(HBO) – The Great National Solidarity Festival went vibrant in Hoa Binh province with a series of activities, including traditional sports like crossbow shooting, nem con (throwing a colourful ball through a ring), and tug of war.
like
other rural areas in the province, locals in Ren hamlet, Tan Lac district’s Gia
Mo commune organise a crossbow shooting contest during the great national
solidarity day.
The festival, which in full swing in November,
was described as an important event in each village, helping strengthen the
national solidarity bloc. Sport activities have been an indispensable part, and
become a highlight of the festival for years.
Besides volleyball, which has been favoured in many residential areas,
traditional sports and folk games were added in this year festival’s
activities.
According to Bui Van Bu, Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee in Gia Mo
commune, Tan Lac district, the festival creates an opportunity for the locality
to preserve traditional cultural values. The Fatherland Front Committee always
encourages the organisation of sports competition, and traditional games of
Muong ethnic people.
Several hamlets also held gong performances, he added.
The activities were also held in Tan Lac district’s Do Nhan and Lo Son commune,
and some remote and mountainous communes in the district.
Together with large festivals in the year like Lunar New Year, Tet Doc Lap
(Independence Tet), the great national solidarity day has become an important
event of villages across the province. It helps enhance solidarity, trigger
patriotism, and improve spiritual life of local people, while giving a good
chance for the province to promote and protect traditional cultures.
Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.
In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.
In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.
After two tense and dramatic halves of the final round of the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Vietnamese football team played excellently, winning convincingly with a score of 3-2 and being crowned champions with total score of 5-3 against opponent Thailand.
After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.
Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.
