Fifty- six entertainment entries taking part in the Pink Tone Contest

12/19/2018 - 4:35:25 PM

(HBO) Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has just held the Pink Tone Contest. There are 20 schools including Ethnic Minority Boarding Schools, junior and high secondary schools, Ethnic Minority Boarding junior and high secondary schools in the province.

The dance performance "Net Viet" of Tien Phong Ethnic Semi- Boarding Junior School (Da Bac).

Twenty teams have showed 56 special performances. The theme of the performances shows the love for the hometown and the country, the preservation of Hoa Binh province’s cultural identity. The contest is a useful playground for students to express their artistic talents. Throughout the contest, students will be trained about the ethics of the life style.

As the end of the contest, the Organizing Board has awarded 3 first prizes, 9 second prizes, 15 third prizes and 29 consolation prizes (only first and second prizes are mentioned). The 3 first prizes include Mong Flute – the Forest Sound (Mai Chau B Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior High School); Spring Color (Mai Chau Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School); The Highland School (Tan Minh Semi- Boarding Junior School Ethnicity). The 9 second prizes include The Teacher's Words (Da Bac Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School); Vietnamese Teachers and Vietnamese Spirit (Luong Son Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School); The Echo of the Mountainside (Da Bac Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School); Ethnic Folk Dance and Muong Bi Missing (Tan Lac Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School); Pieu Sparkling(Da Bac Minority Boarding - Secondary School); The Spring in Mong Village(Thung Nai Semi- Boarding Junior and Secondary School Ethnicity); Rowing(Vay Nua Semi- Boarding Junior School).

In addition, the Organizing Board also awarded the delegation prices having taken part in the context. The first prizes have been given to Mai Chau B Ethnic Minority Boarding – Junior School and Mai Chau Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School. The second prices have been given to Luong Son Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School and Tan Lac Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School. The third prices have been given to Tan Minh Ethnic Semi - Boarding Junior School (Da Bac district), Lac Sy Ethnic Semi- Boarding Junior and High School (Yen Thuy District) and Kim Boi Ethnic Minority Boarding - Junior and Secondary School.

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