(HBO) - The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province has organised a conference to review the culture, sports, tourism and family work in the first half of 2019, and discuss orientations for implementing the work in the second half.
A representative from the provincial
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism presents the flag of the Government
to the physical training and sport centre - the outstanding unit in emulation movements
in 2018.
In the first six months of 2019, the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism has actively given advices to the provincial
People's Committee and the Steering Committees to build, issue and organize the
implementation of projects, decisions and work plans in the field of culture,
sports, tourism and family in the locality.
The department maintains the opening of the heritage showroom
"Typical cultural heritage of Muong Hoa Binh ethnic group". It also successfully
organised three provincial sports tournaments, while instructing districts and
city to organize 39 sports events.
It submitted the project "restructuring tourism sector to develop tourism into key
economic sector” to the Provincial People's Committee.
A photo contest to promote Hoa Binh Reservoir tourism area in 2019 was held.
The locality is estimated to receive 2.05 million tourists in the reviewed
period, earning 1.2 trillion VND, equivalent to 68 percent and 60 percent of
the plan set for the year, respectively.
Participants also discussed orientations for implementing the work in the last
six months of the year, focusing on organising the Culture-Tourism Week of Hoa
Binh province in 2019; building an art programme to join relevant cultural
festivals and contests held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; and
organising provincial-level sport tournaments to select and train local
athletes for national and regional sport events.
The department will submit the
project "Community-based tourism development in Hoa Binh to 2030” to the
provincial People’s Committee for approval and implementation, and arrange activities
to foster moral education and lifestyle in Vietnamese families in the locality associated with the implementation of
Directive No. 11/CT-TTg dated March 29, 2017 by the Prime Minister on promoting
moral education and family lifestyle.
From March 10th – 11th, the People's Committee of Cao Phong town (Cao Phong) coordinated with the Relics Management Board to organize the traditional festival of Thuong Bong Lai Temple in 2024.
As spring comes, people in Phu Nghia commune in particular and Lac Thuy district in general flock to Tien Pagoda festival to enjoy festive activities during the annual event.
Khai Ha festival is a long-standing traditional folk festival with the largest scale of Muong people in Hoa Binh province. In 2022, Khai Ha fesstival the Muong minority in Hoa Binh province was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2023 and 2024, the festival was held on the provincial scale, getting together 4 major Muong regions (Bi, Vang, Thang, Dong) to participate, and it has been an opportunity for the quintessence of Muong ethnic culture to converge and shine.
With a great passion for national art, outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan in Voi area, Ba Hang Doi town in Lac Thuy district, has developed and promoted a Muong ethnic cultural space with over 2,000 artifacts which are familiar in the daily life in the Muong ethnic people.
Along with the process of integration and development, traditional cultural identities of the Muong ethnic community in general, and Muong ethnic people in Tan Lac district in particular, are at risk of falling into oblivion. Therefore, many clubs have been established in the locality to preserve and promote the beauty of the ethnic group’s cultural identities.
Held every three years, the swing festival in Muong Voi, Vu Ban town in Lac Son district is "one-of-a-kind". From the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month in the Year of the Dragon, thousands of residents and tourists flocked to the locality to experience the unique cultural festival.