A joyful and meaningful festival

After a bustling week, the "Ripe Fruit Season Festival" in 2024 with the theme of "Lai Thieu Season of Promises" has officially come to an end. The joyful and meaningful activities in the festival not only attracted many people to come for entertainment, cultural exchange, and sports, but also connected activities related to agriculture products, tourism, as well as attracting more tourists to Binh Duong in the future.

The emotions remained

The highlight of the festival is the opening ceremony, which takes place on the night of June 15th. The audience had the opportunity to enjoy a unique stage art program with the theme "The Colors of Binh Duong". Through this, viewers can feel the fresh and cool atmosphere among the sweet fruit gardens, and taste the delicious dishes with the flavors of the homeland from the old Lai Thieu orchards. Some specialties of the Lai Thieu region have become the spiritual cultural heritage of the local residents, renowned everywhere both domestically and internationally.

The "Ripe Fruit Season Festival" in 2024 ends in glamourous success with great impression on the public and visitors. Photo: Hong Thuan.

The "Graceful Binh Duong Contest" this year is organized by the Festival Organizing Committee to elevate and honor the beauty and values of intellect, morality, physique, and aesthetics of Vietnamese women in general, and Binh Duong women in particular. In the final round, 27 contestants representing 9 districts and cities in the province competed in 3 categories: Traditional ao ba ba costume performance, evening gown performance, and etiquette competition. At the end of the contest, the Organizing Committee awarded 12 individual prizes and 4 consolation prizes for participating contestants.

The fruit selling booths are in service to the public throughout the festival

The Fruit Fair and Food - Tourism Festival with the theme "Sweet Southern" is an activity that takes place throughout the festival days, serving thousands of participants every day. This activity has attracted 114 booths participating in selling fresh fruits, processed products from fruits, fruit tree varieties, characteristic dishes and drinks of Binh Duong and some other provinces and cities. According to the statistics of the Organizing Committee, it is estimated that tens of tons of fruits have been sold during the festival, in which mangosteen and durian are the two types of fruits that tourists prefer and buy the most.

The "Ripe Fruit Road" running event has attracted nearly 3,000 participants including officials, workers, armed forces, laborers, students, and residents from both inside and outside the province. The race route circles around the fruit orchards of Hung Dinh and An Thanh wards. After completing the race distances, the Organizing Committee proceeded to award the athletes, and each athlete who crossed the finish line received a commemorative medal.

Another activity organized during the festival is the Beautiful Seasonal Fruit Photo Contest with the theme "Colors of the Homeland". Accordingly, 47 authors, both professional and amateur photographers from Binh Duong and other provinces and cities across the country, have participated in creating and capturing beautiful moments during this year's festival. After 3 rounds of scoring, 11 outstanding works out of 228 entries were awarded by the Organizing Committee; among them, the work "Sum vay" by author Bui Viet Hung won the first prize. In addition, the Beautiful Tourism Photo Exhibition in Binh Duong also displayed 80 beautiful photos introducing and promoting tourism in Binh Duong, ecotourism, fruit orchards in the province in general, and specifically the fruit orchards in Lai Thieu to visitors from both inside and outside the province.

Along with the activities mentioned above, there are also many vibrant activities taking place in the festival space this year, such as festivals, exchanges of Southern amateur music and nightly street music shows, etc. Immersed in these activities, visitors have experienced a festive space that combines culture, sports, tourism, joyful cuisine, and meaningful experiences.

With many joyful and lively activities, the "Ripe Fruit Season Festival" in 2024 has left many beautiful impressions in the hearts of the people and tourists

Meet the targets

Throughout 8 days of June 15 to 22, this year's "Ripe Fruit Season Festival" has attracted a large number of local residents and visitors from near and far to participate in various lively activities. The success of this year's festival is attributed to the active participation of provinces and cities in the Eastern and Southwestern regions; departments, committees, sectors, and localities within the province, along with the support and companionship of sponsors, have contributed to the activities throughout the festival. Mr. Bui Huu Toan, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Organizing Committee of the "Ripe Fruit Season Festival” in 2024, affirmed that this year's festival has been conducted smoothly, safely, and achieved the basic goals and requirements set by the Organizing Committee.

The rich activities of the festival have been well-tune to have served the needs of the people and tourists

In addition to the joyful, lively, and successful activities of this year's festival season, the information dissemination and mobilization work on the mass media before, during, and after the festival plays a very important role. The effective communication work has contributed to bringing the "Ripe Fruit Season Festival in 2024 closer to the people and tourists inside and outside of the province.

Besides, the sanitation and food safety work at the festival is well implemented. The security and order, traffic flow are ensured by the security units, coordinated and synchronized, contributing to the success of the festival, creating a strong spread in the community, residents, and tourists inside and outside of the province.

Reported by Cam Ly – Translated by Vi Bao