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1,000 OVs to join Tet ‘welcome home’ programme

As many as 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV) throughout the world will return to Vietnam to participate in a programme called Xuan Que Huong (Spring in the Homeland) scheduled to take place on Feb. 6.
As many as 1,000 overseas Vietnamese(OV) throughout the world will return to Vietnam to participate in aprogramme called Xuan Que Huong (Spring in the Homeland) scheduled totake place on Feb. 6.

The programme is the first in a series of planned celebrations for the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

It will be jointly organised by the State Committee for OverseasVietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People’sCommittee of Hanoi, Vietnam Television and other concerned agencies.

As part of the programme, the OV delegates will join Party and Stateleaders in an incense-offering ceremony and a cultural festival to beheld at the relic site of Thang Long royal citadel on the afternoon ofFeb. 6.

Later in the day, a Vietnamese culture night – the highlight of theXuan Que Huong – at the Hanoi-based Bao Son Paradise Park will betelevised live on Vietnam Television and a channel of the VietnamMultimedia Corporation.

A large number of local singers and artists and those of Vietnameseorigin living abroad will give performances during the programme, whichwill also include TV reports featuring Vietnam’s internationalintegration and the deep sentiments of OVs towards their home country.

Exhibitions showcasing the calligraphy, handicrafts and culturalVietnamese products and gastronomy of Hanoi and regions across thecountry, as well as flowers and bonsais will be held at the park duringthe occasion.

A wide range of folk games such as bronze drumming, human chess, cockfighting, swinging and singing at the park, will draw up a colourfulpicture of Vietnam’s intangible culture.

The organisers expect that the successful hosting of Xuan Que Huong2010 will lay a foundation for the Festival of the Flying Dragon to beheld as part of the Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism Festival inOctober./.
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