Bui Van Cuong, a local from Bo town of Hoa Binh’s Kim Boi district, has made his first visit to Chai village, Vong La commune of Hanoi’s outskirt Dong Anh district where late Party General Secretary Truong Chinh drafted the "Outline of Vietnamese Culture”, the first platform on culture 81 years ago. For Vietnamese culture lovers like Cuong, the historical relic site is a must-visit place.
Cuong held that the platform helped unlock the sources of national culture in
the context of accelerating anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist movements
towards the August Revolution in 1945.
It showed the strategic vision and mindset of the Party on the significant role
of culture in the country’s revolution, contributing to shaping and promoting
the Vietnamese culture in the Ho Chi Minh era, affirming that the Party’s
leadership over culture is a political necessity and an objective need, said Cuong.
Introduced in 1943, the "Outline of Vietnamese Culture” defined three movement
principles in culture: nationalisation, popularisation, and scientification.
These are still seen as fundamental principles guiding the development of the
Vietnamese culture.
The spirit of the document was associated to the Resolution of the fifth
plenary session of the 8th Party Central Committee and the Resolution of the
ninth session of the 11th Party Central Committee, which are important
documents released by the Party on the development of the Vietnamese culture in
the new period.
Particularly, after the 13th National Party Central Committee and the national
conference on culture in 2021, Party Committees and administrations at all
levels have determined to implement tasks in cultural development.
Hoa Binh, a Muong region with rich cultural values, has made efforts with high
political determination to implement the "Outline of Vietnamese Culture”,
focusing on strengthening communications and popularisation of Party and
State’s policies and laws regarding cultural heritage. The province has
encouraged people from ethnic minority groups in the locality in general and
the Muong community in particular to maintain their good cultural traditions
and eliminate outdated customs and superstitions. It has educated the local
communities on legal regulations on cultural heritage, festivals, beliefs, and
religions, thus enhancing public awareness of protecting and promoting cultural
heritage and cultural values of the nation and their ethnic groups.
According to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the
locality’s outstanding activities in maintaining the national cultural identity
included the implementation of projects to collect, research, and translate Mo
Muong verses, and the listing of local cultural heritages such as Gong and Khai
ha festivals.
Particularly, Hoa Binh has completed the building of the Muong language script,
which was approved by the provincial People’s Committee, serving the teaching
of the language in the province in the 2018-2025 period.
On October 26th, the GNI Office in Hoa Binh city organized the Festival developing Students’ Capacity. There was the attendance of the representatives of the parents, the teachers and the students of Dan Chu, Thai Binh, Thinh Lang, Thong Nhat, and Yen Mong high schools.
The mountainous district of Mai Chau has been preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic miniority groups in association with the development of community-based tourism effectively.
Hoa Binh, a gateway to the Northwestern region, is home to six main ethnic groups, namely Muong, Kinh, Tay, Thai, Dao and Mong, of whom the Muong people account for about 64%. In recent years, with the efforts of Party committees and administrations at all levels and ethnic minorities, the province has achieved encouraging results in preserving and promoting traditional cultural values.
In Muong Chieng commune, Da Bac district, many people know Sa Van Cam, who is dedicated to preserving and promoting ancient Tay script. He has collected, documented and opened classes to teach this script, contributing to the preservation of the Tay ethnic cultural values in Muong Chieng commune and Hoa Binh province.
Established in 2013, Chieng Chau Brocade Weaving and Service Cooperative (Chieng Chau Commune, Mai Chau) now has 21 members and around 80 additional employees outside the cooperative working on orders. After overcoming many challenges, the cooperative has gradually asserted its position in the market, providing the stable jobs for many Thai ethnic women in the commune. Recently, with the dedication and determination, these Thai women have continuously innovated and worked hard to preserve their traditional craft, bringing culturally rich products to both domestic and international tourists.