Hoa Binh Park in Tu Liem district of Hanoi opened to visitors on Oct. 8 as a project to mark the capital city’s millennium.
Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan attended the opening ceremony.
The 20-ha park has a 20-tonne bronze peace statue, trees, a 5.4 ha lake, a games house and entertainment facilities.
The same day, the expanded section of Le Van Luong road opened to traffic to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Hanoi .
The six-lane road with a length of 2.67 km was built at a cost of nearly 700 billion VND (36.8 million USD).
The road’s operation will contribute to an easing of traffic jams on Nguyen Trai Road , the national highway No. 6, and facilitate socio-economic development in the capital city’s western region.
Also on Oct. 8, young people held a giant programme, including art performances, exhibitions and street festivals across the country, to celebrate the millennium anniversary.
The programme started in Hanoi with an incense offering ceremony at King Ly Thai To statue in Hanoi and an art performance of 3,500 children and young people of Hanoi and 65 young foreigners around Hoan Kiem Lake .
The programme continued with a performance of dragon and unicorn dances as well as singing and dancing simultaneously in Hanoi , the central city of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City .
Also in the morning of the day, 1,000 children drew a large painting on the theme, “I love Hanoi ” at Hoan Kiem Lake , while performances of songs and dances took place at universities, colleges and senior high schools nationwide.
As part of the programme, an exhibition of photos and objects was held around Thien Quang lake in Hanoi . Over 600 photos, documents and objects were displayed under the theme, “Vietnamese Youth – proud of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi and National Construction”.
A three-day festival of young people of ASEAN+3 (ASEAN countries and China , Japan and the Republic of Korea ) was held from Oct. 6. Festival participants took the occasion to boost exchanges and establish cooperation in many fields.
Young people from the northern province of Bac Ninh brought a collage painting, the largest of its kind in Vietnam , to the festival.
In the evening, a street festival is expected to be held with singing, dancing and a parade around the centre of Hanoi./.
Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan attended the opening ceremony.
The 20-ha park has a 20-tonne bronze peace statue, trees, a 5.4 ha lake, a games house and entertainment facilities.
The same day, the expanded section of Le Van Luong road opened to traffic to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Hanoi .
The six-lane road with a length of 2.67 km was built at a cost of nearly 700 billion VND (36.8 million USD).
The road’s operation will contribute to an easing of traffic jams on Nguyen Trai Road , the national highway No. 6, and facilitate socio-economic development in the capital city’s western region.
Also on Oct. 8, young people held a giant programme, including art performances, exhibitions and street festivals across the country, to celebrate the millennium anniversary.
The programme started in Hanoi with an incense offering ceremony at King Ly Thai To statue in Hanoi and an art performance of 3,500 children and young people of Hanoi and 65 young foreigners around Hoan Kiem Lake .
The programme continued with a performance of dragon and unicorn dances as well as singing and dancing simultaneously in Hanoi , the central city of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City .
Also in the morning of the day, 1,000 children drew a large painting on the theme, “I love Hanoi ” at Hoan Kiem Lake , while performances of songs and dances took place at universities, colleges and senior high schools nationwide.
As part of the programme, an exhibition of photos and objects was held around Thien Quang lake in Hanoi . Over 600 photos, documents and objects were displayed under the theme, “Vietnamese Youth – proud of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi and National Construction”.
A three-day festival of young people of ASEAN+3 (ASEAN countries and China , Japan and the Republic of Korea ) was held from Oct. 6. Festival participants took the occasion to boost exchanges and establish cooperation in many fields.
Young people from the northern province of Bac Ninh brought a collage painting, the largest of its kind in Vietnam , to the festival.
In the evening, a street festival is expected to be held with singing, dancing and a parade around the centre of Hanoi./.
