(HBO) – Hoa Binh province's organising board for cultural, sports, and tourism events held a meeting on June 2 to discuss and approve the overall programme of cultural, sports, and tourism events for 2023. Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the organising board Nguyen Van Toan chaired the event
Nguyen Van Toan, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the organising board, delivers the concluding remarks at the event.
The local cultural, sport and tourism events for 2023 aim to actively celebrate major national and local holidays, encourage the entire Party, people, and armed forces to enthusiastically strive for numerous achievements, and demonstrate the determination to successfully realise the resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 17th provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term. They also seek to popularise tourism potential and unique cultural heritages of the province, stimulate investment attraction for socio-economic and tourism development, and contribute to the preservation and promotion of rich traditional cultural values of various local ethnic groups. As scheduled, the 2023 events will be held in the fourth quarter. Among them, the second edition of the expanded "Cup of Embracing Hands" Cycling Tournament is slated for early October 2023 while cultural and tourism events are expected to be held in mid-November.
At the meeting, representatives from departments and agencies discussed and reached consensus on the scale and list of events. Concluding the meeting, Toan stressed that based on the actual conditions and the province's capacity, the events will include the 2nd edition of the expanded "Cup of Embracing Hands" Cycling Tournament 2023, the expanded festival of community tourism villages in eight northwestern provinces, the local farm produce fair, and the festival of ethnic folk arts.
He asked the provincial Depart of Culture, Sports and Tourism to revise the organisation plan to focus on preparation work and develop well-structured, detailed, specific, and thorough plans that will highlight cultural, sports, and tourism events 2023./.
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