This year's traditional boat racing festival on the Son River attracted about 260 athletes from 10 male rowing boats and 3 female racing boats from towns in the district.

The teams competed fiercely.

The men's racing boat teams compete with a total race distance of 6km and 4km for the women's racing boat teams. The starting point is from the central boat dock to Xuan Son bridge, through the Chay River intersection and then back.

As a result, the Dong Trach commune men's rowing team won first prize, Duc Trach commune team won second prize and Phong Nha town won third prize.

The Organizing Committee awarded the first prize to the men's rowing team.

In the women's boat racing event, first prize went to Phong Nha town boat team, second prize went to Hung Trach commune and third prize went to Lien Trach commune.

The Organizing Committee awarded the first, second and third prizes to the women's rowing team.

Next is the Son River Grass Carp "Miss" Contest to find the most beautiful fish queen and compete in preparing dishes from grass carp.

In the "beauty contest" for big and beautiful grass carp, the TDPs of Phong Nha town, including Xuan Tien, Na, Tram Me, and Xuan Son, competed.

The Son River Grass Carp "Miss" contest honors the cultural identity of the people in the river area of ​​the Phong Nha - Ke Bang heritage buffer zone.

Each team chooses a pair of big, beautiful, healthy, live "beauty queen" fish to put in the glass tank. The Organizing Committee will weigh and score.

The winning team will be the team with the bright, healthy fish, without any deformities or deformities, with the tail, back, and belly fins not torn or worn; balanced between the three parts of the head, body, and tail; and with the highest total score.

This year's Son River Grass Carp Queen belongs to TDP Xuan Tien team.

As a result, the first prize of the Son River Grass Carp "Miss" this year belongs to the Xuan Tien TDP team, the second prize belongs to the Xuan Son TDP team and the third prize belongs to the Tram Me TDP team.

Regarding the fish cooking competition, there were 4 teams from Phong Nha town: Cu Lac 1, Cu Lac 2, Gia Tinh, and Phong Nha.

Dishes made from grass carp are displayed at the banquet table.

The teams will choose to prepare 3 delicious dishes from grass carp, display them at the banquet table, present them and the contest organizers will judge and choose the most beautiful and unique dish.

As a result, the first prize went to Cu Lac 2 team, the second prize went to Cu Lac 1 team and the third prize went to Phong Nha team.

The contest organizers judge and select the most beautiful and unique dishes.

The Son River Grass Carp “Miss” contest is an activity to promote the image and cultural identity of the people in the river region, creating conditions for tourism development with rich, diverse and attractive tourism products, gradually building the brand and expanding the market for Son River Grass Carp products...

These are competitions and festivals with long-standing traditions, cultural beauty of the people in the buffer zone of Phong Nha - Ke Bang heritage, attracting thousands of local people and tourists to participate and cheer. At the same time, they contribute to preserving and restoring traditional cultural values, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people, promoting the development of grassroots culture, and promoting Phong Nha - Ke Bang tourism to domestic and international tourists.

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