Cam Temple Festival promotes traditional cultural values
The 2026 Cam Temple Festival was held from August 21 to 23, corresponding to the ninth to 11th days of the seventh lunar month in the Binh Ngo year, at Cam Temple in Lao Cai Ward. A range of spiritual and traditional cultural activities attracted large numbers of residents and visitors.The opening ceremony was attended by Duong Duc Huy, Member of the Standing Board and Head of the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization; Giang Quoc Hung, Member of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, sectors, communes and wards; and large numbers of visitors.
Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 Cam Temple Festival.
The festival gives residents an opportunity to remember and honour earlier generations while preserving and promoting cultural and spiritual values passed down over many generations. It is also a chance for residents, artisans and visitors to meet, interact and explore the traditional culture of Lao Cai Ward.
An aerial view of Cam Temple in Lao Cai Ward.
Built in the 19th century in Cam Forest, Lao Cai Ward, Cam Temple honours Tran-dynasty officers and soldiers who heroically sacrificed their lives defending the country in the 13th century.
Over the three-day festival, ceremonial rites, incense offerings and traditional cultural activities created a solemn spiritual space rich in identity, helping bring heritage values closer to the community, particularly younger generations.
The 2026 Cam Temple Festival not only meets residents' cultural and spiritual needs but also contributes to preserving and promoting heritage and introducing visitors from inside and outside the province to the landscapes, people and cultural beauty of Lao Cai Ward.
At Cam Temple, artisans practised and introduced distinctive features of the Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Realms through rituals, Chau Van devotional music, costumes and folk performance arts.
Nearly 100 artisans and members of clubs practising Vietnamese Mother Goddess worship took part in the festival.
Large numbers of visitors from across the country attended the festival.
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