The atmosphere of joy and eagerness to welcome the new year 2023 is filling the streets and alleys. This is an opportunity for everyone to gather to share memories after a year of hard work and study. Many foreigners also participate in activities to welcome a new year in Thai Nguyen to enjoy happy moments with relatives and friends and wish each other a happy and prosperous new year.

Making tea is an extremely important element to creating a good cup of tea, even if it is an art. The ancients concluded about the essential requirements in making tea: Good tea need the right fire, the right water, the right teacher. The source of water is also greatly affects the taste of tea. Each artisan with their own talent and experience has ways of creating teapots with unique identity...

"Tu Quy Tea" is the representative product of Ha Thai not only because of its excellent quality but also because of its creativity and deposited humanistic message in each cup of tea.

Each country has its own culture imbued with its own identity. The cultural exchange is of particular importance, not only helping each person introduce and promote the precious traditional beauty of their nation to international friends, but also increase their understanding of the diverse culture form in the world, thereby equipping themselves with the knowledge and skills to become a global citizen. In the bustling atmosphere to welcome the upcoming 2023 New Year, students from many countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, East Timor, Mongolia, China, Korea... of member schools of TNU gathered on "International Student Day" to participate in many interesting and meaningful activities

Năm 26 tuổi, cầm trên tay tấm bằng thạc sĩ chuyên ngành Quản lý Tài nguyên và Môi trường, Đại học Khoa học - Đại học Thái Nguyên, anh Hoàng Văn Tuấn quyết định rời phố thị về vùng chè quê hương khởi nghiệp và say mê với trà hữu cơ sạch. Với quyết tâm và ước mơ đó, Tuấn đã học theo chỉ dạy của bố mẹ và những kiến thức trên sách vở về cách làm trà, kỹ thuật chăm sóc… mà không cần dùng tới phân bón hóa học, hay thuốc trừ sâu.

The night of December 24, 1972 was an unforgettable Christmas due to bombs and bullets of the US imperialists, causing so much pain and loss for the Vietnamese people. At the area of Luu Xa station, 60 young volunteers of the 915 Millitary Group, the 91 Bac Thai heroically sacrificed while on the task of clearing supplies for the southern battlefield. On the evening of December 24, 2022, at the National Historic Site of 915 Millitary Group, Thai Nguyen province solemnly held the 50th anniversary of the sacrifice of 60 young volunteers of the 915 Millitary Group, 91 Bac Thai.

The night of December 24, 1972 was an unforgettable Christmas due to bombs and bullets of the US imperialists, causing so much pain and loss for the Vietnamese people. At the area of Luu Xa station, 60 young volunteers of the 915 Millitary Group, the 91 Bac Thai heroically sacrificed while on the task of clearing supplies for the southern battlefield. On the evening of December 24, 2022, at the National Historic Site of 915 Millitary Group, Thai Nguyen province solemnly held the 50th anniversary of the sacrifice of 60 young volunteers of the 915 Millitary Group, 91 Bac Thai.

Recently, the Museum of Cultures of Vietnam's Ethnic Groups (Thai Nguyen City) opened the exhibition "Colors of ASEAN" by photographer Tran Tan Vinh from Dong A University (Da Nang city). The series includes 65 photos, introducing to the public the images of people and cultural beauty of ASEAN countries, highlighting the beauty as well as talent, creativity and great contributions of ASEAN countries and ASEAN women to the development of the society.
Photographer Tran Tan Vinh shared that the photo series was taken for a long time, mainly from the times he attended seminars on ASEAN countries and from his personal trips. These trips are often quite expensive, averaging around $1,000, but the benefits are worthy.
He liked most the photos taken in Myanmar, where there are women of the long neck and face tattoos ethnic groups, who made him extremely impressive.
In the next time, he plans to bring the photo series "Colors of ASEAN" to display in Laos.
The exhibition will take place from October 18 to 28, 2022. After the exhibition, photographer Tran Tan Vinh will donate the original set of photos and image files to the Museum of Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups to continue displaying and exhibiting.

