(HBO) - Meritorious artist
Bui Huy Vong from the
northern
province of Hoa Binh was among 113 authors and late
authors nationwide honoured with the Ho Chi Minh
Awards and State Prize in
Literature and Arts in
2017, the highest ranking award
of its kind in the country.
Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Party Committee and head of the Party Central
Committee's Information and Education Commission Vo Van Thuong and 2017
Award winners at the honouring ceremony.
He won the State prize for works relating to traditional funeral rites of
Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh.
Artist Bui Huy Vong is a Muong ethnic. He was born in
1967 in Bung hamlet, Huong
Nhuong commune, Lac Son district.
He is a member of the provincial Association of Literature and Arts, the Folk Arts Association of Vietnam, and the Literature and Arts
Association of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities.
During his career, he has written 80 articles and studies, published 12 books and
joined two scientific research projects. He has won 10 awards at the provincial
level, and one State-level award.
At present, Vong is participating in scientific research projects related to
preserving and promoting the values of Mo Muong- a special culture heritage of
Muong people in Hoa Binh, and building the alphabet of Muong scripts, among
others.
Bui Huy
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.
