As an emerging community-based tourism destination, Lồng village is receiving investment attention from Quài Tở commune, progressively harnessing cultural values, scenic landscapes, and indigenous lifestyles to attract visitors.

Starting August 29, large numbers of local residents and visitors flocked to Lồng village to join festival activities. The periodic market space featuring stalls showcasing local products and traditional cuisine became a vibrant highlight alongside artistic programs, sports, folk games, and cultural experiences.

The colorful hues of traditional attire, music, drumbeats, and indigenous culinary flavors blend together to create a joyous atmosphere amid the Pha Đin mountain forests. These activities provide visitors with richer insights into local life, culture, and people. Through cultural interactions, residents directly introduce specialties, cuisine, customs, and daily routines to tourists, gradually forming distinct signature experiences for Lồng village.

The most dynamic event was the folk dance competition featuring 21 competing teams. Energetic and cheerful performances generated an uplifting mood while strengthening interaction and solidarity across local associations, villages, and community members.

The bánh giầy (round glutinous rice cake) pounding competition with 7 participating teams drew keen attention from locals and visitors alike. Through rhythmic pestle strikes and coordinated team efforts, traditional cultural beauty was vividly reenacted. The completed rice cakes showcased culinary skill, collective spirit, and community bonding.

At the close of the competitions, the Organizing Panel awarded 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize, 2 Third Prizes, 15 Consolation Prizes, and 3 auxiliary awards for the folk dance competition; and presented 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize, and 2 Third Prizes for the bánh giầy pounding competition.

Leveraging its advantages in natural landscapes and cultural identity, Lồng village is oriented by Quài Tở commune for investment and development into a community-based tourism site. Creating spaces for local people to take the lead - from introducing culture and cuisine to supplying local products - is viewed as a vital direction to tap tourism potential linked with sustainable livelihoods.

Through the festival, the movement “All people unite to build a cultured life” continues to spread, fostering a joyful, enthusiastic ambiance and tightening communal solidarity. This also offers an occasion for villagers to join hands in promoting their homeland’s image, helping establish Lồng village as a distinctive cultural stop on the Pha Đin discovery route.