(HBO) – The provincial Department of Information and Communications in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh city in Hoa Binh province recently organised a book and reading culture festival.
The organising board presents awards to outstanding booths at the festival.
The event, the sixth of its kind in Hoa Binh province held in response to the Vietnam Book Day (April 21), drew the participation of 15th booths of local agencies, units and schools, with more than 2,000 book titles on show.
An array of activities was organised during the festival, including the presentation of the book exhibiting booths, storytelling, book introduction, and book presenting to schools with difficulties, among others.
The festival offered opportunities to affirm the important role of books in the society, as well as honour book collectors, researchers, publishers and archivists.
Besides, it helped promote reading culture among local people, while emphasising the significance of books in improving knowledge and skills.
At the event, the organising board presented the first prize to the booth of Ky Son Primary and Secondary School. It also presented three second prizes, five third prizes and six consolidation prizes to other excellent booths./.
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.
