Minister Nguyen Van Hung speaks at the meeting
Working with the Ministry's delegation, on the side of Ha Tinh province, there were Central Party Committee member, Secretary of Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee Hoang Trung Dung; Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Tran The Dung; Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Trong Hai; leaders of Departments and branches in the province.
Participating in the working delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism are leaders of Departments, Offices and functional units of the Ministry.
Resources and driving forces for sustainable development
Reporting on the results of developing culture, sports and tourism in Ha Tinh province, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Linh said that, implementing the motto "Decisive action, aspiration to contribute", the culture, sports and tourism sector of Ha Tinh province has achieved many positive results in recent times, affirming the increasingly important position of culture, sports and tourism in the development of the locality.
"Ha Tinh has issued many policies and guidelines that are highly feasible, effective, practical, and suitable to the actual situation, gradually meeting the people's increasing demand for cultural and spiritual enjoyment, contributing significantly to the province's socio -economic development results," Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Linh emphasized.
Ha Tinh Provincial Party Secretary Hoang Trung Dung affirmed that Ha Tinh always pays attention to and invests in cultural and human development.
Important policies and guidelines issued by the province, creating resources and motivation for the development of local culture, sports and tourism, include: Action Program to implement Resolution 33-NQ/TW on Building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development; Action Program to implement Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW of the Politburo on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector; Resolution of the Provincial Party Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership in developing tourism in Ha Tinh province until 2025 and the following years; Resolution of the Provincial People's Council on increasing investment in construction and improving the quality of the grassroots cultural institution system; Resolution of the Provincial People's Council on Preserving and promoting the values of cultural heritages: Nghe Tinh folk songs, Ca Tru, Tale of Kieu, Phuc Giang School Woodblocks and Hoang Hoa Su Trinh Do...
The Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province said that the locality is currently developing a Project and a draft Resolution of the Provincial Party Committee on "Developing Ha Tinh culture to 2030, orientation for the following years", the Project "Maintaining and developing Hong Linh Ha Tinh Football Club", the Planning of "Outdoor advertising in Ha Tinh province to 2030, orientation to 2035", the Project "Inventory, building a plan to preserve and develop relics and cultural heritages of Ha Tinh province", the Project "Arranging, perfecting, and innovating the organizational model of relic management boards and tourist attractions in the province"; the Project "Digital transformation activities in the field of tourism"...
After the National Cultural Conference, Ha Tinh is the first province in the country to successfully organize the Provincial Cultural Conference. The conference was held in person and online at 323 locations with 13,223 delegates attending. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is planning to shift from the goal of "doing culture" to "state management of culture"...
Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Trong Hai spoke at the meeting.
Many specific results have been gradually affirming the role and position of the culture, sports and tourism sector in the overall development of the locality. Cultural and artistic activities and art performances are regularly and qualitatively implemented; the work of preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage is focused on; the whole province has 638 ranked historical and cultural relics; there are 3 national treasures: the Sung Chi Stele, the Cannon and the Bell of the Roi Pagoda; 69 festivals, with 3 festivals listed as national intangible cultural heritage; 5 heritages recognized by UNESCO. Notably, Ha Tinh has prepared a dossier to propose UNESCO to honor Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac as a World Cultural Celebrity.
In the field of intangible cultural heritage, the whole province has 3 People's Artists, 25 Meritorious Artists; 176 Vi and Giam Folk Song Clubs, 2 Ca Tru Clubs, and 3 Kieu Tro Clubs that have received financial support to establish and maintain regular activities.
Mass sports activities are organized regularly. Ha Tinh always focuses on innovating methods, improving the quality of athlete selection and training, and identifying key sports with strengths to prioritize investment.
Delegates at the meeting
The whole province has 15 tourist areas and spots recognized as provincial-level tourist areas and spots, 304 accommodation establishments with more than 7,000 rooms. Tourism infrastructure is being gradually invested in, improving service quality. Ha Tinh province has been orienting to open tours and tourist routes within the province, inter-province and international, linking and developing tourism in 9 provinces and 3 countries using Road 8 and Road 12. After the Covid-19 pandemic, Ha Tinh tourism is gradually recovering. In 2022, Ha Tinh welcomed 1.6 million visitors and vacationers (exceeding 200% of the target set for the whole year 2022). In the first 6 months of 2023, tourist areas and spots across the province welcomed 1,958,922 visitors and vacationers, reaching 78% of the plan for 2023.
