President Truong Tan Sang on Jan. 29 launched an order for ploughing therice field at the beginning of the lunar new year at the annual TichDien (ploughing) festival in Doi Son commune, in the Red River deltaprovince of Ha Nam.
This year’s Tich Dien-Doi Son festivaltook place from Jan. 27-29 or from the fifth to the seventh day of theof the lunar new year, hoping for a bumper rice harvest in 2012 – theYear of the Dragon.
Addressing the ceremony, President Truong TanSang said the festival has become an important ritual of wet ricecivilisation which should be preserved and developed for futuregenerations.
Looking back on Vietnamese history, he noted that inall circumstances, agriculture, farmers and rural areas laid the basicfoundation for national development.
Global integration posesnumerous challenges, and agricultural development remains thecornerstone of maintaining social stability and food security, thePresident said.
The annual festival originated from the Ledynasty in 987 when King Le Dai Hanh decided to plough in Doi Soncommune, Duy Tien district, to wish for bumper crops. Since then, it hasbecome established as a fine tradition in early Spring every year./.
This year’s Tich Dien-Doi Son festivaltook place from Jan. 27-29 or from the fifth to the seventh day of theof the lunar new year, hoping for a bumper rice harvest in 2012 – theYear of the Dragon.
Addressing the ceremony, President Truong TanSang said the festival has become an important ritual of wet ricecivilisation which should be preserved and developed for futuregenerations.
Looking back on Vietnamese history, he noted that inall circumstances, agriculture, farmers and rural areas laid the basicfoundation for national development.
Global integration posesnumerous challenges, and agricultural development remains thecornerstone of maintaining social stability and food security, thePresident said.
The annual festival originated from the Ledynasty in 987 when King Le Dai Hanh decided to plough in Doi Soncommune, Duy Tien district, to wish for bumper crops. Since then, it hasbecome established as a fine tradition in early Spring every year./.