In order to build a bright, green, clean and beautiful urban areas, contributing to the implementation of the project on Building urban civilized streets in Thai Nguyen city, welcome the congresses at all levels of the Youth Union for the term 2022-2027 and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Thai Nguyen City (October 19, 1962 - October 19, 2022), recently, Thai Nguyen City Youth Union has launched the project "Green Electric Boxs" in the city.
Nearly 100 officials, youth union members, teachers and managers of schools in Thai Nguyen city decorate 50 electric boxes along Thong Nhat route. The selected pictures are tea flowers that represent Thai Nguyen’s specialty and lotus - Vietnam's national flower. This year's "Green Electric Box" project is expected to take place from 18 to 30 of September. After completing, 100% of the underground electric boxes on the main streets of Thai Nguyen city will be decorated, adorning the face of the City.

PLAYGROUND OF YOUNG PEOPLE LOVING KOREAN
After the preliminary round, the 10 best candidates from the School of Foreign Languages (Thai Nguyen University) competed in the final round of the Korean Speaking Contest 2022.
With their talents, the contestants brought presentations with rich content, demonstrating their understanding of Korean people, country and culture; friendly cooperation and cultural exchange between the Vietnam - Korea and the two provinces of Thai Nguyen - Gyeongsangbuk.
Chu Thi Hue - Special prize of the Korean Speaking contest in 2022 "The contest gives us many opportunities such as showing our abilities, meeting and interacting with Koreans, learning about Korean culture, and then we will have better job opportunities. I feel lucky and honored to have won this award.”
At the end of the Contest, the Organizing Committee awarded 1 Special Prize, 2 First Prizes, 3 Second Prizes, 4 Third Prizes to the contestants.
Mr. An Sanghoon - Head of the Representative Office of the Economic Promotion Agency of Gyeongsangbuk Province in Ho Chi Minh City, member of the jury "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest must be held online in 2021. This year, in the live competition, I see that the contestants speak very well, and their presentation skills are also excellent. I feel very impressed with the ability of the candidates. I think this is a meaningful event, an opportunity for us to increase our mutual understanding. I hope the contest will continue to be held in the future”
The contest is an opportunity for people who love Korean culture and language, and at the same time, strengthen people-to-people diplomacy, spreading the message of solidarity, friendly cooperation, towards the anniversary of 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea (December 22, 1992 - December 22, 2022)

简朴、认真工作就是我们与出生于1985年在所属农业与农村发展部畜牧院的山区养殖的研究和发展中心工作的黎国达交谈时的感想。负责养殖照顾生育马工作的黎国达已将手工饮水机研究及制造成自动的饮水机，为集中养马工作服务，每年为单位节省了数千万越盾。
他分享：我自2009年就开始在这儿工作了，到了现在已13年了，领导人给我交付养殖照顾中心的马群。2021年，当我直接在马场一些部分工作时我觉得还有很多不及之处。农仓因建设的时间长，所以已破烂、一些喂食槽、饮水槽已经很旧了，所以已破坏了。加上，比较浪费时间来打扫卫生。旧的系统就是使用钢铁来制造出的并在农仓地下安装的，所以使用长时间后也坏掉了。以前还没有改变时，如果想为这66个槽打水时，我们要使用水泵、要一个接着一个打开阀门、等到什么时候满了以后才可以关，所以很浪费时间。这个自动机使用一个装水的筒子、有一个自动阀门、平衡器，所以将能自动调整水位。因此，减少打扫卫生时间，比如以前要使用两个钟头来打扫干净，到了现在只要花半个钟头 ，加上，旧的饮水槽地深度为30至35厘米，修改以后的深度相当于以前的三分之一，所以使用的水量也相当于以前的三分之一。
山区养殖的研究和发展中心副经理阮德中分享：除了研究工作外还有生产的工作，在生产过程中就有劳动者的直接工作、一直有符合于实际情况的创意改进，这些改进与农民更为亲切。

