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Encouraging People To Purchase Vietnamese Products

Recently, at Nguyen Thuong Hien Primary School, May To Ward, Ngo Quyen District, the Product Introduction Festival 2023 and gift-giving ceremony to households in difficult circumstances has been held.

Preserving Traditional Craft Villages

Vinh Bao district is known as one of the localities with the largest number of traditional crafts in Hai Phong City, including Bao Ha carpenter village, puppetry village, mat weaving, and embroidery villages of Dong Minh commune. To preserve and promote traditional craft villages, Hai Phong City’s Cooperative Alliance has just organized two training classes to supplement artisans with knowledge and help expand markets for local crafters.

South Korea-Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition

Haiphong Center for Information, Exhibition, and Cinema has opened the door to the Hai Phong - Qwangju (South Korea) Exchange Fine Arts Exhibition.

Linking Up With Vietnamese Central Highlands Provinces To Promote Tourism

On October 9th afternoon at Mercure Hotel, the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism from Gia Lai, Dak Lak, and Kon Tum provinces collaborated to host the conference for connection and cooperation in the  tourism sector with Hai Phong City with the theme “One Voyage, Many Destinations.”

Opening Ceremony Of The 2023 Belgium Food And Culture Festival

On October 6th evening, the Vietnam–Czechoslovakia Palace of Friendship Labour Culture, The Embassy of Belgium in Vietnam, and the DEEP C Industrial Zone Complex collaborated and held the 2023 Belgian Food and Culture Festival’s opening ceremony. Mr. Karl Van Den Bossche–Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Le Khac Nam–Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People’s Committee, and Mr. Bruno Jaspaert–Head of  DEEP C Industrial Zone Complex, attended the festival opening ceremony.

Hai Phong City’s Cha Chia And Banh Da Cua Awarded Certificate Of Representative Vietnamese Cuisine

First Conference Of Delegates Of Revolutionary Writers

On September 30th morning in Hai Phong City, the Vietnam Writers’ Association coordinated with Hai Phong City to organize the opening ceremony of the 1st Conference of delegates of Vietnamese revolutionary writers. Mr. Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party’s Central Committee, Head of the Central Department of Propaganda; Mr. Le Tien Chau, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hai Phong Party Committee and other city leaders; leaders of the Vietnam Writers Association and 300 delegates who are Vietnamese poets and writers attended the conference.

New Play “Waiting For Spring” Presented

To prepare for the Hai Phong Television Theatre program in October, the Theatre Troupe under the Hai Phong Department of Culture and Sports recently held a ceremony to introduce and present the new play “Waiting for Spring.”

Preservation Of Endangered Cat Ba Langurs

After 23 years of implementing the Cat Ba’s langurs conservation project, the number of langurs has increased from 47 individuals in 2000 to 82 individuals in September 2023.

Continuing The Buffalo Fighting Festival Tradition In 2023

The Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival is a famous traditional event that closely attaches to the name of Do Son in the northern port city of Hai Phong. Like other festivals in Vietnam, the Buffalo Fighting Festival consists of two parts - spiritual rites and entertainment activities imbued with the identity of the estuary region. Besides other communal houses in the Do Son district, on the early morning of September 22nd, villagers gathered at the village’s communal house to perform the buffalo presentation ritual. This year, Ngoc Xuyen ward has two fighting buffaloes, officially called “Ngài Trâu” (Sir Buffalo), competing in the festival.