The report also pointed out difficulties, limitations and some key tasks in the coming time. In particular, continuing to effectively organize grassroots cultural activities; improving the quality of activities of the cultural institution system; promoting the implementation of the Movement for Physical Training and Sports to Build a Cultural Life; continuing to implement the Strategy for Developing Vietnamese Families; preserving and promoting cultural heritages; promoting the development of mass sports movements; improving the quality of training, coaching, reviewing and preparing athletes to compete at high levels in national, regional and international tournaments; proactively implementing solutions to restore Ha Tinh tourism activities in the new normal state; communicating and promoting cultural identity and tourism potential, creating breakthroughs to develop tourism and services into an important economic sector of the province.
The leaders of Ha Tinh province also raised recommendations and issues that need to be consulted with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism regarding the management of culture, sports and tourism in the area. Affirming its interest and always creating conditions for the development of the industry, Ha Tinh hopes that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will accompany, support, care for and help the locality to promote and exploit resources and potentials and make culture, sports and tourism become pillars for sustainable development.
Awakening the potential, promoting the strengths of Ha Tinh Land and People
Minister Nguyen Van Hung affirmed that coming to Ha Tinh means coming to a land of talented people and rich cultural identity. Throughout its history of development, Ha Tinh has always focused on developing culture and people. This is a strength and potential, creating a pillar of development for a land that is inherently facing many difficulties in the Central region. The Minister acknowledged that the Party Committee and the provincial government are making efforts to build and develop their homeland. In particular, this meeting has more meaning when it takes place at a time when the Party Committee, government and people of Ha Tinh province have just celebrated the 66th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to Ha Tinh.
Director General of General Department of Sports and Physical Training Dang Ha Viet
Following the Minister's suggestion, speaking at the working session, General Director of the General Department of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh said that Ha Tinh has great potential to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector with three key directions: sea tourism, spiritual and cultural tourism, and eco-tourism. According to Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh, in the context of the general difficulties of the tourism industry nationwide, Ha Tinh's tourism has had an encouraging recovery. This result is thanks to the province's active participation in tourism promotion activities such as VITM, Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair, etc. Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh said that Ha Tinh should promote investment so that Son Kim hot mineral water tourist area and Hai Thuong Lan Ong relic site become a highlight of eco-tourism. The Department is ready to support the province in developing a detailed project to develop this tourist area.
Regarding the field of Sports, Mr. Dang Ha Viet, Director General of the General Department of Sports, assessed that Ha Tinh is a locality with many strongly developed sports such as football, volleyball, rowing, etc. In which, many athletes of Ha Tinh have contributed to the achievements of national sports in regional and international arenas. According to Mr. Dang Ha Viet, with the available potential, in the coming time, Ha Tinh should develop a plan to organize Marathon tournaments because through this activity, not only will the mass sports movement be promoted but also high-performance athletes will be discovered. Thereby, building this activity into a unique tourism product. The General Department will put Ha Tinh on the list and coordinate with the province's professional agencies to support the organization of national sports tournaments.
Director General of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh
Regarding Ha Tinh's proposals for ranking some relics in the locality as special national relics, Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage Nong Quoc Thanh said that the Department is collecting a list of proposals from localities, then asking for the opinion of the Standing Committee of the National Cultural Heritage Council. The ranking of special national relics will be carried out in order of priority and based on the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage. The Department of Cultural Heritage always supports and is ready to assist and create conditions for localities in the work of preserving and promoting the value of relics and intangible cultural heritages, which are the potential and strengths of Ha Tinh.
Deputy Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture Vi Thanh Hoai highly appreciated Ha Tinh's efforts in building and promoting the effectiveness of the grassroots cultural institution system in recent times and said that the Department is always proactive and ready to support in terms of expertise and professionalism, together with the locality to remove difficulties, improve the effectiveness of building a grassroots cultural environment, promoting the cultural institution system...
