(HBO) – Mai Chau mountainous district has age-old traditional culture with Thai and Mong ethnic groups as majority. The district authorities have focused on the diversification of cultural and art activities to preserve and promote traditional values as well as enrich spiritual lives of local people.
Photo: Thai ethnic dance was highly appraised at the provincial public art festival in 2017.
Ha Van Tuan, Director of Mai Chau district’s culture and sport centre, said that among 183 art troupes in the district, 138 were set up under decision of the district People’s Committee. They are supported with 2 million VND every year for operation. In some communes that developing community based tourism like Lac, Van, Buoc and Pom Coong villages, 15-25 members of art troupes regularly practice to serve tourists. They also organize exchanges and performances in communes, villages and hamlets, attracting many local people.
Excellent performers at the district public art festival were chosen to attend the contest at provincial level and won first prize with stellar performances like singing performance "Tay Bac hoa dieu” (Northwestern melody) and dance performance "Huong sac que em” (Homeland beauty).
Luu Huy Linh, Vice Director of the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated that the province is maintaining, developing and improving operation quality of over 2,000 public art troupes. They are working to popularise the Party’s policies and guidelines as well as the State’s laws and regulations, enhancing dedication in working and life among local people.
Traditional musical instruments and singing resonate at villages and residences from rural to urban areas during local and national significant celebrations.
Public art clubs have enjoyed ebullient activities, luring the attention of a throng of locals. Ky Son, Cao Phong, Lac Thuy, Mai Chau, Yen Thuy, Da Bac and Lac Son districts have fully taped the operation of art troupes to serve local spiritual lives and political missions.
Such cultural activity has positive influence on building a civilised society while reducing unsound customs and promoting traditional cultural features of ethnic minority groups./.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.
Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.
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