(HBO) – Member of the standing board of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the People’s Council of Hoa Binh province Hoang Van Tu joined a great national unity festival with people in Ai village, Phong Phu commune of Tan Lac district.
Ai village is home to 94 households
with 447 people. While performing their tasks in socio-economic development and
the campaign on building new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas in 2018,
local people have actively responded to the campaign on building new-style
rural areas over the years.
People in the village live
mainly on tourism services and agricultural production. At present, the average
income per capita in the area is estimated at 23 million VND (nearly 988 USD) per
annum. All households now have access to clean water and 98 percent of the
household have hygienic toilets.
Local residents’ cultural
and spiritual lives have been improved and all families have audio visual devices.
Attention has been paid to cultural and sport activities in the locality. This
year, 84 households, accounting for 89 percent of the total number, earned the
title "Cultural Family”.
Member of the Party
Committee’s standing board and Vice Chairman of the People’s Council of Hoa
Binh province Hoang Van Tu presents flower and gifts to local people in Ai
village, Phong Phu commune of Tan Lac district.
Speaking at the event, Tu
congratulated local people on their achievements in socio-economic development
and cultural lives. He required the Party committee, authorities and people in
Ai village to uphold the spirit of national unity, pool their ideas and
initiatives in finding new directions for developing agriculture, ecotourism,
community-based tourism in combination with building new-style rural areas.
He called on local residents
to continue engaging in the campaign on building civilised lifestyle as part of
the building of new-style rural areas, as well as protect the environment, prevent
social vice and promote healthy spiritual lives.
The locality should
mobilise financial resources for cultural activities from all economic sectors
and improving people’s cultural life. Meanwhile, local people should
effectively implement campaigns and encourage each other to join in maintaining
and bolstering cultural identity./.
Mo is a term referring to a profession and cultural heritage which integrates folk beliefs with folk culture and arts. Practiced at funerals and religious rituals by the Muong ethnic people, it aims to provide spiritual comfort during significant life events such as illness and death.
Hoa Binh leaves a strong impression on visitors due to the diversity in the lifestyle and cultural identities of its ethnic groups. The province is home to six main ethnic groups, with a total population of nearly 900,000. The largest group is Muong, making up 63.3% of the population, followed by Kinh with 27.73%, Thai 3.9%, Tay 2.7%, Dao 1.7%, Mong 0.52%, and other ethnic groups 1.18%. Along with the long history of the nation’s formation and defence, the province’s ethnic groups have always been united, hardworking, and determined to strive for socio-economic development. At the same time, each ethnic group displays its own unique and distinct cultural identity, contributing to a diverse, rich, and attractive cultural tapestry.
Hoa Binh province has carried out multiple programmes and initiatives to revive its cultural heritage which has gradually fallen into oblivion through the ebbs and flows of history.
The most prominent and defining feature in the prehistoric era of Hoa Binh is the Hoa Binh Culture. The Culture was first discovered in Hoa Binh. The significant prehistoric culture represents not only Vietnam but also Southeast Asia and southern China. Through excavations of cave sites in the limestone regions of Hoa Binh, French archaeologist M. Colani introduced the world to a "Stone Age in Hoa Binh province – Northern Vietnam" in 1927. On January 30, 1932, the First Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, held in Hanoi, officially recognised the Hoa Binh Culture.
Known as the "Land of Epic History”, Hoa Binh province, the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, boasts a strategic location and a unique cultural tapestry woven by its ethnic minority communities.
The People's Committee of Luong Son District recently held a ceremony to receive the certificate recognizing Sau Communal House in Thanh Cao Commune as a provincial-level historical and cultural site.
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