A festival for exceptional young people from the movement to “follow Uncle Ho’s advice” in the Red River Delta will be held in Hanoi from May 7-9, said the Secretary of Hanoi’s Youth Union, Ngo Duy Hieu.
Hieu told the media on May 4 that the festival is an important event for young people and will mark the 120 th anniversary of the birth of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1980-2010) as well as the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
It will offer a chance for young people from the area to meet up and increase the membership of the movement to “follow Uncle Ho’s advice”, he added.
With the theme, “young people from the Red River strive to make achievements to honour Uncle Ho”, the festival will include a number of significant events in Hanoi and the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Ninh Binh.
Among those are a journey from the ancient capital of Hoa Lu to Hanoi and a boat trip entitled “Proud of the History of the Red River” from Hanoi , which will stop at the Giong temple, the Kien So Pagoda and carry on to the Do temple before returning to the capital.
A ceremony highlighting recent achievements, a talk entitled “young people from the Red River follow Uncle Ho’s advice” and an exhibition showcasing traditional specialities from cities and provinces along the Red River will also be held during the festival.
The highlight of the festival will be a ceremony to honour outstanding young people in the “Follow Uncle Ho’s advice” movement, which will be held at the Ly Thai To Statue in Hanoi on the evening of May 9.
The Red River Delta is one of the country’s large political, socio-economic and cultural centres and covers an area of 2.06 million hectares. It accounts for 6.3 percent of the country’s total land mass and is home to over 18 million people, or 23.7 percent of the nation’s total population, half of them teenagers.
The region includes eight cities and provinces namely Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh./.
Hieu told the media on May 4 that the festival is an important event for young people and will mark the 120 th anniversary of the birth of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1980-2010) as well as the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
It will offer a chance for young people from the area to meet up and increase the membership of the movement to “follow Uncle Ho’s advice”, he added.
With the theme, “young people from the Red River strive to make achievements to honour Uncle Ho”, the festival will include a number of significant events in Hanoi and the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Ninh Binh.
Among those are a journey from the ancient capital of Hoa Lu to Hanoi and a boat trip entitled “Proud of the History of the Red River” from Hanoi , which will stop at the Giong temple, the Kien So Pagoda and carry on to the Do temple before returning to the capital.
A ceremony highlighting recent achievements, a talk entitled “young people from the Red River follow Uncle Ho’s advice” and an exhibition showcasing traditional specialities from cities and provinces along the Red River will also be held during the festival.
The highlight of the festival will be a ceremony to honour outstanding young people in the “Follow Uncle Ho’s advice” movement, which will be held at the Ly Thai To Statue in Hanoi on the evening of May 9.
The Red River Delta is one of the country’s large political, socio-economic and cultural centres and covers an area of 2.06 million hectares. It accounts for 6.3 percent of the country’s total land mass and is home to over 18 million people, or 23.7 percent of the nation’s total population, half of them teenagers.
The region includes eight cities and provinces namely Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh./.
