President Vo Van Thuong attends rice planting festival and xoe dance with ethnic people

Also attending the festival were Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh, Chairman of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai, Secretary of the Central Youth Union Nguyen Tuong Lam, representatives of central departments, ministries and branches and a large number of ethnic people living at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism.

Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng dự hội trỉa lúa, múa xòe cùng đồng bào dân tộc- Ảnh 1. — President Vo Van Thuong visited the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism this morning.

Speaking at the festival, President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that Vietnam is a beautiful country with a long-standing civilization, a heroic history and a culture rich in identity, unified in diversity. Through thousands of years of building and defending the country, 54 ethnic groups have created a unique and rich cultural treasure with good values that vividly demonstrate the process of living, working, building and protecting the country, depicting the character and beauty of the Vietnamese people.

This is the pride and valuable asset of the nation, the source of endogenous strength, fostering the great national unity bloc and the force attracting international friends, the soft power contributing to raising the country's position and prestige in the international arena.

President Vo Van Thuong expressed his joy that in recent years, at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, there have been many unique activities with hundreds of festivals and events held, highlighting the beauty of Vietnamese culture, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to visit, experience culture, and community tourism, affirming the everlasting vitality of traditional cultural values of the nation in development, exchange, integration and international cooperation.

The President affirmed that our Party and State always pay attention to building the great national unity bloc - an important factor, a strong driving force, of key significance to the country's development - on the basis of well implementing ethnic policies, consistently following the principle of equality, solidarity, respect, and mutual assistance among ethnic groups for comprehensive development in all aspects of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense and security; in which, attention is paid to preserving and promoting the values and cultural identities of each ethnic group, each member of the great family of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng dự hội trỉa lúa, múa xòe cùng đồng bào dân tộc- Ảnh 2. — President Vo Van Thuong speaks at the festival

At the same time, the President affirmed that culture is the spiritual foundation of society, a pillar in sustainable development, increasingly affirming its great role and achieving many important results. The material and spiritual cultural life of the people is constantly improved and enhanced. The role of the people in creating, practicing, transmitting and enjoying culture is increasingly valued, and the participation of the community in the cultural field is increasingly widespread.

"For culture to truly be an endogenous resource, a strong driving force for the country to develop sustainably, leading to prosperity and happiness, we must continue to preserve and foster good cultural values, bring culture deeply into social life, consolidate and create a healthy and progressive spiritual foundation, contributing to building a modern and unique Vietnamese person," President Vo Van Thuong stated.

The President requested all levels, sectors and localities to well implement ethnic policies, pay attention to preserving and promoting the cultural values of their localities in association with economic development and solving social issues, especially paying attention to comprehensive development, focusing on developing the culture of ethnic minority areas, remote areas, border areas and islands.

Promote the role of the people, communities, ethnic groups, village elders, village chiefs, seniors, artists, and folk artisans who are cultural subjects, those who directly participate in the process of creating, performing, preserving, and transmitting the good cultural values of the nation. Create conditions for organizing activities to exploit and promote cultural values right in the heart of the community - where culture is born, nurtured, and developed.

After the opening ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong joined the people in the rice planting festival of the Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group, the tree planting festival and festival in gratitude to Uncle Ho, and the xoe dance of the Thai ethnic group...