Overseas Vietnamese pay tribute to Ly Kings in Bac Ninh

A delegation of over 100 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) offered incense to Kings of the Ly Dynasty at the Do temple in Tu Son township, the northern province of Bac Ninh on January 18, as part of the “Homeland Spring 2020” programme.
Overseas Vietnamese pay tribute to Ly Kings in Bac Ninh ảnh 1At the incense offering ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Bac Ninh (VNA) – A delegation of over 100overseas Vietnamese (OVs) offered incense to Kings of the Ly Dynasty at the Dotemple in Tu Son township, the northern province of Bac Ninh on January 18, aspart of the “Homeland Spring 2020” programme.

Following the incense offering ceremony, the provincialauthorities held a meeting with the delegation.  

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee NguyenVan Phong briefed the guests about the local socio-economic development, sayingthat Bac Ninh is home to over 1,500 relic sites, including four specialnational relics, namely Do temple in Tu Son township, Phat Tich pagoda in TienDu district, But Thap and Dau pagodas in Thuan Thanh district.

It also houses eight national treasures, three intangiblecultural heritages of humanity, including Quan Ho Bac Ninh (love duet singing),Ca tru (ceremonial singing), tugging rituals and games, he said.

The province is preparing a dossier to submit to the UNESCOto seek its recognition of Dong Ho folk paintings as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgentsafeguarding.

Last year, Bac Ninh ranked seventh nationwide in terms of grossdomestic product and fifth in terms of average income per capita. It also ledthe country in terms of industrial production value.

Up to 93 out of the total 94 communes, 7 out of 8district-level units in the province met criteria for new-style rural areas.The rate of poor households based on multidimensional criteria was reduced to1.27 percent.

Chairman of the Vietnamese Businesspeople Association inFrance Nguyen Hai Nam said OVs will continue with activities to contribute tothe homeland in the future./.
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