A culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups in Vietnamese and Lao border localities is taking place in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province.
The event attracts more than
600 artisans, artists, and amateur athletes from both sides. They come from
Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri,
Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Kon Tum, and the Lao provinces of Attapeu, Sekong,
Savannakhet, and Salavan.
Opening the festival on May 17th, Vietnamese Deputy Minister
of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said the event aims to honour and
introduce the special cultural values of ethnic minorities while enhancing the
solidarity, friendship, cooperation and cultural exchange between the two
countries’ border provinces.
Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos
Buangan Xaphuvong said the great friendship, special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation of the two countries are hard to be found anywhere
else in the world. This festival will help reinforce cultural exchanges between
Laos and Vietnam, as well as relations between the two peoples in general.
Activities in the festival include exhibitions of the
localities’ culture and tourism products, arts performances, shows of
traditional costumes and brocade making, reenactment of traditional festivals
and customs, and a culinary competition. The programme also features
traditional sports of local ethnics such as pole pushing, tug of war, and
crossbow shooting.
Source: DCS
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.
