(HBO) - Meritorious artist Bui Huy Vong from the northern province of Hoa Binh was among 113 authors and late authors nationwide honoured with the Ho Chi Minh Awards and State Prize in Literature and Arts in 2017, the highest ranking award of its kind in the country.        

 

Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Party Committee and head of the Party Central Committee's Information and Education Commission Vo Van Thuong and 2017 Award winners at the honouring ceremony.

He won the State prize for works relating to traditional funeral rites of Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh. 

Artist Bui Huy Vong is a Muong ethnic. He was born in 1967 in Bung hamlet, Huong Nhuong commune, Lac Son district.

He is a member of the provincial Association of Literature and Arts, the Folk Arts Association of Vietnam, and the Literature and Arts Association of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities

During his career, he has written 80 articles and studies, published 12 books and joined two scientific research projects. He has won 10 awards at the provincial level, and one State-level award. 

At present, Vong is participating in scientific research projects related to preserving and promoting the values of Mo Muong- a special culture heritage of Muong people in Hoa Binh, and building the alphabet of Muong scripts, among others.

 

 

                                                                    Bui Huy

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