risk-taking spirit of people in the coastal city of Haiphong.

The festival is

annually and officially operated on the 9th day of the 8th month in Vietnamese

Lunar Calendar; however, its preparation takes participants nearly a year to

process. From choosing the right buffaloes to buy, raising and training them—

all of which require hard work and ongoing effort. For example, selection of

fighting buffaloes only must be in great meticulosity as they must meet a wide

range of requirements: at least 4 or 5 years old, wide chest, bow-shape horns, toned thighs, and long
tail. Also, these buffaloes are kept separately from normal

ones, and so on. The festival derives from the belief of Do Son’s locals that

buffalo fighting is in favor of their guardian gods and hence a continuity of this

activity brings them safe voyages, abundant crops as well as healthy and

wealthy people—signs of prosperity and happiness. Tiếng Việt

Chọi trâu là

một lễ hội độc đáo và truyền thống của người

Create favorable conditions for domestic and foreign coffee enterprises to promote their brands,
introduce products, and promote trade, step by step improve their knowledge in coffee production and
processing; at the same time, the quality of coffee products and export turnover are increasing day by
day.