(HBO) – The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province on September 1 presented new equipment to 15 households who are supplying homestay services in Tan Lac and Da Bac districts. The move was expected to promote community-based tourism development in accordance with the provincial People’s Committee’s decision.

Leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism handed
over audio equipment and loudspeakers to an art troupe in Ngoi hamlet, Ngoi Hoa
commune (Tan Lac district).
In Tan Lac district, the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism handed over equipment to 10
households in Ngoi hamlet of Ngoi Hoa commune. Each family received nine sets
of bed sheets, mosquito nets and pillows, nine sets of blankets, five
mattresses and one refrigerator.
The department also
presented loudspeakers and audio equipment, a set of gongs and some traditional
musical instruments and 10 sets of costumes to the local art troupe. It also
invited a trainer to instruct the art troupe how to stage performances in order
to serve local cultural activities and entertain tourists.
The same day, the
department also presented the equipment to five households and two art troupes
in Ke hamlet (Hien Luong commune), Da Bia hamlet (Tien Phong commune) to serve
visitors.
The equipment will be used to support households
providing homestay serivces and art troupes in community-based tourism areas,
meeting conditions to serve tourists and develop community-based tourism in
general and tourism around Hoa Binh lake./.
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The palanquin procession to Sim Pagoda.
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The provincial-level Khai Ha festival 2025 of the Muong ethnic minority group took place at Phong Phu commune’s stadium in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province on the morning of February 5 (the 8th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Snake).
"Xuong Dong” (going to the field) festival opened in Yen Phu commune of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son district on February 5, or the eighth day of the Year of the Snake, drawing thousands of locals and visitors to partake in a variety of activities.