(HBO) – As it is currently the peak time of spring festivals, tourists travelling to the Hoa Binh reservoir have been on the rise, posing risks for traffic safety.
Per order of the provincial People’s Committee,
relevant sectors, units and localities are rolling measures to guarantee
traffic safety in the reservoir area.
Flows of vehicles and tourists
to Hoa Binh reservoir increase in early days of the new lunar year.
Statistics showed that274 water vehicles are
operating in the area, including 236 for passenger transport and the remainders
for carrying both people and cargo.
Due attention has been paid to the planning and
management of wharves and passenger transport vehicles. However, risk factors
to traffic safety remain.
Chief of staff of the Hoa Binh Traffic Safety Board
Le Xuan Cu said the board is working with others to carry out measures in
maintaining traffic safety, namely enhancing dissemination of traffic regulations
and announcing a hotline receiving reports on issues related to traffic safety
at wharves, among others.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee
Quach Tat Liem recently ordered all departments, sectors, and People’s
Committees of districts and city to implement duties and solutions to traffic
safety during this year’s festivals.
Relevant forces are to impose fines on vehicles
that violate regulations, including those lack of registration and carrying
excess weight and passengers.
A hotline is set up and publicised on the media,
wharves and vehicles to timely receive feedback. Inspections are bolstered to
keep watch on violations of passenger and freight transport vehicles in Da
river and Hoa Binh reservoir.
The People’s Committees of districts
and Hoa Binh city have called on owners of vehicles operating in the area to
comply with regulations and engage in campaigns ensuring waterway traffic
safety./.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Hoa Binh province continues to implement the expanded tourism development cooperation program plan of 8 Northwest provinces with Ho Chi Minh City; deploying digital transformation content in tourism and developing a smart tourism province. Hoa Binh province received about 3.6 million views, an increase of 7.9% over the same period. In which, international visitors are about 380 visitors, domestic visitors are estimated at 3 million 220 visitors.
Spanning thousands of hectares and winding gracefully along mountain slopes, hillsides, and riverbanks, the terraced rice fields of Lac Son District present a stunning and captivating beauty. This region, renowned for its remarkable terraced landscapes, is also the centre of Hoa Binh Culture known for numerous archaeological sites.
The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.
The man-made Hoa Binh Lake, with a water surface area of approximately 9,000 hectares and a capacity of 9.45 billion cubic meters, stretches over 200 kilometers from Hoa Binh to Son La provinces. With the goal of developing into a national tourism area, the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to not only become the largest tourism centre in the province but also one of the 12 key tourist destinations in the northern midland and mountainous region of Vietnam.
Da Bia hamlet, now Duc Phong, in Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, was once almost isolated from the outside as the only way to the hamlet was to get a boat ride across the Hoa Binh reservoir. However, as its tourism potential has been unleashed, the hamlet has established itself as one of the most attractive destinations on the tourism map. It has even received the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Awards in 2019.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province welcomed over 684 thousand visitors to visit and relax. In which, over 516 thousand domestic visitors and more than 168 thousand international visitors. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 821 billion VND.