Opening of Ha Long Carnival 2025: Connecting heritage - Shining pioneers

The Ha Long Carnival 2025 program with the theme "Connecting heritage - Pioneering to shine" officially opened, attracting thousands of participants.

On the evening of May 1, at Sun Carnival Square, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh , the Ha Long Carnival Program officially opened with the theme "Connecting Heritage - Pioneering Shining."

This is one of the special events in the series of activities of Ha Long Summer Tourism Week 2025.

Attending the program were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Mr. Vu Hong Thanh, Party Central Committee member, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; leaders of central departments, ministries and branches; leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; delegations from Laos, Guangxi, China; leaders of Quang Ninh province.

The event was attended by thousands of actors, professional artists, international art troupes, artisans and more than 15,000 locals and tourists.

The Ha Long Carnival 2025 program consists of 3 chapters recreating and conveying the unique cultural features of Quang Ninh to a large number of people and tourists, including Ha Long Heritage - Brilliant Wonder; Quang Ninh - Heritage within Heritage; Integration with Five Continents - Shining Pioneer.

The performances were elaborately staged, demonstrating the spirit and generosity of the people of Quang Ninh, always striving to contribute and contribute to building the country to become more and more beautiful and civilized. At the same time, they helped visitors discover the endless beauty of Quang Ninh, where majestic nature blends with unique cultural values.

The performance recreates a resilient Quang Ninh, a sea that embraces people born from the storms, with a spirit as majestic as the mountains and full of vitality as the ocean.

There is also a performance of Binh Lieu Then singing, to honor the intangible cultural heritage of Binh Lieu Then singing, a quintessence of the Tay people in the border region of Quang Ninh...

In addition, Ha Long Carnival also has a parade of model cars combined with art performances and costumes typical of Carnival.

DJ performance with a large-scale stage design, gathering a large number of actors, artists and people, tourists to join in the vibrant electronic music party. The high-altitude fireworks display brings visitors an interesting experience.

Art performance at the opening ceremony of Canarval Ha Long. (Photo: Duc Hieu/VNA)

“Connecting heritage - Pioneering to shine,” the message of Ha Long Carnival 2025 is an affirmation of the goal of building the Quang Ninh tourism brand as a convergence point of the quintessence of Vietnamese and world heritage.

In the future, Ha Long will reach out and shine as a brilliant Cultural - Festival center, where heritage flourishes, colors converge, bringing Quang Ninh to break through and reach far in the new era.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Son, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Long City, said: "This is also the last Carnival that Ha Long City will organize, as from July 1, the district-level administrative units will end their activities. For the first time, Ha Long Carnival is not only the pride of Quang Ninh but also becomes a place where intangible heritages from all three regions converge, honoring national identity on the background of world natural wonders. Each performance, each festival color is a heritage story, creating "heritage within heritage."

According to the Organizing Committee, Carnaval 2025 uses modern technology. The performances and scenes in the Program are expressed in the language of contemporary art, with mapping, lasers, light shows, and cutting-edge technology effects, creating a festival space that keeps up with world trends.

The show uses 10 high-power projectors manufactured in the US and Belgium to display all the illustrations for the art performances. The stage is built with rock models to display 3D mapping.

In 2025, Quang Ninh aims to welcome 20 million visitors, including about 4.5 million international visitors. Tourism stimulus programs will help attract visitors to Quang Ninh and realize the above goal./.

According to vietnamplus.vn

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