The team of authors from the Faculty of Linguistics received the Award from the Vietnam Association of Linguistics.

The team of authors Tran Tri Doi, Trieu Phuc Xuan, and Trieu Thi Nga, with their work "On the works of Dang Hanh and Ban Dai Hoi of the Dao people in Thanh Hoa," was awarded the Second Prize (B) of the 2008 Central Committee of the Vietnam Folk Arts Association. This work transcribed the Nôm Dao text and translated it into Vietnamese as the famous narrative poem "Dang Hanh and Ban Dai Hoi" of the Dao people in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam.

Professor Tran Tri Doi is currently the Head of the Department of Linguistics and the Head of the Department of Languages ​​and Cultures of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities. Trieu Thi Nga is a Dao ethnic minority who graduated with a Bachelor of Education in Literature (Linguistics major) in 2007. Trieu Phuc Xuan is an intellectual of the Dao ethnic minority in Thanh Hoa. This is an effective collaboration between university scientists and local ethnic minority intellectuals in training university-level students for Vietnam's ethnic minorities.

"Dang Hanh and the Great Assembly" is a seven-word narrative poem of the Dao people, consisting of 632 verses, recording the history of their migration from the 10th century to the present day through various regions in southern China and northern Vietnam. Translating this work provides important material for the study of folklore and linguistic history.

The 2008 National Scientific Works Award Ceremony of the Vietnam Folk Arts Association was held on December 26, 2008, at the National Assembly Office Guest House Hall (27A Tran Hung Dao). The Association awarded 62 prizes to the most outstanding works, including 8 Second Prizes (1 Second Prize A, 7 Second Prizes B), 31 Third Prizes, 23 Consolation Prizes, and 8 special gifts. This year, the highest and only award (Second Prize A) was given to the collection of "Khát thống đẳm" (Farewell Song) of the Tay ethnic group in Bang La, Nghia Lo town, Yen Bai province, compiled, translated, and researched by author Ha Dinh Ti.

The annual awards of the Vietnam Folk Arts Association are given to research projects on the preservation of Vietnamese folk culture completed within the year. Professor Tran Tri Doi received the Encouragement Award in 1995 (for the work "Folk Tales of the Nguon People"), 1996 (for the research "Will the Arem, Ruc, and Ma Lieng ethnic groups in Quang Binh disappear?"), and the Third Prize B in 1998 (for the research "Language and the Development of Traditional Culture of Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam").

•Thanh Ha
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