(HBO) – The Arts and Literature Association of Hoa Binh province hosted a gathering on August 28 in celebration of its 30th founding anniversary (June 23, 1993 - 2023).
Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, and
leaders of the provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Committee congratulate the association on its 30th anniversary.
The event was attended by Bui Duc Hinh, Standing
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial
People’s Council; Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee; Bui Tien Luc, head of the provincial Party Committee’s Board for
Information and Education, and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland
Front Committee; Associate Professor, Doctor and musician Do Hong Quan,
Chairman of the National Committee of the Alliance of Arts and Literature
Associations of Vietnam; and People’s Artist Trinh Thuy Mui, Vice Chairwoman of
the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations of Vietnam and Chairwoman of
the Vietnam Stage Artists Association.
Over its 30 years of development, the provincial
Arts and Literature Association has undergone six tenures. It currently gathers
235 artists of literature, theatre, dancing, fine arts, music, photography, and
folk culture. Two of its members have been granted the State Awards for
Literature and Arts, and five with the Meritorious Artist title. Hundreds of
awards from central and provincial specialised associations have also been
presented to local artists.
Addressing the event, Bui Duc Hinh, Standing
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial
People’s Council, congratulated artists on the 30th anniversary of the
association, which has substantially contributed to the creation of cultural
products to meet people’s growing demand for cultural enjoyment. They have
produced a number of highly valuable works in multiple fields, thus helping promote
the presence of culture in every life aspect and deserving their role as the
core force in the creation of cultural values.
He stressed that to create conditions for
literature and arts to develop, the Party and State have always encouraged
artists’ exploration, respected their creativity, and built specific mechanisms
and policies for literature, arts and artists matching local socio-economic
development. All-level Party committees, administrations, and people always
hope that artists will continue creating more works that are imbued with rich
ideological and artistic values, and truthfully, profoundly and comprehensively
reflect the province’s socio-economic situation in the current period of reform
and development.
The official also asked Party committees and
administrations at all levels to be further aware of the role of literature and
arts in the national reform, construction and defence; support and provide the
best possible conditions for literature and art-related activities; and
mobilise every material and spiritual resources for local literature and arts
to develop more strongly and make more contributions in the coming years.
Associate Professor, Doctor and musician Do
Hong Quan and People’s Artist Trinh Thuy Mui present insignias to the artists
with considerable contributions to literature and arts of Hoa Binh province.
On this occasion, 14 members of the provincial
association were presented with the "For the cause of literature and arts”
insignias. The event also reviewed the 2022 - 2023 poetry contest on the Hoa
Binh Literature and Arts Magazine, with 11 prizes awarded; and launched the
second poem, short story and report writing contest, themed "Winds of the
Northwest”, for 2023 - 2024.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently announced a list of new intangible national cultural heritage items, one of which is the Keng Loong performance art of the Thai people in Mai Chau district, the northern province of Hoa Binh.
In order restore brocade weaving of the Thai ethnic group, with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Chieng Chau Brocade Weaving and Tourism Services Cooperative was established in Chieng Chau commune (Mai Chau district) in 2009.
Holding some 18,000 exhibits related to the province’s establishment and re-establishment process and an array of antiques, Hoa Binh Museum has paid due attention to the management, exhibition, and communications work so as to preserve and promote the values of the local heritage.
In the aesthetic concept of the Mong people, a woman's beauty is partly reflected through her clothes. In Mai Chau district, there are two communes inhabited by the Mong ethnic people, namely Hang Kia and Pa Co, with a combined population of over 6,000. Despite the strong development of the society, the cultural identity, notably traditional costumes, of local people is still preserved and promoted.
Traditional cultural values of Muong people have been preserved well in Chien hamlet, Van Son commune, Tan Lac district.
Located about 4 km away from the commune’s centre and at an altitude of 800 m above sea level, Chien hamlet is known as a peaceful and beautiful Muong village.