Closing Art Program of the 2024 Lotus Village Festival 'From Lotus Village to Ho Chi Minh City'

On the evening of May 19, at Lang Sen Stadium (Kim Lien Commune, Nam Dan District), Nghe An Province coordinated with Ho Chi Minh City to organize a special art program to close the 2024 Lang Sen Festival with the theme "From Lang Sen to Ho Chi Minh City" to celebrate the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

Attending the event were: Major General Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4; Tran The Thuan - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City; representatives of the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh provinces.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; Phan Duc Dong - Secretary of the Vinh City Party Committee; Bui Quang Thanh - Director of the Provincial Police Department.

Also attending were Mr. Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of leaders of departments, branches, districts, cities and towns; representatives of the Ha, Hoang Xuan and Nguyen Sinh families in Nam Dan district; representatives of sponsors; thousands of people of Nam Dan district and tourists.

The Sen Village Festival is a political and cultural activity of important significance in the spiritual life of the people of the whole country in general and Nghe An province in particular, to express gratitude and respect for President Ho Chi Minh.

Through festival activities to promote the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh, continue to promote the study and follow of his ideology, morality and style. This is also an opportunity to promote the image of Nghe An homeland to people across the country and international friends.

The 42nd Sen Village Festival in 2024 will take place from May 8 to June 9, organized at the provincial level, with many exciting and meaningful activities, concentrated in Nam Dan district, Vinh city. The ceremony includes the following activities: Incense offering ceremony at Uncle Ho's shrine and flower offering in front of Uncle Ho's statue in Ho Chi Minh Square (Vinh city) and a parade to Uncle Ho's hometown; Flower and incense offering ceremony at Uncle Ho's Memorial House at Kim Lien National Special Relic Site and Chung Son Temple - the ancestral temple of President Ho Chi Minh.

The festival includes activities such as: Cavalry performance, trumpet music, play performance about Uncle Ho; Nghe An Province's Sen Village Singing Festival; Volleyball tournament and Traditional martial arts tournament; Street performance "Lotus blooming season home"; organizing folk games associated with Uncle Ho's childhood activities; Art program "From Sen Village to Ho Chi Minh City"; Nghe An Marathon 2024 "Journey to Sen Village" and cultural, artistic, sports, camping, folk games associated with Uncle Ho's childhood...

Along with the "Vietnamese Sun" art program on the opening night of the Festival on May 11, the closing art program on the evening of May 19 with the theme: "From Sen Village to Ho Chi Minh City" is the highlight of the Sen Village Festival in 2024. The program is divided into 3 chapters: "May remembering Uncle Ho", "Village festival by Lam River" and "From Sen Village to Ho Chi Minh City"...

The program features performances by hundreds of artists from the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Performing Arts and Cinema, Nghe An Province Traditional Culture and Arts Center. The program is broadcast live on Nghe An Radio and Television and Ho Chi Minh City Television.

The program is a medley, a resounding chorus, sung with songs and dances about Uncle Ho's love for his homeland and the people of the South; the love of the people of Nghe An and the people of the South for beloved Uncle Ho; praising the immense merits of President Ho Chi Minh; praising the achievements of innovation of the homeland and the country...

The program also introduced to the audience the unique cultural values ​​of Nghe An, the Southern region in general, and Ho Chi Minh City in particular; the comprehensive economic and social development cooperation between Nghe An province and Ho Chi Minh City.

On the closing night, delegates, people and tourists went on stage with singers, artists and actors of the program, creating a circle of solidarity, a warm, affectionate and extremely impressive space of the 2024 Lotus Village Festival.

Some impressive images in the program: