The Friendship Journey 2018 was held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on March 10, gathering nearly 300 delegates who are ambassadors and officials of embassies of various countries in Vietnam, and representatives of friendship associations, international and non-governmental organisations in Vietnam.
The Friendship Journey
aims to foster friendship between the delegates and Vietnamese people.
Held by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations
(VUFO), the event aimed to foster friendship between the delegates and
Vietnamese people, especially locals in Thai Nguyen.
Participants visited the Museum of Vietnam Ethnic Groups'
Cultures where they explored six cultural regions of Vietnam from the north to
the south, as well as typical festivals, customs and traditional practices of
each region.
They were also introduced to unique traditional arts of
Vietnam, including water puppet, water carrying dance of Cham people, and
musics of Khmer and H'Mong communities.
Visiting the Tan Cuong tea culture space centre and the
ecology tea village in Thai Nguyen, the delegates had chances to experience tea
processing methods as well as special cultural practices of Thai Nguyen tea
growers in the famous tea production hub of Tan Cuong.
On the occasion, they
planted trees in the Museum of Vietnam Ethnic Groups’ Cultures.
Source: VNA
The People’s Committee of Lac Son district held a ceremony on April 28 to receive the provincial relic certificate for the ancient rock carving site at Suoi Co stream, located in My Thanh commune.
A special music show titled "The country is in the fullness of joy” has been held at Hoa Binh Square in Hoa Binh city in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025).
The People's Committee of Lo Son commune, Tan Lac district, has organised the local annual traditional stream fishing festival on April 19 - 20.
As a land deeply intertwined with human history and Vietnam’s millennia-long journey of nation-building and defence, Hoa Binh is often revered for its epic tales and legends.
Residents of Hoa Binh boast a rich cultural identity, reflected in their unique language, traditional attire, customs, and folk melodies – described as "sweet as honey, clear as a mountain stream.”
Lac Son district’s Vu ban town held the 2025 Truong Kha temple festival on April 12–13 (the 15th–16th days of the third lunar month). Since its revival in 2019, the festival has been organised every three years, preserving valuable intangible heritage while meeting the community’s cultural and spiritual needs.
