The Association of History of Hoa Binh province held its third congress, for the 2023 - 2028 tenure, on November 15 with the participation of 110 delegates representing more than 1,000 members across the province.
Head of the
provincial Party Committee’s information and education board Vo Ngoc Kien, Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Cong Su, and a leader of the
provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee present flowers to congratulate
the congress.
During the
2017 - 2022 tenure, the association exerted efforts to attract new members and
collaborators who are dedicated and have high specialised capacity to
contribute to the development of historical science in Hoa Binh and Vietnam at
large. It chaired and participated in the compilation and publication of many
important works on historical science of the province. It gave advice and
feedback, and assessed the structures and projects related to the history and
culture of ethnic groups in Hoa Binh.
Its members
actively researched, taught, collected materials of history, and popularised
the hometown’s history and traditions among the community, thereby
substantially helping educate the young, especially high school students in the
province, on history and revolutionary traditions.
In
particular, the association coordinated with the provincial Party Committee’s
information and education board and the Vietnam Association of Historical
Science to propose the provincial Party Committee issue Project No 14-DA/TU on
the collection, research, and compilation of a set of books on the history of
Hoa Binh province from the initial period to 2020. It also worked with the
provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the provincial Union
of Science and Technology Associations to conduct a study on the historical and
cultural values of the materials and remembrances of Tay Tien (Marching
Westwards) Regiment 52 to serve the education of traditions and develop tourism
in Hoa Binh.
For the
2023 - 2028 tenure, the association is set to step up researching history and
compiling publications, collect and amend documents on the local history,
popularise outstanding historical figures and events, and boost coordination in
researching and compiling documents on the Hoa Binh Civilisation. It will also
carry out history education on digital platforms, spread knowledge about
historical science in the public, and cooperate with domestic and foreign
political, economic and social organisations as well as individuals in
historical science.
Addressing
the event, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Duc Cuong, Chairman of the Vietnam Association
of Historical Science, and historian Duong Trung Quoc, Vice Chairman and
Secretary General of the national association, praised the Hoa Binh
association’s achievements during the last tenure. They also called on local
Party committees and administrations to create favourable material and
spiritual conditions for the association to continue fulfilling its tasks in
the time ahead.
Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Cong Su also delivered
remarks to give directions at the congress.
The
congress elected a 29-member executive committee and a nine-member standing
board for the association in the third tenure. Le Van Bang was re-elected
Chairman of the Hoa Binh Association of History.
On this
occasion, the Vietnam Association of Historical Science presented the insignia
"For the cause of historical studies of Vietnam” to 16 individuals, and
certificates of merit to two collectives and four individuals with outstanding
performance in history-related collection, compilation, and education during
2017 - 2022. The provincial People’s Committee presented certificates of merit
to four individuals.
The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee has issued a conclusion reviewing the three years implementing its resolution on preserving and promoting cultural values in Hoa Binh province for 2021 – 2025 with a vision towards 2030.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 29 chaired the October meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, which focused on important issues related to the locality’s socio-economic development.
Mai Van Chinh, member of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Mass Mobilisation, has visited and presented gifts to revolution contributors in Hoa Binh city. joining him were Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee; Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; and Bui Van Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; along with other provincial officials.
Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh expressed his hope for more support from the European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD) for the local development, while hosting a delegation from the two organisations led by Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Shinas on October 23.
During her working visit to Hoa Binh province on October 18, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan toured a site where late President Ho Chi Minh once stayed when he visited the Kim Boi district’s Party Committee. She was accompanied by officials from various ministries, agencies, and central organisations.
A ceremony was held in Kim Boi district on October 18 in the presence of Vo Thi Anh Xuan, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice State President, to mark 60 years since President Ho Chi Minh visited and met with the Party Committee of Kim Boi district (September 19, 1964 - 2024) and the 65th founding anniversary of the district (April 17, 1959 - 2024), and to receive the third-class Labour Order.