The Vietnam Festival 2018 kicked off at Yoyogi park in the Japanese capital of Tokyo on May 19 on the occasion of the 128th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.
Visitors pose with
Vietnam's three-wheel cyclos
(Source: VNA)
Speaking at the opening
ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong said that the event
is part of important activities to take place in
Japan in 2018 in celebration of the
45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
Besides
Tokyo, the Vietnam Festival will be
organised in other localities across
Japan,
including
Fukuoka, Aichi,
Osaka, Kanagawa, and Saitama, within this
year, Cuong added.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda expressed his delight at the
development of the two countries’ relations, while hoping that the friendship
will be strengthened to meet aspirations.
Deputy head of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association Motoyoshi Ryoikichi
told the Vietnam News Agency that the bilateral ties are in a flourishing
period.
There are around 240,000 Vietnamese people living in
Japan, a tenfold increase compared
with the figure five years ago.
The
Vietnam festival was
first held in
Japan in
September 2008, becoming the biggest-ever festival of
Vietnam held in
the country, attracting 150,000 visitors in just three days.
Since then, the festival has been organised annually and become the largest
cultural exchange event between the two countries.
This year’s event has 120 pavilions, including 60 cuisine ones, and 50 others
introducing the image of Vietnamese land and people and Vietnamese goods, along
with art performances.
The two-day festival is expected to attract over 150,000 visitors.
Source: VNA
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
The Dao ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province has preserved many unique cultural identities, especially rituals and belief. In particular, Nhay (dance) festival is the most important ritual with a long history, vividly reflecting the religious life of the local Dao people.
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