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.

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