President Tran Dai Quang enjoys Tich Dien festival in Ha Nam

Tich Dien (ploughing) festival to pray for a year of favourable weather and bumper crops opens in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam.

President Tran Dai Quang at the festival (Photo: VNA)

The President delivers a speech at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)

The President offers incense at the festival (Photo: VNA)

President Quang rides a ploughing machine at the festival (Photo: VNA)

The traditional ploughing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Scene at a ceremony regcognised Ha Nam's Tich Dien ceremony as a national intangible heritage (Photo: VNA)

Scene at the event (Photo: VNA)

Villagers scatter seeds to pray for a bumper haverst (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession (Photo: VNA)

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