Van Liet Fishing Village in Vietnam Preserves Maritime Cultural Traditions Through the Cau Ngu Festival
Van Liet Fishing Village, located at the mouth of Van Phong Bay in Dai Lanh Commune, Khanh Hoa Province, is both a community long engaged in seafood harvesting and a place that preserves unique maritime cultural and spiritual values.
According to a report by Vietnam Fisheries Magazine on October 28, 2026, Van Liet Fishing Village (in Dai Lanh Commune, Khanh Hoa Province), located at the mouth of Van Phong Bay, is a community long closely tied to the seafood harvesting industry and also a place that preserves unique maritime cultural and spiritual values.
The report notes that the village's cultural identity is concentrated in the Cau Ngu Festival (lễ hội cầu ngư), a festive event that carries the local residents' maritime-related traditional beliefs.
Facing new development requirements, combining the preservation of traditional characteristics with community tourism development and responsible fisheries is becoming a strategic direction to help the locality improve living standards and move toward sustainable development.