History and meaning of Vietnamese Family Day (June 28)

With beautiful high meaning, June 28 is considered the Vietnamese Family Day to honor the traditional cultural values ​​of the Vietnamese people.

Family is a cell of society, the place to maintain the race, is an important environment to form, nurture and educate the human personality, preserve and promote good traditional culture, fight against evils. society, creating human resources to serve the cause of national construction and defense. Every country, every nation that wants to survive and grow, must care for and protect the family.

President Ho Chi Minh affirmed that it is right to care for the family because: "Many families add up to become good society, family, then the society is good, the society is good, the family is better. Nuclear of society is family ".

1. History of Vietnamese Family Day

According to Uncle on June 28, 2000, the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee issued Directive No. 55-CT / TW on strengthening the leadership of Party committees at the grassroots level for protection and care. and educating children.

The family is a cell of society, which maintains the race, is an important environment to form, nurture and educate the human personality.

On May 4, 2001, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 72/2001 / QD-TTg on Vietnamese Family Day. The decision clearly states: taking June 28 every year is a Vietnamese Family Day , to promote the responsibility of leaders of branches, levels, unions and social organizations and all families that regularly care building a prosperous, equal, progressive and happy family, promoting the protection, care and education of children, contributing to the construction and protection of the Fatherland.

2. Meaning of Vietnamese Family Day

Over many generations, Vietnamese families have been formed and developed with good values, contributing to national cultural identity. Precious traditional values ​​such as patriotism, love of the homeland, love for each other, faithful, curious, studious, diligent and creative in labor, indomitable, resilient to overcome all difficulties , challenges have been preserved by the Vietnamese family, cultivated and promoted throughout the history of building and maintaining the country.

Through many periods of development, structure and relationships in the Vietnamese family, there have been changes, but the basic functions of the family still exist and families are still an important and indispensable factor in the socio-economic development of the country.

Vietnam Family Day is a great cultural event to honor the traditional cultural values ​​of Vietnamese families , an opportunity for families to exchange and share experiences in building cultural families, towards the sustainable development of the family during the period of industrialization, modernization and international integration.

This is also the day everyone in the family cares about each other, the society cares for children and those without parents, the couple must understand the value of the home and go through the storm together to have a family. happy family.

3. Vietnam Family Day 2017

On the occasion of Vietnamese Family Day June 28 and the National Month of Action on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control in 2017, many cultural and artistic activities . will take place in Hanoi and many provinces.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism continues to propagate the theme of 'Warm, loving family meal' and launch 'Warm, loving family meal' across the country on the right of Vietnamese Family Day. Men in the time frame from 17h-19h (Wednesday - June 28, 2017) with the meaning of respecting the moments of reunion of all Vietnamese families on a happy, warm family meal.