(HBO) – The organising board of the festival of typical community-based tourism villages in Vietnam for 2017 on August 30 convened a conference to discuss preparations for the event in Mai Chau district.
Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh
provincial People’s Committee and head of the organising board, chaired the
conference.
Scene of the conference.
The conference adopted a resolution
on establishing the festival organising board; a schedule for the festival
while assigning tasks to members and planning expenditure.
Accordingly, the festival in Mai
Chau is scheduled for September 29-October 1 with the participation of over 600
delegates from 14 outstanding community-based tourism villages in the northwest
region and some villages from the central and southern regions.
Major activities during the
festival include art performances, a traditional costume show, a contest on
tourism introduction, a showcase on tourist cultural products and a traditional
craft performance, a photo exhibition on Hoa Binh and expanded northwestern
provinces, a cuisine competition, a seminar on orientations, solutions on
sustainable development of community-based tourism forms in the northwest./.
As part of Project 6 under the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2024, Lạc Sơn District, Hoa Binh province focuses on diverse and practical activities to promote the project's goal: "Preserving and promoting the beautiful traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in conjunction with tourism development."
After 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 04-NQ/TU, dated October 11, 2021 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values of Hoa Binh province's ethnic groups in the period of 2021 – 2025 with the orientation to 2030 (NQ04), it has mobilized the participation of the entire political system, the people from all walks of life and there have been positive changes. So far, out of the 10 targets of NQ04, 3 targets have been met and exceeded the plan set for 2025. Typically, 70% of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of ethnic groups in the province is on the list of the national ICH items and they have been protected and restored, exceeding 20% of the proposed Resolution.
Great National Unity Day has been recently celebrated in Duong hamlet, Vay Nua commune, Da Bac district, in an atmosphere of warmth and community spirit. The event highlighted national identity and strengthened the bond of solidarity among residents.
On November 28, the People's Committee of Cao Phong district organized the Cultural and Sports Festival of Cao Phong district's ethnic groups in 2024.
