In the framework of the Cultural Exchange Festival among the Unions of
Friendship Organizations of cities and provinces in the Southeast and
neighboring regions of the Emulation Cluster No. 4 with the Consulates General
of countries in Ho Chi Minh City organized at the Mira Central Park Hotel on the morning of November 12, 2022; the Organizing Committee announced
the prizes and presented the awards of the 3rd Friendship Melodies Festival in Dong Nai
province in 2022 and the Friendship Melodies Festival among the Unions of
Friendship Organizations of cities and provinces in the Southeast and
neighboring regions of the Emulation Cluster No. 4. These are the series of activities
towards the celebration for the 72nd Anniversary of the Traditional
Day of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (November 17, 1950 –
November 17, 2022).
The 3rd Friendship Melodies Festival in
Dong Nai province in 2022 was held at the Dong Nai Radio – Television on
October 22nd, 2022. At the Festival, there was the participation of
10 Friendship Associations of the provinces including Vietnam – Laos, Vietnam –
Cambodia, Vietnam – Thailand, Vietnam – Japan, Vietnam – Korea, Vietnam – Russia,
Vietnam – the United States, Vietnam – France, Vietnam – China, Vietnam – ASEAN
with 10 programs, each program consists of 3 art performances.
So far, the Festival
has really become a useful playground for exchanging activities and enhancing
mutual understandings among members of Friendship Associations of Dong Nai
province. This year, after the Festival, the Organizing Committee selected 03
outstanding performances representing the Dong Nai province Union of Friendship
Organizations to participate in the
Friendship Melodies Festival among the Unions of Friendship Organizations of
cities and provinces in the Southeast and neighboring regions of the Emulation
Cluster No.4.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri – President of the Dong Nai
province Union of Friendship Organizations and Ms. Nguyen Thi Mong Binh – Vice
Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism presenting the awards of the Friendship Melodies Festival in Dong Nai in
2022
Results: The first prize of the 3rd Friendship
Melodies Festival in Dong Nai in 2022 went to the Vietnam - Russia
Friendship Association; 02 second prizes went to the Vietnam - ASEAN Friendship
Association and the Vietnam - Japan Friendship Association of the province; 03 third
prizes went to the Vietnam - US Friendship Association, the Vietnam - China
Friendship Association and the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association; the
Vietnam - Korea Friendship Association and the Vietnam - France Friendship
Association of the province received the Consolation prizes of the festival.
The Organizing Committee also awarded 07 sub-prizes for the outstanding
performances of the programs at the Festival

Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Commission under the
Provincial People's Council Huynh Ngoc Kim Mai presenting Certificates of Merit
to the sub-prizes of the 3rd Friendship Melodies Festival in Dong Nai Province.
The Friendship
Melodies Festival among the Unions of Friendship Organizations of cities and
provinces in the Southeast and neighboring regions of the Emulation Cluster No.
4 took place on November 11, 2022 with 20 performances of different countries’
cultural identities. The Organizing Committee announced the prizes and
presented the awards, as follows: The Union of Friendship Organizations of Tien
Giang Province and the Union of Friendship Organizations of Long An Province
won the fourth Prize of the Festival; The Union of Friendship Organizations of
Tay Ninh Province and the Union of Friendship Organizations of Ben Tre Province
won the third prize; Union of Friendship Organizations of Binh Duong Province won
the second prize; The Union of Friendship Organizations of Dong Nai Province
and the Union of Friendship Organizations of Ho Chi Minh City excellently won
the first prizes of the Friendship Melodies Festival among the Unions of
Friendship Organizations of cities and provinces in the Southeast and
neighboring regions of the Emulation Cluster No. 4 in 2022. The Organizing Committee
also awarded 05 outstanding performances of the Festival.
Ms. Tran Hoang Khanh Van – Deputy Head of the
Southern Representative Office, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations
and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri – President of the Dong Nai province Union of
Friendship Organizations, Head of the Organizing Committee awarding the main
prizes of the Friendship Melodies Festival among the Unions of Friendship
Organizations of cities and provinces in the Southeast and neighboring regions
of the Emulation Cluster No. 4 in 2022.

Mr. Ho Xuan Lam –
Vice President of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Ho Chi Minh City
presenting the Certificates for the outstanding performances of the Friendship
Melodies Festival among the Unions of Friendship Organizations of cities and
provinces in the Southeast and neighboring regions of the Emulation Cluster No.
4 in 2022.