(HBO) – A delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has paid a working visit to the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Laos to bolster cooperation in professional activities.
The visit aimed to share experience in document and artifact
collection, restoration, along with preservation and promotion of values of
Vietnam-Laos revolutionary relic sites in Hoa Binh province.
Singthong Singhapanya, a leader of the Kaysone
Phomvihane Museum, welcomed the delegation’s working visit to Laos. He affirmed
that the Party and State of Laos are interested in the collection of documents
and the restoration and preservation of Vietnam-Laos revolutionary relic sites,
including those in Hoa Binh province.
He highlighted the importance of the Vietnam-Laos
relic sites in Hoa Binh to Laos’s revolution as well as the managing board of
the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, noting that these relic sites provide more
evidence of the special friendship between the two nations.
The two sides agreed to cooperate in collecting
relevant documents and restoring and preserving these relic sites.
The delegation of the Hoa Binh Department of Culture, Sports
and Tourism visits the house of late President Kaysone Phomvihane in the
Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Laos.
After discussing, the two
sides signed a memorandum of understanding. Accordingly, they agreed to
continue cooperating in professional activities, including studying and
collecting artifacts. They will also keep working together to preserve and
bring into play values of the two Vietnam-Laos revolutionary relic sites in Hoa
Binh. Communications activities will also be increased to raise people’s
awareness of the special bilateral friendship as well as the significance of
the two relic sites in the province.
In 2019, the Vietnamese side will invite a
delegation of Laos to visit Hoa Binh to discuss the cooperation.
During their stay in Laos, the Hoa Binh
delegation visited to collect information at some other museums and historical
and cultural relic sites of Laos. They also interviewed two persons who
directly prepared for and attended the preparatory congress for the second
Congress of the Lao People’s Party (now the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party)
in Hoa Binh in 1971.
On February 12th (i.e. Lunar January 15), the People's Committee of Hop Tien commune, Kim Boi district organized the Festival of Sim Pagoda Festival in At Ty Spring, 2025. The festival welcomed many people and tourists to visit the pagoda and enjoy the scenery.
The palanquin procession to Sim Pagoda.
As Hoa Binh province is set to host 115 spring festivals, local departments, sectors and localities are joining hands to ensure safety for the events.
In many major cultural events in Hanoi, the sound of the Muong people's gongs has become a special tone, contributing to the unique harmony that praises the cultural values accumulated over thousands of years along with the sacred soul of the capital city.
On the first day back to work and school after the Lunar New Year holiday, thousands of female officials, civil servants, and students from grade nine and above in Lac Son district proudly wore the traditional Muong attire. The vibrant brocade patterns created a striking cultural display, reinforcing the community's commitment to preserving and promoting their heritage.
The provincial-level Khai Ha festival 2025 of the Muong ethnic minority group took place at Phong Phu commune’s stadium in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province on the morning of February 5 (the 8th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Snake).
"Xuong Dong” (going to the field) festival opened in Yen Phu commune of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son district on February 5, or the eighth day of the Year of the Snake, drawing thousands of locals and visitors to partake in a variety of activities.
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