Pham Hoang Giang sharing, he was happy to receive the trust and assignment to be the General Director of the opening program “Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City” with the theme “Hanoi’s Marks”. Although he has produced many successful and resounding programs about Hanoi, “Hanoi’s Marks” is truly an opportunity for him to “repay” Hanoi, the place he is attached to, loves and is grateful for giving him the life and career he has today.
Like many people, Hanoi, although not his birthplace, is closely connected to the life of Pham Hoang Giang and his small family. Devoting many months to make the program is considered Pham Hoang Giang’s contribution to the beloved capital, aiming to introduce to visitors from all over the world a Hanoi with a proud and heroic history of 70 years, always maintaining its elegant qualities, with its own unique beauty that all Vietnamese people are proud of.
“I love Hanoi not only because I entrust my life and my family here, but also because of the beauty and unique style of Hanoi that cannot be found anywhere else. Although Hanoi has gone through many ups and downs of history, gone through many devastation of war, and integrated with the modern world today… Hanoi and its people always maintain their own unique beauty that cannot be mixed. That is the beauty of a thousand years of culture, of the elegant and civilized people of Trang An. I think it is no coincidence that Hanoi has become the inspiration for millions of works in all fields of art like that.
| General director Pham Hoang Giang. Photo: Organizing Committee |
Trusted to do General Director of the program “Hanoi’s Marks” Opening “Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City”, I do not have the ambition to talk about Hanoi over the past 70 years, but only hope that through art, I will “distill” a part of Hanoi’s “bright mark”, in order to introduce to the people of Ho Chi Minh City and tourists from all over the world a better understanding of the 70-year heroic and proud history of the capital, the development, and the harmonious beauty between tradition and modernity of the capital today…”, the male director shared.
According to the General Director, the message of the program aims to portray “Hanoi’s Red Marks” as the red marks of history – the red marks of the present and the red marks of the future in the period of integration and development. All of these have created a capital Hanoi connecting the historical sources and quintessence of the nation, a place where the spirit of patriotism, love of peace, solidarity and aspiration to rise of the whole nation converge, crystallize and shine.
On August 21, at the Ho Chi Minh City Press Center (HCMC), the Hanoi People’s Committee (UBND) held a press conference to inform about a series of activities of the program “Hanoi Days in HCMC” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 – October 10, 2024). The highlight of which is the opening program “Hanoi’s Marks” taking place on the evening of August 23 at Nguyen Hue walking street organized by Director Pham Hoang Giang as the General Director. Ms. Le Thi Anh Mai, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, said that the program will bring a vivid picture of the capital through documentary films, art performances, recreating the historical and cultural values of the thousand-year-old city.
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| Photo of the program rehearsal. Photo: Organizing Committee |
“Today, Hanoi is not only a political and cultural center, but also an attractive tourist destination, a modern, dynamic and creative city. However, no matter how much it develops, the land and people of Hanoi always maintain its core values, traditional beauty and memories of a glorious and difficult period of struggle for independence. It is these values that have created the internal strength, helping Hanoi to firmly step on the path of sustainable development,” Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports Le Thi Anh Mai shared about the program at the press conference.
The opening program was directed by the Organizing Committee of Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City, directed by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, Thang Long Puppetry Theater, directed by General Director Pham Hoang Giang, music director Hong Kien, stage director Meritorious Artist Tran Thanh Hien, and choreographer-in-chief People’s Artist Hong Phong. The program was broadcast live on Hanoi Radio and Television; Ho Chi Minh City Television and rebroadcast in many localities nationwide.
The program has the participation of many famous artists including: Hong Nhung, Tung Duong, Dao Mac; Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Ho Trung Dung, Vu Thang Loi, Dong Hung, Dao To Loan, MTV Group; Quach Mai Thy; Thang Long Puppetry Theater; Hong Kien Orchestra; Mai Trang Dance Group; Xuan Lan Model Club – Designer Duc Hung…
Director Pham Hoang Giang said that it is difficult to fully describe the 70-year journey of fighting, building and developing the capital Hanoi in less than 2 hours, but he hopes that the program will help the audience see part of the glorious and proud journey of Hanoi from October 10, 1954 to the present. Seeing the day the capital was liberated is a brilliant milestone in the more than 1000-year development history of Thang Long – Dong Do – Hanoi; a sacred land, talented people, brave in fighting, heroic in labor production. Seeing that Hanoi today is developing at a rapid pace, changing every day to be worthy of being the capital, the leading political, economic, cultural, educational and scientific center… of the whole country. Not only that, Hanoi also takes care to preserve its elegant character and thousand-year-old culture, to not only be the heart of the whole country but also a City for Peace admired and loved by friends around the world.
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| Program perspective. Photo: Organizing Committee |
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| Photo: Organizing Committee |
Along with the opening program with the theme “Hanoi’s Marks”, “Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City” also has a series of attractive events such as: Exhibition introducing the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long; Introducing the exhibition of paintings and photos about the special national relic of Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam; Introducing the quintessence of Vietnamese Confucianism at Nguyen Thai Son Primary School; Sports Friendship at Nguyen Du Stadium; Photo exhibition of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital at the Long Bien Bridge model area; Activities to promote products, promote tourism linking Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City; Promoting and introducing Hanoi cuisine at the Tax Trade Center area; Art exchange program “Young Melody” on the evening of August 24 at the main stage…