(HBO) – Dung Phong commune in Cao Phong district of the northern province of Hoa Binh was filled with excitement on early spring days with the preparations for the Khai mua (Crop opening) Muong Thang festival.
Local elders and young people of all genders enthusiastically practiced rituals and did preparation work for the festival so that it could be held on schedule, on the sixth and seventh day of the new lunar year.
The festival was restored at district-level for the first time in 2018. The festive atmosphere also spread to other communes and towns of the district, not just in Dung Phong.
"Co Ba Sai Gon” (The Tailor) won the Best Feature Film at the Golden Kite Awards, which was announced in Hanoi on April 15.
Thua Thien- Hue (VNA) - A show in the upcoming Hue Festival, which starts on April 28, will feature performances on Vietnam’s island sovereignty.
The show, entitled "The Monarchic Saga of Hue", will take place in the former Imperial Palace on April 28 and 30.
(HBO) - In the early spring, the weather was cold and mountains and forests in the northwest were covered by dim mist. We visited Hang Kia and Pa Co communes in the mountainous district of Mai Chau. Together with local people and tourists, we were immersed in the festive atmosphere of Gau Tao – a cultural symbol of the Mong ethnic group. In Mong ethnic language, Gau Tao means travelling to sacred mountain in spring to pray for blessings.
The northern province of Ninh Binh is planning a wide range of activities to celebrate the Hoa Lu Festival, scheduled for April 24-27, and mark the 1050th anniversary of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang’s naming of the country as Dai Co Viet.
(HBO) – Only with nearly 20 members but over many years, Hoa Binh photographers have made continuous effort to overcome difficulties, going down to the hamlets to build high humanitarian works, reflecting good customs and habits of ethnic minority groups, timely praising good examples in production, security order maintenance, etc. In addition, those photographers have been actively engaged in creation, participating in competitions and exhibitions to promote culture, people in Muong ethnic land to friends of other province and international ones.
The third edition of the Moc Chau Tea Festival began on April 6 at Vinatea Moc Chau, a member of the Vietnam National Tea Corporation (Vinatea), in northern Son La province, bringing together six local tea producers.
A festival opened in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa on April 7 to commemorate Trieu Thi Trinh, revered as Lady Trieu, who led a rebellion against the Chinese occupation in the third century.
The 2017 Golden Kite Awards’ organisation board received 117 cinematographic submissions in various categories, including featured film, TV series, documentary film, cartoon, scientific films and short films, as well as four film studies and critiques.
(HBO) – Only with nearly 20 members but over many years, Hoa Binh photographers have made continuous effort to overcome difficulties, going down to the hamlets to build high humanitarian works, reflecting good customs and habits of ethnic minority groups, timely praising good examples in production, security order maintenance, etc. In addition, those photographers have been actively engaged in creation, participating in competitions and exhibitions to promote culture, people in Muong ethnic land to friends of other province and international ones.
Following the success of his TV series ‘Thuong Nho O Ai’ (Who Stole My Heart), veteran film director Luu Trong Ninh is now preparing for the production of ‘Kieu’, a cinematic adaption of Vietnam’s literary masterpiece ‘Truyen Kieu’ (The Tale of Kieu) by great poet Nguyen Du.
The classical ballet Cinderella by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev will be restaged at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on April 7-8, the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) announced on April 3.
(HBO) - Along with the trend of international integration of Vietnam, more and more new forms of entertainment are emerging, the ethnic music is being faded in modern society. However, the members of the ethnic music club in Doan Ket 2 Hamlet - Phuc Tien Commune - Ky Son District are still devoting all their love, enthusiasm and efforts to keep the ethnic music uninterrupted day by day.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt organised the programme ‘Vietnam Cultural Day’ in Ismailia province, Egypt on April 2, as part of activities to mark the 55th anniversary of Vietnam – Egypt diplomatic ties.
Mui Ne, a popular beach area in Phan Thiet city, the central province of Binh Thuan, is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, heard a recent conference in the province.
A play about money and love adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel Eugénie Grandet by director Viet Linh will be staged in HCM City on March 30.
(HBO) – The communication and education board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee and the provincial Department of Science and Technology held a meeting on March 21 to hand over the input method editor (IME) and teaching documentation of the Muong ethnic language.
(HBO) - Recently, the ethnic people of Van Son commune (Lac Son) were excited to attend Khenh Temple Festival. After 68 years of not being organized, up to now, Khenh Temple Festival was restored and opened on 13-14 Lunar January every year. The festival became a traditional cultural event of the Muong ethnic group in Van Son commune and surrounding areas.
Over 100,000 people responded to activities at the Ao dai festival, the fifth of its kind, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on March 26.
(HBO) - During 3 days, 20-22 March, at the center of Provincial Youth Union, the Department of Education and Training coordinated with Provincial Youth Union to hold the competition of the 2018 Excellent School Youth Secretary. Participating in the contest were 24 Secretaries of the Youth Union at high schools in the province.
Carolyn White from Michigan, United States, had never imagined that people from a remote country half the world away, Vietnam, would one day be part of her life until she found solace in the teachings of a Vietnamese Zen master.
The 2018 Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange Festival will take place at the Ly Thai To Park, close to Hoan Kiem Lake, in Hanoi from March 23 to 26, with a display of 50 cherry trees, around 10,000 branches of cherry blossoms, bonsai trees, and a number of the typical flowers of Vietnam and Hanoi, among the main highlights.
(HBO) - In addition to providing post and telecommunication services, commune cultural post office (CPO) is also the places which serves people to read books and free newspapers to help rural people have access to information and knowledge, grasp the policy of the Party Committee, policies and laws of the State, improve people's intellectual and cultural lives.
(HBO) – Various cultural and art activities extolling the Communist Party of Vietnam and the new spring were organised in many localities of Tan Lac district in the northern province of Hoa Binh, creating a joyful feeling for local people in the first days of the Lunar New Year.
(HBO) - About 33km far from Hoa Binh city, about 100km far from Hanoi capital and 300m far from National Highway 6, travelers can come to Ai village, Phong Phu commune (Tan Lac). This is the ancient Muong village that preserves many traditional cultural traditions of the Muong ethnic group.
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