The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the 2024 Hoa Binh communication competition on August 28-29, with the opening ceremony seeing the presence of Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, presents flags to 10 teams participating in the competition.
Implementing the plan to organise the competition, nine districts and Hoa Binh city organised district-level contests with the participation of 151 dissemination teams and over 3,270 members in 498 performances.
Participating in the provincial-level contest were 10 mobile communication teams with nearly 300 members who competed in oral communication, art performances, and short plays. The total time for three parts was limited at 35 minutes.
The dissemination contents focused on studying and following the ideology, morality, and lifestyle of President Ho Chi Minh; celebrating the National Day (September 2, 1945-2024), the traditional day of the culture - information sector (August 28), and the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army; preserving and promoting the cultural identity of Hoa Binh's ethnic groups; and on environmental protection, food safety and hygiene, prevention and control of social evils, traffic safety, prevention and control of domestic violence, and building new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas.
The contest offered an opportunity for officials, directors, performers, and disseminators to exchange and learn about expertise and skills in cultural and artistic activities and communication work on the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's policies and laws among localities in the whole province, thus contributing to improving the quality of activities of mobile communication teams and preserving and promoting the cultural identity of local ethnic groups.
Hoa Binh province has shown strong performance in family planning by effectively implementing directions and plans in the field, including Directive No. 12/CT-UBND issued by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee on August 4, 2021 on rolling out measures to maintain the policy of each couple having two children, which is stated in community rules and the regulations of agencies, organisations, and units across the province of Hoa Binh for the 2021 – 2025 period.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a hybrid conference on December 18 to review the culture, sport, and tourism sector’s performance in 2024 and launch key tasks for 2025. Standing Deputy Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong and officials from local departments and sectors also took part in the event.
Hoa Binh’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 18, hosted a conference to present the outcomes of a research study on the traditional costumes of the Muong ethnic group.
Along with the activities of Project 6 - the national target programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021 – 2026 period, efforts to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities in Lac Son district have received additional momentum.
In the context of globalisation and deeper integration, preserving and promoting the national cultural identity is of utmost importance. Aware of their pioneering and proactive role on all fronts, over the years, the youth organisations at all levels in Hoa Binh province have implemented various concrete and practical activities to preserve and promote the cultural identities of ethnic groups in the locality.