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Ninh Binh: first Trang An heritage festival kicks off

The first Trang An heritage festival is underway in the northern province of Ninh Binh, with the participation of 14 provinces and cities from across the nation.
Ninh Binh: first Trang An heritage festival kicks off ảnh 1At the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Binh (VNA) – The first Trang An heritagefestival is underway in the northern province of Ninh Binh, with theparticipation of 14 provinces and cities from across the nation.

Addressing the opening ceremony on November 17, Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam said he hopes via the festival, Ninh Binh will further prioritisethe building of culture and the promotion and conservation of culturalvalue of the province and the nation.

He suggested the locality focus on measures to mobiliseefforts from people and businesses to the cultural preservation work and todevelop tourism into a spearheaded sector.

The Deputy PM expected the festival will become a heritagebrand of Ninh Binh.

Ninh Binh: first Trang An heritage festival kicks off ảnh 2Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
At the ceremony, a grand art programme took place, gatheringhundreds of artists, actors, and folk artisans in Vietnam and from abroad.

Lasting until November 19, the festival is also set to treatvisitors to an exhibition on cultural heritage, traditions, and history, a streetfestival, a concert highlighting cultural heritage and contemporary sound, anda closing ceremony.

Ninh Binh, home to the Trang An Landscape Complex – a mixed cultural and natural heritage site of the world that earned the recognition in 2014, is eyeing to make the festival a biennial event atthe national level, and later international one./.
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