The opening ceremony of the first Thai ethnic cultural festival was heldin the northern province of Lai Chau on December 27, featuring theethnic group’s traditional identities.
It was attended by Le HongAnh, a Politburo member and standing member of Party CentralCommittee's Secretariat, Ha Thi Khiet, Party Central Committee Secretaryand head of the Party Commission for Mass Mobilisation, and leaders oflocalities.
This is the first time the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism coordinated with Lai Chau province to organise thefestival themed “Preserving and promoting the Thai ethnic group’scultural identity in Vietnam’s development and internationalintegration”.
The event brings together local people and thosefrom the provinces of Dien Bien, Hoa Binh and Son La, as well as LaoCai, Yen Bai, Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa, where the majority of the Thaiethnic people in the country live.
During the three-dayevent, various cultural and sports activities, featuring the Thai ethnicgroup's traditional identities, are held.
The festival alsoincludes mass artistic performances, traditional costume shows, tourismand cultural products as well as the revival of traditional ceremoniesof the group. Various folk games are organised.
Lai Chau has themaximum number of Thai people, numbering more than 400,000 people,accounting for 37 percent of the province's population.
150,000 tourists visit the province every year, 20,000 of whom are foreigners.-VNA
It was attended by Le HongAnh, a Politburo member and standing member of Party CentralCommittee's Secretariat, Ha Thi Khiet, Party Central Committee Secretaryand head of the Party Commission for Mass Mobilisation, and leaders oflocalities.
This is the first time the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism coordinated with Lai Chau province to organise thefestival themed “Preserving and promoting the Thai ethnic group’scultural identity in Vietnam’s development and internationalintegration”.
The event brings together local people and thosefrom the provinces of Dien Bien, Hoa Binh and Son La, as well as LaoCai, Yen Bai, Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa, where the majority of the Thaiethnic people in the country live.
During the three-dayevent, various cultural and sports activities, featuring the Thai ethnicgroup's traditional identities, are held.
The festival alsoincludes mass artistic performances, traditional costume shows, tourismand cultural products as well as the revival of traditional ceremoniesof the group. Various folk games are organised.
Lai Chau has themaximum number of Thai people, numbering more than 400,000 people,accounting for 37 percent of the province's population.
150,000 tourists visit the province every year, 20,000 of whom are foreigners.-VNA
