President Thuong listens to ethnic people introduce their unique cultural activities.
This year’s festival sees the participation of about 300 people from 28 ethnic communities in 16 provinces and cities across the country.
Upon addressing the event, the Vietnamese State leader emphasized that through a history of thousands of years of national construction and protection, 54 ethnic groups have created unique and rich cultural values that have made significant contributions to further enhancing the country’s position and reputation within the international arena.
Thuong affirms that the Party and State always pay special attention to building great national unity.
President Thuong joins the Xoe dance with the ethnic people.
The Vietnamese President and village elders come together to plant seeds
President Thuong presents gifts to representatives of participating ethnic groups.
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A month-long exhibition telling the story of Vietnamese resilience, creativity, and bravery in a 12-day air defense against the US troops was launched on December 5. The exhibition on the victory of “Dien Bien Phu in the air” opens to the public. Photo: Lai Tan/The Hanoi Times The exhibition, entitled “Hanoi, the memory of 12 days and 12 nights – The victory of Dien Bien Phu in the air”, is part of a series of activities organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the victory against the US airforce in December 1972. The campaign, widely known as “Dien Bien Phu in the Air,” was a defense operation launched by the Vietnam Air Force and ground-based air defense against US air raids by B52 bomber – the most modern aircraft of the time – on Hanoi and neighboring cities and provinces. The operation lasted 12 days and nights, from December 18 to 30, 1972, and resulted in the victory of the Vietnamese, which was attributed to the leadership of the Party and the Government...
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