The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the 2024 Hoa Binh communication competition on August 28-29, with the opening ceremony seeing the presence of Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, presents flags to 10 teams participating in the competition.
Implementing the plan to organise the competition, nine districts and Hoa Binh city organised district-level contests with the participation of 151 dissemination teams and over 3,270 members in 498 performances.
Participating in the provincial-level contest were 10 mobile communication teams with nearly 300 members who competed in oral communication, art performances, and short plays. The total time for three parts was limited at 35 minutes.
The dissemination contents focused on studying and following the ideology, morality, and lifestyle of President Ho Chi Minh; celebrating the National Day (September 2, 1945-2024), the traditional day of the culture - information sector (August 28), and the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army; preserving and promoting the cultural identity of Hoa Binh's ethnic groups; and on environmental protection, food safety and hygiene, prevention and control of social evils, traffic safety, prevention and control of domestic violence, and building new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas.
The contest offered an opportunity for officials, directors, performers, and disseminators to exchange and learn about expertise and skills in cultural and artistic activities and communication work on the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's policies and laws among localities in the whole province, thus contributing to improving the quality of activities of mobile communication teams and preserving and promoting the cultural identity of local ethnic groups.
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The palanquin procession to Sim Pagoda.
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