Dong Nai City Golden Cashew Festival 2026 opens

On May 22, at the Golden Cashew Farm in Dong Tam Commune, the People’s Committee of Dong Nai City officially opened the Golden Cashew Festival of Dong Nai City 2026 under the theme: “Unlocking Value – Elevating Vietnamese Cashews.”

Attending the opening ceremony were Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the City People's Council Ton Ngoc Hanh; Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee Vo Tan Duc; Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the City Huynh Thi Hang, along with members of the Standing Board of the City Party Committee; leaders of departments, agencies, and a large number of businesses, cooperatives, and residents in the city.

Leaders of the City Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the City, and departments, agencies, and localities performed a button-pressing ceremony to open the Dong Nai City Golden Cashew Festival 2026. Photo: B.Nguyen

The festival features 20 booths representing localities with large-scale cashew-growing areas and 40 booths from enterprises involved in cashew processing and trading, machinery and equipment for the cashew industry, fertilizers, crop protection products, and banking and investment services.

Delegates attend the opening of the Dong Nai City Golden Cashew Festival 2026. Photo: B.Nguyen

Within the framework of the festival, a series of cultural and trade promotion activities will also take place, including international trade exchanges, folk cultural performances, and traditional art programs. One of the most anticipated attractions is the culinary contest, themed “Flavors of the Three Regions – The Story of the Cashew Tree,” alongside a free buffet featuring more than 1,000 cashew-based dishes.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the City People's Council, Ton Ngoc Hanh, and Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Vo Tan Duc, commend outstanding businesses in Dong Nai City's cashew industry. Photo: B.Nguyen

The above series of events aims to affirm the role of the cashew industry in the city's agricultural economy and, at the same time, create a forum for businesses to meet, sign cooperation agreements, expand markets, and access modern technology.

Dong Nai is currently home to the country’s largest number of cashew-processing and exporting enterprises and business establishments, while also leading Vietnam in cashew output. Cashews from Dong Nai are widely recognized for their superior quality. The city currently has 63 out of 451 OCOP (One Commune One Product) products made from cashews by 37 producers, accounting for 14% of total OCOP products, including seven five-star OCOP products.

Member of the Standing Board of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Anh, Head of the Organizing Board of the Dong Nai City Golden Cashew Festival 2026, presents 500 gifts to disadvantaged farmers in 20 key cashew-growing localities. Photo: B.Nguyen

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Member of the Standing Board of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Tuan Anh, who also serves as Head of the Festival Organizing Board, emphasized that the festival is a meaningful event aimed at promoting the Dong Nai cashew brand, honoring cashew growers and industry workers, and inspiring aspirations of “Unlocking Value – Elevating Vietnam–Dong Nai Cashews”.

Dong Nai currently has nearly 176,000 hectares of cashew plantations, concentrated mainly in the city's northern part, which plays a pivotal role in the country’s cashew production, processing, and export industry. From a traditional crop, cashews have become a major export commodity, creating jobs for tens of thousands of workers and contributing significantly to agricultural and rural economic development, as well as to local and nationwide export turnover.

Under the theme “Unlocking Value – Elevating Vietnamese Cashews,” the festival is also expected to promote the image of Dong Nai’s land, people and cashew brand to domestic and international friends; boost trade promotion, investment connections, market expansion and agricultural tourism; honor farmers, cooperatives, enterprises, scientists and workers who have contributed to the development of the cashew industry; and strengthen linkages among the State, farmers, scientists and businesses throughout the cashew value chain.

The festival runs from May 22 to May 24.

By Binh Nguyen – Translated by Mai Nga, Minho