The programme, entitled “Youths ascend with the country”, drew theparticipation of 10,000 Youth Union members, teenagers and artists ofprofessional art troupes from three regions of the country as well asmany foreign young people and students.
Thefestival opened with a special art performance by Vietnamese and foreignyouths and continued with a parade of young people from the capital.
A tour of several streets around Hoan Kiem Lake wrapped up thefestival, leaving deep impressions on visitors to the 1,000-year-oldcapital city of Hanoi .
At the festival, the HoChi Minh City Youth Union Central Committee called on young peoplethroughout the country to support flood victims in central provinces .To date, youth nationwide raised nearly 2 billion for the victims.
On the same day, more than 3,000 young people in Ho Chi Minh Citytook part in a programme entitled, “Towards the capital city- 1,000years of culture” in Dam Sen Cultural Park.
TheHanoi People’s Committee held a ceremony to name “The work celebratingthe 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi” for complexes of works atHanoi Elite Athlete Training Centre in Tu Liem district’s My Dinhcommune.
The Hai Phong city Buddhist Associationand the People’s Committee of Do Son district jointly held a programmeto celebrate the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and aceremony to inaugurate a bell of the Ly dynasty at the Tuong Long TowerPagoda.
On the day, the Mekong Delta province ofVinh Long inaugurated the Binh Minh district General Hospital, which wasnamed, “The work celebrating the 1,000 th anniversary of ThangLong-Hanoi”./.