On February 9th, i.e. the 12th of Lunar January, the People's Committee of Van Son Commune (Lac Son) organized the opening ceremony of the Festival of Khenh Communal House of the Year of the Snake 2025. There was the attendance of the delegates from the districts and the city in the province, along with a large number of tourists and the local people.
Lac Son District’s leaders presented flowers to congratulate the Festival of Khenh Communal House in 2025.
Khenh Communal House has existed for a long time, worshiping the following people: Mr. Chuong Tin, Mrs. Trieu An, the two leaders of Muong people who fought against Ngo invaders; Mr. Tuc Co, Mrs. Quan Da, the General Cai Do, Cai Dao, who were the generals of the two above people; Mr. Hien, Mr. Hieu, the Gods (Thanh Hoang) of Muong Khenh; 9 Da Chua Na people, the first people to reclaim the land and establish Muong Khenh.
Being restored since 2018 and ranked as a provincial historical and cultural relic since 2020, the Festival of Khenh communal house is periodically held on January 12-13 every year to pray for the favorable weather, bountiful crops, health and happiness for the people in the village, and to create an atmosphere of solidarity and excitement when entering the new production season.
Visitors welcome the lucky rice flowers, which symbolize good luck and fortune in the new year.
In the space of the New Year festival, visitors and the local people have witnessed the unique rituals and ceremonies: carrying the lucky rice flowers and offering lucky rice flowers, praying for birds, spinning the Da Ha statue, knocking on the pole, pulling the festival...; experiencing a unique cultural and sports festival with a night of cultural exchange, folk games and volleyball competitions.
The Festival of Khenh communal house aims to preserve, conserve and promote the good customs and practices; promoting, advertising and introducing to tourists the humanistic values of the festival.
The People’s Committee of Lac Son district held a ceremony on April 28 to receive the provincial relic certificate for the ancient rock carving site at Suoi Co stream, located in My Thanh commune.
A special music show titled "The country is in the fullness of joy” has been held at Hoa Binh Square in Hoa Binh city in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025).
The People's Committee of Lo Son commune, Tan Lac district, has organised the local annual traditional stream fishing festival on April 19 - 20.
As a land deeply intertwined with human history and Vietnam’s millennia-long journey of nation-building and defence, Hoa Binh is often revered for its epic tales and legends.
Residents of Hoa Binh boast a rich cultural identity, reflected in their unique language, traditional attire, customs, and folk melodies – described as "sweet as honey, clear as a mountain stream.”
Lac Son district’s Vu ban town held the 2025 Truong Kha temple festival on April 12–13 (the 15th–16th days of the third lunar month). Since its revival in 2019, the festival has been organised every three years, preserving valuable intangible heritage while meeting the community’s cultural and spiritual needs.
