(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s organising board of the ASEAN photo and documentary exhibition met to discuss preparations for the event, which will take place in Hoa Binh province from November 23-25. The exhibition will feature land, people, environmental protection, climate change and ethnic groups in ASEAN. Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, head of the board, presided over the meeting.
The provincial organising board
implements the preparatory plan for the ASEAN photo and documentary exhibition.
The exhibition, scheduled to be held at the Hoa Binh Cultural
Palace, will focus on the themes of land and people; environmental protection
and climate change; and ethnic groups within the ASEAN Community.
It will introduce more than 300 photos and 100 documentary films
by ASEAN photographers and directors who entered the final of the ASEAN photo
and documentary festival held in
Vietnam in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
The event is expected to promote the land and people of ASEAN,
helping Vietnamese in general and residents in Hoa Binh in particular increase
their understanding, solidarity and friendship with people in other ASEAN
member countries.
Through the exhibition, Hoa Binh will introduce its potential and
strengths in socio-economic development, as well as traditional culture to
international friends.
Concluding the meeting, Chuong said the exhibition is a
political-cultural event of Hoa Binh province this year.
He asked members of the board to soon fulfill their assigned tasks
to make the event impressive to domestic and foreign visitors.
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.
