(HBO0 - A mountainous district, Mai Chau is home to seven ethnic groups, with the Thai making up over 86 percent. In order to preserve and uphold the traditional cultural value of the group, local departments and agencies actively are encouraging and expanding a movement of wearing traditional costumes during major holidays and working days.
Teachers and
students of a local elementary school maintain tradition of wearing traditional
ethnic costumes every Friday.
Honouring the
beauty of traditional costumes to contribute to the preservation and upholding of
Thai cultural values, the district Women's Union recently directed units to
maintain the movement of wearing traditional costumes, towards realising the
Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 33 on "building and developing the
Vietnamese culture and people to meet requirements for sustainable national
development", the provincial and district Party committees’ directives on
strengthening administrative discipline and spreading civilised lifestyle and corporate
culture.
The province now records 70 models from communes and towns, 46 schools
and eight agencies with the rule on wearing traditional costumes every Monday
and Thursday. The district Women’s Union raised public awareness of the effort
in various forms, attracting members from 16 communes and townships to join the
movement. Nine local units were assisted in sewing brocade uniforms for female
officials and cadres, contributing to maintaining ethnic identity and
developing traditional brocade weaving.
For the
preservation, restoration and upholding of cultural heritages related to
traditional costumes of ethnic minorities, the district opened a training
course on skills to uphold the value of intangible cultural heritage regarding
handicraft and embroidery. It also launched an awareness campaign to preserve
traditional ethnic costumes in suitable ways, including wearing traditional costumes
at boarding schools, encouraging ethnic officials and cadres to wear them
during traditional Lunar New Year or festivals, introducing them to tourists
and travel agencies, and issuing mechanisms and policies for artisans.
To realise goals
in the project on the preservation and upholding of traditional costumes of
ethnic Vietnamese minorities in the current period, Mai Chau district
contributed to the sustainable development of ethnic culture nationwide./.
Hoa Binh province has shown strong performance in family planning by effectively implementing directions and plans in the field, including Directive No. 12/CT-UBND issued by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee on August 4, 2021 on rolling out measures to maintain the policy of each couple having two children, which is stated in community rules and the regulations of agencies, organisations, and units across the province of Hoa Binh for the 2021 – 2025 period.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a hybrid conference on December 18 to review the culture, sport, and tourism sector’s performance in 2024 and launch key tasks for 2025. Standing Deputy Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong and officials from local departments and sectors also took part in the event.
Hoa Binh’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 18, hosted a conference to present the outcomes of a research study on the traditional costumes of the Muong ethnic group.
Along with the activities of Project 6 - the national target programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021 – 2026 period, efforts to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities in Lac Son district have received additional momentum.
In the context of globalisation and deeper integration, preserving and promoting the national cultural identity is of utmost importance. Aware of their pioneering and proactive role on all fronts, over the years, the youth organisations at all levels in Hoa Binh province have implemented various concrete and practical activities to preserve and promote the cultural identities of ethnic groups in the locality.