities, such as: Huong pagoda contest, talent contest, dinghy racing, food festival, trade fair, eco-tourism ... is also an opportunity to improve the awareness of preserving gardens, preserving fruit trees, restoring the brand of Lai Thieu orchards associated with the development of this fertile land. This is also an important event for gardeners, businesses to promote investment, exchange, exchange and share experiences in the development of agricultural economy, especially specialty fruit trees to promote promoting special culture of Thuan An land and people.

Reported by Quynh Nhu – Translated by Vi Bao