(HBO) – Through its building of various cultural and musical clubs, Thuong Coc commune in Lac Son district has become a bright spot in preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups at the grassroots level.
(HBO) - The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference to review the work of culture, sports, tourism and family in the first 6 months of the year, and to implement the key tasks in the last 6 months of 2023 as well.
(HBO) - With the love and desire to preserve the cultural beauty left by the great grandfathers, Ms. Bui Thi Huong from Com hamlet, Dong Lai commune (Tan Lac) has been working for nearly 50 years with the traditional brocade products of Muong ethnic group.
(HBO) – The Dao is among the few ethnic minority groups that have and use their own scripts rather frequently. The script, called Nom Dao, is being preserved and promoted to bring into play the values of their folk knowledge thanks to efforts by local Party committees, administrations, and residents.
(HBO) – Coming into being very early in the history of the Muong ethnic group and containing unique values, the bamboo calendar, called Doi or Roi calendar, of Muong people in Hoa Binh province was recently honoured as part of the national intangible cultural heritage. Basing on the time division in a year and the movement of the moon and stars, local residents discovered and have applied the rule of the nature to their daily life.
(HBO) – Apart from coordinating with other localities in compiling a dossier on ‘Mo Muong’ to seek UNESCO recognition as a cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding, Hoa Binh province has been focusing on promoting, collecting, documenting and preserving the unique values of Mo Muong cultural heritage.
(HBO) - On June 26 evening, at the Cultural Palace of Hoa Binh province, the Department of Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Vietnam Musicians' Association and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province, held the closing and awarding ceremony of the 2023 National Traditional Musical Instrument Solo and Orchestra Competition.
(HBO) - In the evening of June 20, at the Cultural Palace of Hoa Binh province, the Department of Performing Arts collaborated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province and the Association of Vietnam Musicians to hold the opening ceremony of the National Competition for Solo and Concert of National Ethnic Instruments in 2023, phase 2.
(HBO) - In 2022, together with the folk knowledge of Bamboo Calendar, Khai Ha fesstival of Muong ethnic minority in Hoa Binh province have received a certificate of recognition of the national intangible cultural heritage, creating a milestone of the provicial special cultural events. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of Cat in 2023, the provincial Khai Ha Festival was first held with the convergence of 4 Muong (Bi, Vang, Thang, Dong), having the largest scale ever, thereby it helps fostering the pride of the community of Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh, attracting the participation of the people and thousands of tourists from all over the country.
(HBO) –The Muong Khu singing club officially debuted in September 2022, becoming the "common home" of those who have a special love for singing in the Muong ethnic language.
(HBO) – Established in 2021, Mo Muong Thang Club in Cao Phong district has made great contributions to preserving and promoting the values of Mo Muong, a unique cultural heritage of the Muong ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province.
(HBO) – Hoa Binh province's organising board for cultural, sports, and tourism events held a meeting on June 2 to discuss and approve the overall programme of cultural, sports, and tourism events for 2023. Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the organising board Nguyen Van Toan chaired the event
(HBO) – A mountainous commune in Lac Son district, Tu Do has focused on optimising its natural advantages to develop experiential and community-based tourism. The locality is becoming popular among visitor who come to enjoy cool weather, untouched natural landscapes and the unique local cultural identity.
(HBO) - The Museum of Muong Cultural Heritage is located in Group 6, Thai Binh Ward (Hoa Binh City). The outstanding artisan, Mr. Bui Thanh Binh, is the Director of the museum. As a family museum, he has collected 6 stilt houses and more than 6,000 quite unique artifacts about the life of the Muong mandarins and Muong people. He has been teaching Muong gongs, Muong folk music to the people of Hoa Binh, Hanoi, Phu Tho... The museum has contributed to preserving the value of Muong cultural heritage.
(HBO) – Residents in the northern port city of Hai Phong learnt about cultural heritage and traditional cuisine of the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh province through an exhibition held earlier this month at the Hai Phong Museum.
(HBO) - On May 10, in Hai Phong city, Hai Phong Museum in collaboration with Hoa Binh Provincial Museum held the opening of the thematic exhibition named "Typical Cultural Heritage of Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh province”. Thí activity is in a series of the activities to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Hai Phong (May 13, 1955 - May 13, 2023) and the Hai Phong Red Phoenix Flower Festival in 2023.
(HBO) – After the re-organisation of administrative units, Hoa Binh city now has 195 houses of culture among its 208 hamlets and residential groups, which means 97% of the local residential areas have such centres. However, new requirements have arisen, requiring all-level Party committees and administrations to take strong actions to perfect grassroots culture facilities.
(HBO) - In 2 days (May 1-2), at the community touristm site in Mo hamlet, the People's Committee of Binh Thanh commune (Cao Phong) organized the weeek of Culture & Tourism Week the folk art festival of the ethnic minorities in the cluster of Binh Thanh commune, Thung Nai. It has attracted the attention of thousands of people and tourists inside and outside the district.
(HBO) - In the area of Tan Lac district, the population of Muong ethnic group accounts for 85%, the rest are Kinh and other ethnic groups living together. In recent years, preserving and promoting the traditional cultural identity of the ethnic groups in general and the Muong ethnic group in particular has always been supported by the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and the socio-political organizations from the district to the grassroots level, contributing to raising the value of Muong Bi cultural identity in today's life.
(HBO) - It not only is the cultural beauty, brocade weaving of Muong, Thai, Dao, Mong ... ethnic people in the province has also created economic value, bringing income to the people. In addition to keeping and improving the skills of the employees, it is necessary to have support in training, improving the quality of models, promoting and introducing products so that they can reach large markets inside and outside the province and it is necessary to look for the strong foothold for brocade weaving.
(HBO) – According to historical records, the Cold Food Festival of China entered Vietnam during the Ly Dynasty (1009 - 1225), but it has been adapted to the traditions, customs, and beliefs of each locality and ethnic group and called Thanh minh Festival. "Thanh minh” is the fifth of the 24 solar terms. "Thanh” means purity while "minh” brightness. On this occasion, people often visit, clean, and repair graves of their clans and give offerings to express gratitude to ancestors.
(HBO) - Every year, in Hang Tram town (Yen Thuy) there is at least 75% of the residential areas being recognized as the cultural residential area. The movement "all people unite to build a cultural life” has been agreed and responded by the officials and the people, becoming a regular job in the residential areas.
(HBO) - On April 14, Hoa Binh College of Economics and Technology, Hoa Binh College of Engineering and Technology cooperated with the Provincial Youth Union to organize Laos Bunpimay Traditional New Year for the international students and students studying at these two schools. There was the attendance of the leaders from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, the Provincial Public Security, Vietnam - Lao Friendship Association and Lao - Thai Friendship Association of Overseas Vietnamese.
(HBO) - Implementing the tourism development cooperation programme in eight expanded Northwestern provinces and Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Binh province participated in an expanded Northwest Tourism - Culture Week at Ninh Kieu Wharf Park in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 8-11.
(HBO) – Many educational institutions in Hoa Binh province have organised practical activities to raise their students’ awareness of traditional culture, such as opening classes on Muong gongs, establishing clubs, and introducing folk games as extracurricular activities.