Thai Nguyen has natural conditions suitable for the development of agriculture and forestry, together with many ethnic groups living together, has created a diverse cultural identity, rich and unique cuisine. In order to introduce, promote and spread the culinary quintessence of the locality to a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, the Office of the Coordination Office of the National Target Program to build a new rural area in Thai Nguyen province held a contest "culinary culture quintessence of Thai Nguyen province" in 2022, attracting the participation of 9 districts and cities and many famous chefs and artisans in the province.
The contest is not only an opportunity for chefs and artisans to show their skills, but also an opportunity for them to meet and exchange cooking experiences. The carefully prepared and elaborately decorated dishes made an impression on the judges and tourists.
Mr. Le Van Quyet - Deputy Head of the Artisan Division, Vietnam Culinary Culture Association said: “Thai Nguyen is successful in organizing a contest to promote and introduce culinary culture. The competition teams were also very enthusiastic, the dishes were delicious and beautifully decorated.”
In addition to the cooking competition, the contest also has booths to display and introduce typical agricultural products and OCOP products of localities and units in the province, thereby creating opportunities for cooperatives, production and business enterprises to promote their brands, find customers and expand the consumption of agricultural products
Mr. Tran Nho Huong - Deputy Chief of Office for Coordination of National Target for New Rural Development in Thai Nguyen Province shared that: “The contest aims to introduce and promote typical local products to consumers, and at the same time honoring artisans and chefs in creating delicious and unique dishes. The products with high award will be supported by us in trade promotion in the media.”
The contest is really successful, becoming a bridge for people to experience and feel the unique features of cuisine in the Tea homeland and spread positive values for many localities across the country to learn, thus contributing to preserving the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine, helping the cuisine to last forever with time.

Ma Thi Phuong (born in 2001) has been suffering from neuromyelitis opticatoma since 2016. Although her family has taken her for treatment to many hospitals in Vietnam and Singapore, Phuong's disease still cannot be cured and she completely lost vision. With the encouragement and closeness of family, relatives, teachers and friends, Phuong overcame the initial shock and regained her spirit to overcome difficult circumstances. Phuong is studying social work at the University of Science, Thai Nguyen University. Her effort has helped her to achieve high academic achievement. In addition, she also actively participate in movements, extracurricular activities and non-governmental projects with the desire to contribute efforts to help people with disabilities confidently rise up in life. In a meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Ma Thi Phuong told about her journey to overcome her illness and her efforts to achieve her dream of becoming a social officer in the future. She received many compliments and encouragements from the Canadian foreign minister, the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam and this is a great spiritual encouragement for Ma Thi Phuong to get closer and closer to her dream.

Mỳ gạo Định Hóa lâu nay vốn là đặc sản nổi tiếng của mảnh đất ATK, được công nhận là sản phẩm OCOP tiêu chuẩn 3 sao của tỉnh Thái Nguyên. Bà con nơi đây làm mỳ bằng một loại gạo đặc biệt – đó là gạo bao thai Định Hóa – loại gạo ngon, đặc sản của địa phương. Mỳ được bà con sản xuất theo phương thức truyền thống của ông cha để lại để đảm bảo giữ được vị ngon riêng có của món mỳ đặc sản quê hương.

Recently, Mrs. Kate Bartlett - Cultural Affairs Officer of the US Embassy in Hanoi visited Thai Nguyen to attend an exhibition at the Museum of Cultures of Vietnam's Ethnic Groups. For her, Thai Nguyen is a very special province. The US Embassy is proud to have many activities in Thai Nguyen, such as opening an American hangout at Thai Nguyen University where students and residents can come to access study resources. In addition, the US Embassy also has many fellows in Thai Nguyen to join hands to improve the quality of English teaching and learning. As the Cultural Affairs Officer of the US Embassy, Mrs. Kate Bartlett hopes to bring the project "Vietnamese heritages supported by U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation” to Thai Nguyen, to have more cultural heritages both tangible and intangible to be preserved for future generations.