Closing of 'Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days' 2025

VHO - Ho Chi Minh City closed the "Literature and Arts Days" 2025 with the theme "Our Common Home", concluding a series of activities honoring culture and artistic creativity.

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Ho Chi Minh City and Ms. Tran My Hanh, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An province presented flowers to artists and actors of the Nghe An Traditional Arts Center participating in the art performance at the Closing Ceremony.

After 3 exciting days with a variety of activities, on the evening of October 21, at the Youth Cultural House (HCMC), the Department of Culture and Sports of HCMC in coordination with the Union of City Literature and Arts Associations, the City Youth Union and art units organized the Closing Ceremony of "Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days" with the theme "HCMC - Our Common Home".

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mr. Tran The Thuan, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said: “Today's closing ceremony concludes the series of exciting and emotional main activities of 'Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days' taking place from October 18-21.

However, cultural and artistic activities within the framework of the program will continue to take place until the end of October and early November 2025 in localities in the region, including Binh Duong , Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Con Dao special zone.

He emphasized that in recent days, the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City have been delighted with the success of the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025-2030, which passed an important resolution, opening up a new development vision for the City in the context of expanding administrative boundaries and special urban creative space.

Singer Quoc Dai and the Wind Chimes and White Mai dance groups perform the song "Southern Voice" (Minh Chau)

On October 18, at the Conference to summarize 50 years of Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts, Secretary of the City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang clearly stated the major orientation for the City's culture, literature and arts sector.

Accordingly, culture and art are the spiritual foundation of society and need to be properly invested in; development must harmonize traditional and modern values, so that the City's culture is both imbued with national identity and of international stature.

The city will prioritize land funds for public cultural institutions, develop community cultural spaces, and contribute to shaping the urban appearance commensurate with the status of a megacity of Ho Chi Minh City. Encourage innovation and apply technology in creation and promotion, helping literary and artistic works spread more strongly domestically and internationally...

At this conference, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City was honored to receive the First Class Labor Medal awarded by the President - a noble award, a source of encouragement and motivation for the entire industry to continue to innovate, serving the people and the country with the values ​​of truth - goodness - beauty.

Many performances have regional colors, recreating the diverse cultural space of the country.

According to Mr. Tran The Thuan, "Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days" in 2025 is the first event to be organized on a large scale, gathering all fields of literature and art, reflecting the potential and strong creative aspirations of the City's artists in the new development period.

The event has created an open cultural space where artists, the public and visitors meet, enjoy and spread creative inspiration.

He highly appreciated the participation of artists from Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Binh Duong, as well as the presence of the delegation from Nghe An province – the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh. This is a vivid demonstration of the spirit of connecting affection, opening up a direction for extensive literary and artistic cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and localities in the region, especially with his hometown.

“Entering a new development phase after the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has identified the core task of promoting heritage values ​​and regional identity, connecting the quintessence of Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, and Con Dao in a common creative whole.

In addition, expanding domestic and international cooperation, forming a domestic and regional network of literary and artistic cooperation, contributing to the sustainable development of the City's culture and arts, commensurate with its position as a major center of the country", the Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized.

The closing art program with the theme “HCMC – Our Common Home” was elaborately staged, gathering many artists, actors, and musicians from art units of HCMC, Nghe An, etc.

Singer Dong Hung performs the song "One Round of Vietnam" (Dong Thien Duc)

Artists, actors, delegates and audience sang the song "Joining Hands" (Trinh Cong Son) in a group at the end of the program.

The performances at the program carry the message of youth and creative energy of the City. Besides, there is a series of regional performances, recreating the diverse cultural space of the country: Northern Lullaby, Returning to the Vi Giam Song, Loving Mo Te, Nghe An in My Heart, Nghe An Going Offshore,

Southern folk songs, Sea desire, Binh Duong - gentle fragrance and color, Wonderful Binh Duong ceramics, Ho Chi Minh City - Our home, Welcome to 50 years of the city named after Him, A round of Vietnam,...

In particular, the poetry and song performance “ The Fatherland seen from the sea - The national flag on a distant island” performed by artists, actors of the Ho Chi Minh City Drama Theater and dance and singing groups left an impression, expressing the national pride and indomitable spirit of the Vietnamese people before the sea and sky of the Fatherland.

The closing ceremony concluded the journey of “Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days” 2025 – a series of activities honoring creative values, paying tribute to the contributions of generations of artists, and opening a new vision for the city’s culture – the spiritual foundation of sustainable development.

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