Firework to be set off as part of Sen Village Festival

Hanoi (VNA) – Firework will be set off as part of the Sen Village Festival 2010 to mark Uncle Ho’s 120 th birthday in his home province of Nghe An in central Vietnam, on May 15.

According to Director of the provincial Culture, Sports and Tourism Cao Dang Vinh,
the festival 2010, which is named after President Ho’s birth place of Sen village,
is to express the nation’s respect and gratefulness to Uncle Ho and at the same
time to promote the image of Nghe An to domestic and international friends.

A variety of activities will be held during the event from May 15-19.

A flower offering will be held at President Ho’s monument in Vinh city and his
portraits paraded all the way from Vinh to Sen village.

There will be photo and painting exhibitions as well as film screenings on the
nation’s beloved leader. Twenty amateur art troupes will performed at the
festival, and national and provincial sport competitions will take place.

On the occasion, the Ho Chi Minh National Politics Publishing House, the Party
Central Committee for Education and Training and the National Academy of Politics
and Administration on May 11 introduced new publications providing valuable
documents on President Ho Chi Minh’s life, revolutionary cause and his example of
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