(HBO) – Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a photographer from Hoa Binh province, has won a silver medal at the 18th artistic photo festival for the northern mountainous region held in Yen Bai earlier this month.
The
photo "Bring the water to village”, taken by Nguyen Xuan Thanh, member of the
Hoa Binh photographers’ association, wins a silver medal at the festival.
Photographer
Nguyen Xuan Thanh (third from the left) receives silver medal at the 18thartistic photo festival for the northern mountainous region.
The festival, themed "Nature and people in the northern
mountainous region,” received a total of 2,256 entries from 349 photographers
of 15 provinces in the region.
The jury selected 211 works by 128 photographers for exhibition
and awarded them with two gold, four silver, six bronze medals alongside eight
consolation prizes and three others for teamwork.
Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hoa Binh photographers’
association, earned a silver medal for his photo "Bring the water to village”
at the festival./.
The People’s Committee of Lac Son district held a ceremony on April 28 to receive the provincial relic certificate for the ancient rock carving site at Suoi Co stream, located in My Thanh commune.
A special music show titled "The country is in the fullness of joy” has been held at Hoa Binh Square in Hoa Binh city in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025).
The People's Committee of Lo Son commune, Tan Lac district, has organised the local annual traditional stream fishing festival on April 19 - 20.
As a land deeply intertwined with human history and Vietnam’s millennia-long journey of nation-building and defence, Hoa Binh is often revered for its epic tales and legends.
Residents of Hoa Binh boast a rich cultural identity, reflected in their unique language, traditional attire, customs, and folk melodies – described as "sweet as honey, clear as a mountain stream.”
Lac Son district’s Vu ban town held the 2025 Truong Kha temple festival on April 12–13 (the 15th–16th days of the third lunar month). Since its revival in 2019, the festival has been organised every three years, preserving valuable intangible heritage while meeting the community’s cultural and spiritual needs.
