(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s Cao Phong district, home to Muong Thang land with excellent cultural values and stunning natural landscapes, has paid due attention to preserving its culture to develop various kinds of tourism products.
A big investment has been poured into Bong Lai Temple in Cao Phong district’s Cao Phong town to attract tourists.
Traditional culture and festivals in Muong Thang land have been well maintained in the past time.
In recent years, Cao Phong district has organised training courses for local people, helping them to develop community-based tourism coupled with preserving traditional cultural values. Accordingly, community-based tourism has been promoted in Tien village in Thung Nai commune; Mung village in Hop Phong commune; and Khanh Rom village in Thach Yen commune.
Cao Phong district has enhanced both tourism management and COVID-19 prevention measures. However, local tourism has been hit by the pandemic, with revenue topping 4.5 billion VND (195,000 USD) in Quarter 1, or 2.8 billion VND lower than the figure recorded in the same time last year.
With a view to luring more tourists, the district directed tourism businesses to stabilise prices and not to increase room rates.
It has stepped up communication work, attended a tourism promotion event in Hanoi from January 22-24, as well as carried out favourable policies to attract investment in the tourism sector.
Local people have been encouraged to preserve traditional culture, and able to access legal capital to invest in community-based tourism.
Additionally, the district has focused on developing entertainment and sport works, and restoration of traditional festivals to serve tourism development./.
Hoa Binh province has carried out multiple programmes and initiatives to revive its cultural heritage which has gradually fallen into oblivion through the ebbs and flows of history.
The most prominent and defining feature in the prehistoric era of Hoa Binh is the Hoa Binh Culture. The Culture was first discovered in Hoa Binh. The significant prehistoric culture represents not only Vietnam but also Southeast Asia and southern China. Through excavations of cave sites in the limestone regions of Hoa Binh, French archaeologist M. Colani introduced the world to a "Stone Age in Hoa Binh province – Northern Vietnam" in 1927. On January 30, 1932, the First Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, held in Hanoi, officially recognised the Hoa Binh Culture.
Known as the "Land of Epic History”, Hoa Binh province, the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, boasts a strategic location and a unique cultural tapestry woven by its ethnic minority communities.
The People's Committee of Luong Son District recently held a ceremony to receive the certificate recognizing Sau Communal House in Thanh Cao Commune as a provincial-level historical and cultural site.
Recognising the importance of cultural heritage preservation in protecting and promoting the value system of Vietnamese culture, and serving socio-economic development in the new period, Party committees and local administrations in Hoa Binh province have identified it as a key task in the cultural development strategy. The province has been making efforts in mobilising resources, creating consensus among people and engaging ethnic communities in preserving and promoting cultural identity.
Hoa Binh province has captured growing attention both domestically and internationally for its distinctive cultural heritage and rich history. Most notably, it has been renowned for its famous Hoa Binh culture, considered the cradle of ancient Vietnamese civilisation. Looking ahead to significant milestones in 2025 and the 140th anniversary of province establishment in 2026, Hoa Binh Newspaper presents a comprehensive overview of the province's development across economic, social, cultural, tourism, and security domains.
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