(HBO) - On February 15, in Mong Hoa commune (Ky Son district), Ky Son district People's Committee held a Spring Festival of Culture - Sports and a public art festival in Ky Son district in the year of Pig 2019. Ten delegations with more than three hundred actors, athletes and artisans took part in the festival.

The excellent gong performance of the Mong Hoa commune team.
This is an activity organized annually by the Ky Son District People's
Committee in the early spring to honor, preserve and promote the cultural
identities of the ethnic minorities in the district. The contents of the
activities in the Spring Festival have created the opportunities for the
cultural nucleus to exchange and convey the cultural values in the public
community and strengthened the national great unity. At the same time, the
development and quality of cultural and artistic movements at all levels,
especially the cultural and propaganda groups in villages, hamlets and
residential areas have been accessed.

The athletes are competing in the crossbow shooting.
There are three main contents were organized in this year's Spring Festival
of Pig. They are public art festival, Chung cake competition and buffalo
braided ropes and playing national sports (crossbow shooting and tug of war).
In addition, there were also booths to display and sell the local products and
cuisine in the Spring Festival.
After a day with a joyful, happy and exciting atmosphere, the Spring
Festival of Culture - Sports and the Ky Son District’s Art Festival were
greatly successful. In particular, the "Public Art Festival" contest
with well-trained and elaborate performances, deeply imbued with great cultural
identities of the ethnic minorities has made a good impression.
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.