Many joyful activities to welcome the New Year 2024

These days, streets, parks, gardens, entertainment areas etc. in the province are all becoming more beautiful thanks to colorful lights and decorative miniatures. In addition, cheerful cultural activities will take place at many locations to serve the needs for cultural enjoyment and create a joyful atmosphere in the first days of the new year.

According to the plan to celebrate major holidays and important events in 2024 in the province that was issued by Provincial People's Committee, to celebrate the New Year and the establishment of Binh Duong province (January 1, 1997), Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with relevant departments and units to organize special art programs combined with praising and rewarding talents and advanced examples in all aspects of social life. The program will take place at 7:00 p.m. on December 31, 2023 at the outdoor stage of Provincial Administrative Center Park. The program will have items such as: Variety music and dance (singing, dancing, music, comedy...) performed by singers and artists in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, serving the entertainment needs of all people classes. 

Streets in Thu Dau Mot City are redecorated to welcome the New Year 2024.

Besides, at 6:30 a.m. on December 30, 2023 at the Provincial Administrative Center, the 25th "New Year's Eve" Cross-country Tournament will be held by Binh Duong Radio and Television Station in coordination with local organizations. The program will include mass team and individual running, and professional team running of inside and outside the province. It is expected that about 10,000 professional and amateur athletes will participate in the race.

In localities in the province, the atmosphere to welcome the New Year 2024 has become animated with flags, colored lights, and decorative miniatures in many places.  In recent days, the garden area and Bach Dang walking street (Phu Cuong ward, Thu Dau Mot city) have been embellished with clusters of colorful miniatures. One attractive programs that will be organized during the New Year 2024 holiday is the Hot Air Balloon Festival at Bach Dang walking street area taking place on January 1, 2024. Nguyen Van Phuong, Director of Culture, Information and Sports Center of Thu Dau Mot City, said that to celebrate the 2024 New Year, the center will coordinate with the city's functional units to organize a hot air balloon festival to create a new, joyful, warm, and united atmosphere celebrating the new spring. This activity also contributes to promoting the city's tourism to tourists on holidays. In addition, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on January 1, 2024, many other exciting activities will take place in this area, such as: Fly - board performance, water motorbike, lion and dragon dance.

Up to now, many inner roads of Thu Dau Mot City such as the central roundabout area of Thu Dau Mot City (Phu Cuong intersection), Cach Mang Thang Tam, Yersin, Bach Dang, Tran Hung Dao, Quang Trung, Phu Loi streets has been newly decorated and repaired for Tet 2024 holiday.

Particularly at Thu Dau Mot Park, the City Center of Culture, Sports and Sports also decorated miniature landscape clusters with the theme "Thu Dau Mot welcomes spring" with many colorful motifs. On the evening of January 1, 2024, the City Center for Culture, Sports and Information will organize martial arts performances, magic circus shows, drum performances and lion and dragon dances; variety show to welcome spring with music and dance performances, street art performances... serving the entertainment needs of the people. In addition, in the park space there will be also other programs to serve people, such as: making “tò he”, drawing letters, calligraphy letters...

Along with the city, 14 wards in the area also decorate streets to create a vibrant New Year atmosphere. In particular, Community Learning and Cultural Center of Hiep An ward this year has been decorated with a miniature landscape cluster with the theme "Thu Dau Mot welcomes spring". The central campus has been renewed with decorative lights and miniature landscapes, attracting people around the area to visit, enjoy and take photos.

In Di An City, in recent days, the New Year welcoming atmosphere is bustling everywhere because many cultural activities have been taking place in the area. Nguyen Hong Linh, Head of Culture and Sports Office of Di An City, said that on the evening of December 31, 2023, at Green Square area of Di An City, a cultural art program to celebrate the 2024 New Year will take place. The office also directed its affiliated units to decorate main roads, squares, parks, and downtown areas with miniature landscapes, small islands, colored lights, string flags, banners… With a joyful and colorful atmosphere to welcome the New Year, the decorated areas have attracted a large number of people in the area visiting and taking photos.

Meanwhile, Le Minh Duc, Deputy Head of Culture and Information Office of Thuan An City, said to celebrate the 2024 New Year and the Binh Duong province’s establishment (January 1, 1997), at 7:30 p.m. on December 31, 2023, at the park of Ngo Quyen street (Lai Thieu ward), the City Culture, Sports and Sports Center will organize an art performance night to welcome the new year 2024. The program will include many exciting musical performances of the city's Mass Arts Team, band and dance group festival to serve local people. In addition, the City Office of Culture and Sports also installed visual propagation on roads and central areas to create a joyful and excited atmosphere among people of all walks of life at the beginning of the new year.

Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with relevant departments and units to organize special cultural art programs combined with praising, honoring and rewarding talents and advanced examples in various social aspects. The program will take place at 7:00 p.m. on December 31, 2023 at the outdoor stage of Provincial Administrative Center Park.

Reported by Hong Thuan - Translated by Ngoc Huynh