Hung King's death anniversary in 2026 and the 13th Southern Folk Cake Festival

Can Tho organizes many activities on the occasion of Hung King's Death Anniversary in 2026 and the 13th Southern Folk Cake Festival The People's Committee of Can Tho city has just issued a plan to organize the Hung Kings Commemoration Anniversary in 2026 and the 13th Southern Folk Cake Festival in 2026 with many attractive cultural and tourist activities. Accordingly, the Plan was implemented to honor the national cultural identity, affirming the meaning of Hung King's Death Anniversary - the country's National Holiday; propagate and educate patriotic traditions and the moral principle of "When drinking water, remember its source"; This is an opportunity for the people of Can Tho city to express their gratitude to the Hung Kings and their predecessors who have contributed to building and defending the country, contributing to consolidating and promoting great national unity. At the same time, preserve and promote the value of Vietnamese culinary culture in general and Southern folk cakes in particular; promote Southern folk cakes to domestic and foreign tourists; create conditions for artisans and businesses to link, cooperate, promote investment, and gradually build the Southern folk cake brand. And strengthen links between provinces and cities in the region and the whole country in trade and tourism promotion; promote culinary products and regional specialties, contributing to promoting tourism development. Activities commemorating the Hung King's Anniversary in 2026 in Can Tho city will peak on April 26 (the 10th day of the third lunar month), response activities will take place from April 20-26 at the main location of King Hung Temple in Can Tho city, Binh Thuy ward; At the same time, organize response activities at a number of historical - cultural relics and in communes and wards. The main activity is the Incense Offering Ceremony to commemorate the Hung Kings according to traditional rituals; combine cultural, artistic and sports activities; Propagating and educating historical traditions, towards national roots. The incense offering ceremony was broadcast live on Can Tho Newspaper, Radio and Television. Within the framework of the program, the organizers will release the flag leaf at King Hung Temple in Can Tho city, organize a contest of wrapping, cooking and displaying banh tet and banh chung; Learn about the traditional history of the Hung Kings through Vietnamese historical storytelling contests, explanations about historical-cultural relics, and tourist attractions in the city; launched a painting contest with the theme "Towards Hung King's Commemoration Day", associated with propaganda work in communes and wards; connecting the content and meaning of the series of Hung King's Commemoration activities with activities commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South and reunification of the country (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2026); cultural and artistic exchange activities; Organizing thematic displays and photo exhibitions; Can Tho City Cross Country Tournament 2026; Performing martial arts Taekwondo; Can Tho City Stick Push Tournament 2026; Can Tho city sack jumping tournament in 2026; Incense offering activities towards Hung King's Commemoration Day at communes and wards in the city... The 13th Southern Folk Cake Festival in 2026 takes place in 6 days, from April 26 to May 1 (on the 10th to 15th day of the third lunar month) in the Square area of Binh Thuy ward and surrounding areas with an expected scale of about 200-250 booths for folk cake and culinary artisans who have been recognized and certified at events and festivals held in provinces and cities; Entities and establishments producing gift products, regional specialties, OCOP products, products processed from fruits, agricultural products... have been recognized by competent authorities; Individuals and business organizations that meet the prescribed conditions; Communes and wards in Can Tho city; Provinces and cities nationwide. Within the framework of the Festival, the following activities will take place: The Festival Opening Program will be broadcast live on Can Tho Newspaper, Radio and Television at Binh Thuy Ward Square (at the Main Stage of the Festival), including Ceremony and an art program illustrating the unique characteristics of Southern folk cakes. Space "Preserving Southern folk cakes" from April 26 to May 1 at Binh Thuy Ward Square (at the Folk Cake Conservation Area) with the main activity of displaying Vietnamese map art from 103 traditional Pia cakes, representing 103 communes and wards of Can Tho city; The model is implemented on a large scale in a decorative space with motifs of rivers and Southern gardens, symbolizing community cohesion, the convergence of the quintessence of Southern folk cakes and the spirit of returning to the nation's roots. Other activities in the space: Recreating practical scenes of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Thuan Hung Rice Paper Village (artisans making and drying rice paper); Demonstration and instructions on how to make some types of Southern folk cakes such as: My Long rice paper, Son Doc puff cake... to serve students and tourists; Displaying images on the theme of folk cakes, ingredients, tools, and traditional baking tools. At the same time, tourism promotion activities of Can Tho city and localities will take place through the space of promoting and introducing local tourism potential and products; display, introduce and sell tours, routes, products and tourism services within the framework of the Festival. Culinary business activities serving visitors from artisans, small traders, establishments selling folk cakes, other cakes, cuisine, regional specialties, OCOP products, commercial products, gift products, souvenirs... Traditional entertainment activities, folk games to serve people and visitors to participate and experience during the Festival; Folk cake contest; Art program and fashion show themed Tay Do River; Performing street Acoustic music and traditional arts. It is expected that the festival's summary and closing program will be at 7:00 p.m., May 1 at Binh Thuy Ward Square, Can Tho City./.