(HBO) – The culture house in Lac Thinh commune, Yen Thuy district, Hoa Binh province has been the gathering place for many local residents who love sports every afternoon. The elderly often play soft volleyball and do exercise, children play football, and youngsters and women play volleyball.
The
arts team of Thuong hamlet, Lac Thinh commune (Yen Thuy district) perform at
the great national unity festival in 2020.
Sports have helped to tighten solidarity
and become an indispensable daily activity of locals. Senior exercise clubs
have been established in all 11 hamlets in Lac Thinh. There is also a yoga club
for the elderly and women in Sau Street. In addition, each hamlet has a dance
club for women. In 2017, the Sau Street established a soft volleyball club,
with a total of 33 members.
Apart from sports, people have also actively
engaged in a range of culture and art activities, with the latest the
celebrations of Vietnamese Women’s Day (October 20) when representatives from the
11 hamlets and streets participated in a cultural exchange programme, and the
great national unity festival.
To prepare for the performances, Bui Thi
Hau and other local women gathered at 7:30pm everyday for rehearsals.
"We are very excited, especially when our
performances always receive warm response of the audience,” Hau said.
Each hamlet has at least one arts team, some
have two, each with 15-20 members, mainly women and the elderly. Those clubs
have also engaged in exchanges with those from other communes.
According to Bui Ngoc Luong, Chairman of
the commune People’s Committee, the arts and sport movements have contributed
to improving the cultural and spiritual life of local residents.
All-level Parties committees and authorities
have regularly organised artistic and cultural exchange programmes to mark anniversaries
and Tet festivals.
Those activities have helped to promote the
community spirit in building a cultural life in residential areas, maintaining
political security and social order and safety, and preventing social evils.
Some 900 people and 1,175 households, or
73 percent, in the commune engage in regular exercise, and more than 300 residents
actively participate in arts, dancing and yoga teams in residential areas. In
2020, 77.2 percent of local households were recognised as families of
culture./.
Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.
In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.
In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.
After two tense and dramatic halves of the final round of the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Vietnamese football team played excellently, winning convincingly with a score of 3-2 and being crowned champions with total score of 5-3 against opponent Thailand.
After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.
Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.