(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s steering board for Mo Muong, cultural heritage of the Muong ethnic group, has held a meeting to review their performance in the first half of 2018 and set up tasks for the remaining months. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the steering board Nguyen Van Chuong chaired the event.

 


Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong speaks at the meeting.

According to a report at the meeting, the provincial Party Committee’s information and education board has continued stepping up district-level Party committees’ realisation of Directive 08-CT/TU, dated January 20, 2016, of the provincial Party Committee’s standing board on enhancing all-level Party committee’s leadership of the maintenance, preservation and promotion of Mo Muong’s values in Hoa Binh.

The input method editor and teaching documentation of the Muong language have been handed over to relevant agencies. Meanwhile, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has conducted a scientific study on Mo Muong to reprint a book on the heritage. It has also coordinated with the provincial Department of Science and Technology to carry out a study on Mo Muong preservation and promotion.

Additionally, the Department of Education and Training has completed a plan on teaching the Mo Muong cultural heritage to high school students in Hoa Binh. Press agencies like Hoa Binh, Nhan dan, and Van nghe newspapers and the province’s radio-television station have published a number of reports and stories on the values of this heritage. Localities across Hoa Binh have also carried out many activities to protect and bring into play Mo Muong’s values.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong affirmed that the Mo Muong heritage is very precious. Its values have been confirmed by scientists and local residents. Realising the importance of this cultural heritage, the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee have issued documents to promote preservation and promotion activities.

He asked the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to take in opinions of the steering board’s members to perfect the content of the plan on preserving and promoting the Mo Muong cultural heritage in Hoa Binh. The preservation projects of Cao Phong and Tan Lac districts also need to be included in this plan, which should be submitted to the authorised agency for approval in October 2018.

The official underlined the need to popularise information about the heritage in a more effective manner. He also called on specialised bodies to carry out assigned tasks in a prompt, scientific and responsible manner to help protect and bring into play Mo Muong’s values./.

 


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