(HBO) – Amid the current information explosion and the rise of the media, entertainment, and social networks, not many people remember the film screening team at a time when TV sets were unavailable. Over the past years, film screening teams have worked to perform the political task of improving spiritual and intellectual lives in remote, mountainous and especially disadvantaged areas.
\Photo: A movie screening session of the team No.1 (the provincial Centre
on Culture-Cinema) in Nang hamlet, Quyet Thang commune, Lac Son district in
2020
The movie screening team No.1 under the
provincial Centre on Culture-Cinema was honoured by the Steering Committee for
Awards on popularisation of literature, arts and journalism themed "Studying
and following t
hought, moral virtues and lifestyle of
President Ho Chi Minh” for its outstanding achievements for the 2018-2020
period. Bach Thanh Tinh, an official from the team said at this time, movies
marking Day of Invalids and Martyrs will be screened. However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the plan has been cancelled.
In January 2019, the provincial Centre on
Culture-Cinema was established with the task of screening films and bringing
culture, artworks and films to residents in remote, mountainous and ethnic
minority areas to disseminate the Party and State’s guidelines and policies to
people, contributing to improving intellectual standards, reducing poverty, and
building a healthy cultural environment, and for the sake of political
stability, socio-economic development and national defence-security
maintenance.
In early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic broke
out, there were only 216 film screening sessions serving 12,390 audiences,
mostly history films and documentaries about life and career of President Ho
Chi Minh, and war-themed films released by the Vietnam Cinema Department. The
team also worked with departments, agencies and localities to disseminate laws,
prevent social vices, encourage agriculture and forestry, raise public
awareness of new rural development, and honour outstanding people and good
deeds.
Deputy Director of the centre Do Quoc Cuong said
despite hard working conditions and limited income, members of the team always
encourage each other to uphold the sense of responsibility and fulfill assigned
tasks./.
The Hoa Binh Cooperative Alliance held a New Year meeting with its member cooperatives on February 25 to review past achievements and outline future goals.
The Khai Ha (Going down to the field) Festival of the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh province is a vibrant cultural event that draws thousands of local people and tourists each year. Held in Phong Phu commune, Tan Lac district, this festival is deeply rooted in the spiritual and agricultural traditions of the Muong people.
On February 9, at Hoa Binh Conference Center, the Provincial Literature and Arts Association organized the 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day in 2025 with the theme "The bright land of Poetry”. The event has attracted the participation of many artists, artisans, poetry clubs and poetry lovers in the province, along with other artists from Hoa Binh who are living and composing outside the province and the representatives of some Central Professional Associations from Hanoi.
From February 9th to 13th (i.e. Lunar January 12th to 16th), in Yen Tri Commune, Yen Thuy District A Cultural Week was organized to celebrate the Party and At Ty Spring, 2025 with a series of the cultural, artistic, sports and culinary festival activities.
