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Recently, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Guangzhou cooperated with Guangdong Provincial Television to produce the program "A Journey Through Cultures: Highlights of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam and China".

Tết Trung thu Việt Nam lên sóng Đài Truyền hình tỉnh Quảng Đông, Trung Quốc

Guangdong Provincial Television, China recorded images of Mid-Autumn Festival of Vietnamese families.

This activity aims to further promote the expansion and enhancement of the effectiveness of cultural diplomacy, making practical contributions to promoting the image and national cultural brand.

The TV program “A Journey Through Cultures: Highlights of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam and China” introduces typical traditions of the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival such as: displaying a tray of five fruits to worship ancestors, making traditional lanterns, trimming fruits, preparing a “Moon-watching feast” for children and carrying lanterns to watch the moon.

Consul General of Vietnam in Guangzhou Nguyen Viet Dung and his wife personally prepared offerings to grandparents and ancestors, recreating the image of a traditional Vietnamese family, introducing the meaning of the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival as a holiday for children, when adults put aside all the hustle and bustle of work and life and spend a warm, complete time with their families. Memories of the Mid-Autumn Festival of Vietnamese children are always associated with the love and care of grandparents and parents and the reunion with loved ones in the family.

Mid-Autumn Festival tray at the Consulate General.

Children and international students celebrate together.

Children of Consulate General staff and international students carry lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On this occasion, children of the Consulate General’s staff and overseas students had the opportunity to experience making star lanterns, monk lanterns, and carp lanterns, and learn how to carve fruits to decorate the “Moon-watching” tray. The children and overseas students had a great time breaking the cake, singing and dancing, and carrying lanterns, thereby introducing the spirit and unique identity of Mid-Autumn Festival - the traditional Children's Festival of Vietnam.

Within the framework of the program, Consul General Nguyen Viet Dung also visited Thuong Nguyen village, an ancient village in Foshan city, Guangdong province to experience traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival culture.

Here, the Consul General and his family participated in the Fire Dragon and Night Dragon dance festivals, which have a tradition of more than 500 years, and community activities to honor the spirit of harmony, solidarity, and hard work of the local people on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival in Shangyuan Village, Foshan City.

During the television program, Consul General Nguyen Viet Dung spent a lot of time introducing other unique cultural traditions of Vietnam such as: Hung Temple Festival, Hue Royal Court Music or Lantern Festival in Hoi An..., sharing experiences in preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage in promoting tourism and economic development of localities.

The Consul General answered many questions about the prospects for developing relations between Vietnam and Guangdong province, especially in areas where Vietnam has demand and Guangdong province has strengths such as: innovation, green development, infrastructure development, especially urban railways...

In addition, Consul General Nguyen Viet Dung also shared plans to strengthen cooperation and people-to-people exchange in 2025 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 - January 18, 2025) - "Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange Year", especially in organizing cultural events, art exhibitions, and tourism promotion to promote mutual understanding between the people of the two countries. These activities help to propagate and educate about the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China and consolidate a more solid social foundation for the friendship "both comrades and brothers" between the two countries to be forever green and everlasting.