There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the Composer Duc Trinh, the Chairman of the Association of Vietnam Musicians; Tran Ly Ly, the Acting Director of the Department of Performing Arts; Tran Huong Duong, Deputy Director of the Performing Arts Department, the Head of the Competition Organizing Committee. There was also the attendfance of the representatives and the leaders from Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Departments of Culture and Sports of other provinces and cities, the artists and the musicians of the participating units; the representatives of the leaders, the artists and the musicians of art units from all avor the country.

 Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the leader from the Association of Vietnam Musicians were giving flowers to congratulate the participating units. 

The leaders from the Department of Performing Arts and the leaders from Hoa Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism were giving flowers to congratulate the judges.

 The national Competition for Solo and Concert of National Ethnic Instruments in 2023 was held from June 10 with 39 participating art units. Phase 1 took place from June 10 to 14 in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province with the competition of 19 units. Phase 2 takes place from June 20 to 26 in Hoa Binh City with the competition of 20 art units and the participation of more than 1,000 artists and actors. The pảticipating units compete in both solo and ensemble, which can be structured into an art program with a duration of 20-35 minutes. 

The national Competition for Solo and Concert of National Ethnic Instruments in 2023 is a professional career activity aiming at discovering the traditional musical talents and it is an opportunity for the artists to perform ethnic musical instruments at the art units, the lecturers, the pupils and the students who are teaching and studying traditional musical instruments at the training institutions can demonstrate their abilities and exchange and learn experiences in artistic activities; conserving, preserving and promoting the quintessence of traditional Vietnamese music. 

The opening contest with the theme "The Colors of Tay Bac” of Tay Bac College of Culture and Arts.

Right after the opening ceremony there was the contest of the Tay Bac College of Culture and Arts (Hoa Binh); Cai Luong Theater in Ha Noi and the Arts and Culture Center of Thai Nguyen province. The next competitions start from9:00 to 22:50 from June 21 to 25. It is expected that the closing ceremony and awarding ceremony is held at 8 pm on June 26.

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