(HBO) - Vo Market happens twice a week, with the Sunday session being the busiest. The market offers all kinds of things, from clothing, footwear to necessary items and agricultural tools. It particularly still preserves many features of a traditional wet market.
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A Muong ethnic minority man
sells traditional products of his people at Vo Market.
Located in Vo Street, Nhan Nghia
Commune, Hoa Binh’s Lac Son District, Vo Market has been popular for many
generations as a marketplace for not only local people but also those from
neighbouring communes, such as Van Nghia, My Thanh, Tuan Dao, Tan Lap, Mien Doi
and Quy Hoa.
It is a very bustling and crowding
market where people come for not only selling and buying but also chitchatting
weekly.
Though many new markets, such as Chieng
Market (Tan Lap) and Sao Market (Tuan Dao) have been established in nearby
communes as part of the local new-style rural building campaign, Vo Market
remains the busiest and most crowded one thanks to its long history.
Displayed at the market are various
traditional farm produces, including Ri chicken, eggs, wild-caught shrimps and
freshwater crabs, bamboo shoots among others.
There are also a wide range of hand-made
cultural products of Muong ethnic minority people, from gongs, to traditional
clothing, brocade items, offering a unique experience for first-time visitors.
Vo Market is held from early morning to
noon./.
The Government Office with Document No. 2082/VPCP-KGVX, dated March 29, 2024, sent out the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha regarding the submission of the "Mo Muong" and "Cheo art" dossiers to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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.
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