The first Khmer folk singing festival of the Mekong Delta region opened in Soc Trang province on October 1, drawing more than 300 contestants, mostly students, amateur artists and artisans from regional localities.
A performance at the festival (Photo: VNA)
The 96 performances at the festival were themed around the Party,
President Ho Chi Minh, as well as positive changes in several localities, the
love for homeland, traditional festivals, and family sentiments.
Following the opening ceremony, audiences were able to enjoy nine folk
performances.
Soc Trang is home to a large society of Khmer people. According to Nguyen Van
Bon, Director of the provincial radio and TV station and head of the organising
board, the event is a chance for amateur singers to share and exchange
experience to promote the traditional culture of Khmer people through folk
songs and musical instruments.
The festival is also an opportunity to honour, preserve, and develop the unique
art of the Khmer people, contributing to developing the cultural identities of
the group, while meeting the demand for folk art from locals and audiences from
other localities, he said.
The festival will run until October 5 in Studio 3 of the Soc Trang radio-TV
station. The opening and closing ceremonies are broadcast live on channels STV1
and STV2 of Soc Trang TV, as well as channel 5 of the Vietnam Television.
Source: VNA
Hoa Binh province has carried out multiple programmes and initiatives to revive its cultural heritage which has gradually fallen into oblivion through the ebbs and flows of history.
The most prominent and defining feature in the prehistoric era of Hoa Binh is the Hoa Binh Culture. The Culture was first discovered in Hoa Binh. The significant prehistoric culture represents not only Vietnam but also Southeast Asia and southern China. Through excavations of cave sites in the limestone regions of Hoa Binh, French archaeologist M. Colani introduced the world to a "Stone Age in Hoa Binh province – Northern Vietnam" in 1927. On January 30, 1932, the First Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, held in Hanoi, officially recognised the Hoa Binh Culture.
Known as the "Land of Epic History”, Hoa Binh province, the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, boasts a strategic location and a unique cultural tapestry woven by its ethnic minority communities.
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Hoa Binh province has captured growing attention both domestically and internationally for its distinctive cultural heritage and rich history. Most notably, it has been renowned for its famous Hoa Binh culture, considered the cradle of ancient Vietnamese civilisation. Looking ahead to significant milestones in 2025 and the 140th anniversary of province establishment in 2026, Hoa Binh Newspaper presents a comprehensive overview of the province's development across economic, social, cultural, tourism, and security domains.
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