On the Khoan La San border gate road, Sin Thau commune, Muong Nhe district, Dien Bien province, just over an hour's call from the Vietnam - China - Laos border junction. The late afternoon of the year, the space is dense, the fog is like a white veil covering the mountain slopes and roofs, softening the passionate melody of the Lhápadi epic echoing somewhere... The sky is already dawn, but the mountain tops, fields and villages are still submerged in a sea of fog. The fog is graceful. Sometimes flowing gently, sometimes standing still, it forms a silver necklace hugging the mountain, then following the wind, spreading out through the paths, even into the houses, making the firelight on the stoves in the early morning more intense... At this time, perhaps Ho Quang Phin has also awakened! In the congratulatory letters, the leaders of Vietnam and Russia emphasized that the friendship between Vietnam and Russia has overcome the challenges of history, affirming its strong vitality and growing more and more. On the Khoan La San border gate road, Sin Thau commune, Muong Nhe district, Dien Bien province, only a little over an hour's call from the Vietnam - China - Laos border junction. The late afternoon of the year, the space is dense, the fog is like a white veil covering the mountain slopes, the roofs, softening the passionate melody of the Lhápadi epic echoing somewhere... Vietnam ranks second in fruit and vegetable exports to China with a turnover of more than 4 billion USD, surpassing Chile and narrowing the gap with Thailand. With box office revenue reaching more than 56 billion VND after only 1.5 days of release, Tran Thanh's "The Four Guardians" set a record as the fastest film to reach the 50 billion VND mark. The warm and sunny weather makes the flow of people going up to Lang Son for spring travel bustling. Many tourists from all over the world have come to temples, pagodas, shrines... to worship, pray for fortune and peace. We returned to Bom Bo, Binh Minh commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province on the occasion of the province's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Bu Dang district (December 14, 1974 - December 14, 2024), when the Spring atmosphere has spread to every street and corner. It can be said that Bom Bo has never been so bustling. From bombs and bullets, suffering during the war, this land is now rising to become a rich, prosperous and warm countryside... Ethnic and Development Newspaper. This afternoon's news on January 23, 2025, has the following notable information: Tree planting festival "Forever grateful to Uncle Ho" Spring At Ty. Sweet Dien grapefruit Bac Son. The soul of the mountains and forests in the green banh chung. Attached to the forest and the village for generations, now the Xo Dang people in Mang Den, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province have surpassed themselves, stepped out of the village to learn and built traditional stilt houses with their own hands, preserving the culture for tourism. A great change of the Xo Dang community in this poetic land. Together with the whole country, the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee is actively implementing preparations for the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 term, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party. On the occasion of the beginning of the New Year 2025, the reporter of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper interviewed Mr. Lam Van Man, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Soc Trang province, about this content. 84 years ago, on the occasion of the Spring of Tan Ty 1941, the ethnic people of Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district, Cao Bang province were honored and proud to represent the people of the whole country to welcome Uncle Ho after 30 years of his wandering to find a way to save the country. That was the first Spring that he returned to directly lead the Vietnamese revolution, to bring Spring to the nation with our Party. The implementation of the National Target Programs (MTQG), especially the MTQG Program 1719, is of great significance to socio-economic development, contributing to solving the most urgent problems of the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas of Gia Lai. Reporters of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper had an interview with Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Rah Lan Chung about the results and solutions to continue effectively implementing the National Target Programs in the area. The ancestor worship ceremony during the Lunar New Year of the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh is one of the unique spiritual cultural features, containing many cultural and religious values, and at the same time reflecting a part of the unique identity of the Muong community here.
I have spent afternoons immersed in the Muong Nhe sunset, wistfully watching the birds gradually fade away behind the undulating mountains of the border region. In the border commune of Sin Thau - the "common home" of the Ha Nhi ethnic group - at this time, the sound of "banh bong banh bao" birds is chirping throughout the forests of Muong Nhe, signaling that spring has come, a new farming season is about to begin. Sin Thau today is still a poor commune in a poor district under the 30a/CP Program. However, despite being poor, Sin Thau is still the only commune in Muong Nhe district with no free migrants, no drug addicts, no one following a strange religion illegally...
Tonight we stayed at the house of Mr. Po Chinh Pha, Chairman of the People's Committee of Sin Thau Commune. Around midnight, it suddenly rained with the sound of the monsoon wind, the sound of lone deer working continuously, making the five watches seem longer. Listening to the endless sounds of life in the great forest, I was moved to listen to Mr. Po Chinh Pha tell the legend of "good land, so streams flow together" - a way to explain the origin of the meaning of the place name Sin Thau according to the concept of the Ha Nhi people. It is said that thousands of years ago, the migration steps brought the first Ha Nhi people to settle down and make a living in this land. And then today, in the history of formation and development of Dien Bien province for more than a century, the Sin Thau Commune Police Department is the first unit in the province to be awarded the title: "Hero of the People's Armed Forces"...
Spring Travel, please come to the highland villages where layers of mist and clouds cover. You will enjoy a fresh, pristine, authentic and lively Spring. In the echoes of the call of the great forest, you will feel your heart drifting with mysterious festivals such as Plang khua of the Mong people, Pla kho thu of the Si La people or Lo khe of the Cong people, Cap sac of the Dao people...
From the deserted and cold guard post, the Border Guard soldier held his gun tightly, his heart filled with emotion as a fragile cherry blossom petal fell on his green military uniform. In front of him was his beloved village, behind him was the national landmark with the red national emblem stained with the blood of heroes and martyrs. There were female teachers who couldn’t sleep all New Year’s Eve, sitting by the lamp reading three or four rounds of old letters, then randomly writing the names of relatives and friends in a notebook with many smudged pages.
In the Northwest mountains and forests in Spring, it feels like the generous Spring Lord is sprinkling blessings everywhere, sprinkling life, sprinkling healing pain and sprinkling separations closer. Looking at the soldiers in green uniforms enthusiastically celebrating Spring with the people, we understand more about the meaning of the proverb "love between the army and the people, fish and water". The lights are on at the horizon, the road to the village is all the way back, and the sound of the flute is like telling, expressing, sharing the feelings of one person to many people; like bringing love to every home.
This spring, I invite you to the highlands! Tet in my hometown does not have foreign wine, there are few candies and cakes, the ancestral altar is not decorated with red and green lights. Instead, there are Chung cakes wrapped by my father, using the very rice grains sown on the fields left by my grandparents...
This spring, I invite you to the highlands! Tet in my hometown does not have foreign wine, there are few candies and cakes, the ancestral altar is not decorated with red and green lights. Instead, there are Chung cakes wrapped by my father, using the rice grains sown on the fields left by my grandparents as a concrete way to express the will to maintain the sovereignty of the national territory - In that grain of rice there is the rain, oil, and sun of the harsh microclimate of the border, there is the sweat of my mother and therefore, we are proud of Spring in the highlands.
On this occasion, from the villages of the Ha Nhi, Thai, Mong, Dao... the traditional Tet atmosphere is bustling. We know that the lives of the people in the highlands and border areas are still facing many difficulties and hardships, but please compare the past with the present, look at the present to have confidence in the future. Even though nature is like this or that, even though life is sometimes this or that, the hearts of the Muong Nhe people are still wholeheartedly turned towards the Party and the Government. The difficulties of a mountainous district, border area, remote area, vast land, sparse population... will be gradually pushed back in the process of socio-economic development, ensuring security and national defense in the beloved border area in the far North of the Fatherland...
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/xuan-nay-moi-ban-len-vung-cao-sin-thau-1737516481129.htm
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