(HBO) – An exhibition of photos and documentary films has opened at the Hoa Binh Cultural Palace, featuring the land, people, environmental protection, climate change and ethnic groups in the ASEAN Community in Vietnam, which was organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in coordination with the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province.
The opening ceremony was attended by
representatives from ASEAN countries, including Op Sophy, Counsellor of the
Cambodian Embassy in Vietnam; Bour Lena Keo Mani, Second Secretary at the Lao
Embassy in Vietnam; Dhania, Second Secretary of the Indonesian Embassy in
Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Hong, MIC Deputy Minister; representatives of the External
Relations Department, International Cooperation Department, International Press
Cooperation Centre (MIC). Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial
People's Committee also attended the event.
Delegates
cut the ribbon to launch the exhibition.
Photo, documentary film exhibition was part of
the government’s action programme on communicating and promoting the ASEAN and
the benefits brought about by the community.
The exhibition introduced over 300 photos and
nearly 60 documentary films which entered the final round of the International
Photo & Documentary Film Festival on the people and nations in the ASEAN
Community in 2010 when Vietnam took the role as the ASEAN Chair, the Photo and
Documentary Film Festival on Environmental Protection and Climate Change in
ASEAN Community 2013, and Photo and Documentary Film Festival on ethnic minorities
in ASEAN Community 2015 organised by the Ministry of Information and
Communications.
At the opening ceremony, MIC leaders handed over
Hoa Binh many photographic materials and meaningful documentary films.
The exhibition is scheduled to last until
November 28 at the Hoa Binh Cultural Palace. During the exhibition, delegations
from ASEAN embassies, and central agencies will visit some historical sites and
landscapes of the province.After the exhibition, all photos and films will
be presented to the provincial People's Committee for continuous communications
and promotion of the ASEAN Community./.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.