To tighten solidarity through melodies and singing voices

 “Workers in Binh Duong not only sing well but also dance beautifully. Each performance is very special and gives the audience different and meaningful emotions”. That was praises of singer Ha Van, a jury member of art performance contest - Celebrating the Party, Celebrating New Year 2021 held by Trade Union of Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP).

 A performance "Hãy hát lên bài ca công đoàn" of Nitto Denko Vietnam Company.   

 Variety of playgrounds

In order to create a healthy and useful playground for trade unionists and workers after hard working days, VSIP Trade Union organized a cultural art contest to celebrate the Party - celebrate New Year 2021. The contest consisted of 2 rounds; preliminary round took place in December 2020 and attracted the participation of 30 companies of VSIP 1 and VSIP 2 with 88 performances. The organizers selected 22 finalists.

At the final round, the teams took the contest full of excitement, making a good impression on the majority of workers in the area. The most notable ones were performances with staged dances and beautiful performance costumes. Besides individual singings praising revolutionary traditions, praising the Party, Uncle Ho, many teams also owned very good talented voices, such as: Le Van Phuong (SV Probe Vietnam Co., Ltd.), Nguyen Van Phuong (Maruei Vietnam Co., Ltd.), Pham Thanh Hien (Showa Gloves Vietnam Co., Ltd.).

The Celebrating the Party - Celebrating Lunar New Year 2021 contest held by Trade Union of Binh Duong provincial Industrial Parks had a joyful and meaningful atmosphere with 20 exciting performances selected for the finale. The performances praised the love for the fatherland, the people of Vietnam, praised pure loves, labor and production brought audiences a joyful atmosphere before the New Year 2021.

Lunar New Year is approaching. Many businesses in the province have been and will hold exciting year-end parties. In harmony with this joyful atmosphere, there are art contests organized by trade unions at the grassroots level. Therefore, staffs and workers are also enthusiastically producing and working, and eagerly practicing art performances. The performances promised to be impressive and meaningful.

Tightening solidarity

Cultural and art competitions for workers took place while the Covid-19 pandemic’s development was still complex in the world. Many companies facing difficulties but still participated in with good preparation. The contest also aimed at detecting and selecting good voices and excellent performances to further foster and improve the artistic level as the core force in the trade union's artistic movement.

Dang Quang Duan, Chairman of Apparel Far Eastern Vietnam Co., Ltd., said that the company had selected salient faces of cultural art movements to stage and rehearse performances for more than a month. Thanks to the rehearsal process together, workers understood each other more, tightened solidarity, promoted emulation movements.

Dang Thi Kim Chi, Chairwoman of VSIP Trade Union, said that through the performances expressed workers’ joy, excitement and confidence with the guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and the State. This shows that trade unions at grassroots level are very interested in the material and spiritual life of workers, contributing to promoting the cultural and artistic movement among VSIP's workers in particular and of Binh Duong province in general. "Hopefully, the Covid-19 pandemic would soon be controlled, the world economy would recover, businesses would continue to be expanded, then the life of workers would be more and more cared for and improved," Ms. Dang said.

The diversity of contests and performances has contributed to enhancing cultural and artistic movements among workers, improving spiritual life, thereby guiding musical tastes for trade unionists and workers. Besides, the contests and performances also create good conditions for trade unionists and workers in industrial parks to meet, exchange experiences, create emulation solidarity at grassroots level.

 Reported by Thuc Van - Translated by Ngoc Huynh