(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province has organised a conference on coordination in building a dossier for Mo Muong to be included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
The event saw the attendance of Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and
Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and representatives from the Vietnam National Academy
of Music and the People’s Committees of Hanoi, and Dak Lak, Son La, Phu Tho,
Thanh Hoa and Ninh Binh provinces.
Photo: Bui Van Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,
concludes the conference.
According to the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism, the provincial People’s Committee issued Plan No.
220/KH-UBND on November 25, 2011, on the coordination.
The department has sent documents to cities and
provinces, asking for joint efforts in building the dossier, and partnered with
the Vietnam National Academy of Music to conduct research studies and organise
seminars.
The sides have identified the targeted heritage
– Mo Muong, a collection of verses recited at traditional Muong funerals.
Among the localities that are reviewing the list
of Mo Muong, the central province of Thanh Hoa has done the work.
Participants at the conference looked into tasks
of the localities, the progress of the dossier building and next steps, along
with capital allocation for the project.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Hoang Dao Cuong stressed that the building of the dossier is an urgent task.
He said the localities should send the dossier
to the ministry by December this year, which will be assessed before January
31, 2023 and submitted to UNESCO no later than the end of March 2023.
However, the work remains sluggish, he said,
asking Hoa Binh and other localities to speed up and outline a specific
roadmap, with quality and efficiency ensured.
Bui Van Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,
spoke highly of opinions raised by experts and localities, which, he said, will
help Hoa Binh consolidate and complete the dossier soon./.
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.
