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.
The leaders of Hoa Binh city were giving flowers to the mobile propaganda groups in Hoa Binh city.
The contest was held from March 26th - April 2nd, 2024 with the participation of 37 mobile propaganda teams from the Cultural Center, the Center of Culture & Cinema the Center of Culture & Art of the provinces, cities across the country.
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the mobile propaganda teams from the provinces and the cities participated in the performances in 4 districts and the city in the province. In Hoa Binh City, there were the delegations from Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Binh, Nghe An, Quang Ninh, Tuyen Quang. In Cao Phong district, there were the delegations from Hai Phong city, Ca Mau, Gia Lai, Son La, Hung Yen provinces. In Tan Lac district, there were the delegations from Hanoi City, Hau Giang, Dien Bien, Long An, Thai Binh provinces. In Mai Chau district there were the delegations from Can Tho City, Bac Ninh, Binh Dinh, Ha Giang, Lang Son provinces.
The performance of Quang Ninh delegation at the competition.
The erformance of Tuyen Quang delegation.
The performance of Ho Chi Minh City delegation.
The performance of Hoa Binh delegation at the competition.
The performance of Hoa Binh delegation.
The mobile propaganda teams from the provinces and the city participated in performing the general art performances (singing, dancing, music) with the high propaganda and artistic properties, imbued with the local cultural identity and the content praising the patriotism, revolutionary heroism, the strength of great national unity, the will to be self-reliant and self-reliant in overcoming difficulties and challenges of our army and the people under the leadership of the Party created the legendary historic victory of Dien Bien Phu; the stature, the great historical value and great and profound significance of the Dien Bien Phu Victory for the nation and the era; praising the merits and great contributions of heroes, martyrs, invalids, sick soldiers, young volunteers, frontline workers and the people from all walks of life in the resistance war against the French colonialists and other invaders and the typical examples of contributing to youth in the cause of building and developing the homeland and the country; The achievements in the economic - cultural - social development, national defense and security have been achieved by the country, the locality in general and Dien Bien province in particular in the past 70 years...
The contest has been contributing to cheering and encouraging the employees, the party members and the people from all walks of life to try and overcome difficulties and successfully complete the political goals and tasks in 2024, racing to make achievements in celebrating the major national holidays, determined to successfully implement the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels for the term of 2020 - 2025 and the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress.
The contest's summary, closing and awarding ceremony takes place on April 2 in Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province.
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