Not just a pride but a resource
Speaking at the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Hoang Trung Dung affirmed: Ha Tinh always pays attention to the fields of culture, sports, and tourism, considering this an important resource to arouse the will, determination, and culture of Ha Tinh people. Right after the 2021 National Cultural Conference, with great attention to culture, Ha Tinh is the first locality to organize the Provincial Cultural Conference, creating a great influence, raising awareness of the role of the pillars of culture and people in the development process.
Head of Planning and Finance Department Le Hong Phong
Reviewing some of Ha Tinh's outstanding achievements in developing culture, sports and tourism, the Provincial Party Secretary hoped that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism would consider and pay attention to supporting resources to serve the preservation and effective promotion of cultural institutions. Support the province in restoring the relic site of late General Secretary Tran Phu, the relic site of late General Secretary Ha Huy Tap, the memorial site of heroic martyr Ly Tu Trong; mobilize resources to preserve and promote the value of the Phoi Phoi - Bai Coi archaeological site, worthy of being a national relic.
The Provincial Party Secretary requested the Ministry's leaders to pay attention to and support the development of tourism tours connecting Ha Tinh with Laos and Thailand, considering this a unique feature of Ha Tinh; instructing the province to innovate and change the method of implementing community tourism villages.
The Provincial Party Secretary also hopes that the Ministries and branches will soon have information and instructions so that Nguyen Du College can operate more appropriately and effectively; support the province in developing sports... Create favorable conditions for Ha Tinh to further develop culture, sports and tourism.
Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage Nong Quoc Thanh
Concluding the conference, Minister Nguyen Van Hung congratulated the results that the Party Committee, government and people of Ha Tinh have achieved after half a term of implementing the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2021-2025 term.
Analyzing and sharing the difficulties and obstacles of the province, Minister Nguyen Van Hung suggested a number of issues to contribute to awakening the great potential of the Land and People of Ha Tinh. The Minister assessed that despite carrying out the tasks of political, socio-economic development, national defense and security in conditions full of difficulties, the Party Committee and the government of Ha Tinh province have promoted their resilience, bravery and rich cultural traditions to achieve many important results. The Minister acknowledged that Ha Tinh is one of the first localities in the country to successfully organize the Provincial Cultural Conference after the 2021 National Cultural Conference chaired by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
According to the Minister, Ha Tinh as well as the provinces in the Central region such as Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri are all geopolitical lands, with important national security and defense positions, and rich in culture. Therefore, entering the term, the province has conducted in-depth research to consider culture as one of the four driving forces and resources for development. Among them, there are bright spots such as: Issuing specialized resolutions on cultural development; systematically building a planning system for cultural institutions; approaching the criteria of cultural villages in new rural areas; Promoting the values of heritage relics...
Although the tourism sector still faces many difficulties, it has built a brand identity consisting of 3 products. Sports are also given attention and have contributed a lot to the country's sports at the arenas such as the 31st and 32nd SEA Games...
Deputy Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture Vi Thanh Hoai
Sharing the difficulties of the locality, the Minister also expressed his hope that the locality will make more efforts and unite to successfully implement the targets and tasks set out in the Resolution of the Provincial Party Congress at the beginning of the term. According to the Minister, this is the time when Ha Tinh needs to review the targets, including cultural targets, to continue implementing them in the coming time. In particular, it is necessary to continue to thoroughly implement Resolution 26 of the Politburo because this is a regional Resolution with connectivity. In particular, for the field of culture, sports and tourism, connectivity is inevitable; if separated, it will be very difficult to develop.
Regarding Culture, the Minister said that this is a broad and abstract field, so localities need to choose a place to do it. From model points to create a spreading effect. At the same time, further strengthen the construction of a cultural environment at the grassroots level.
Believing that all work starts with people, the Minister suggested that the province pay attention to training cultural human resources, cultural officers must be trained in management skills, especially limiting the assignment of officers from other sectors to work in cultural management. The province also needs to strengthen inspection work on conventions and village regulations in agencies, schools, and villages. Develop a People's Council project on piloting the management and use of district and commune-level institutions. "When culture is deeply ingrained in each locality, it will create a combined strength for development," the Minister emphasized.
The Minister suggested that Ha Tinh could learn from the experiences of some localities to create marks in cultural development, accordingly, it could review and issue a project on model cultural villages, creating a foundation and attraction for tourism development. Focus on developing culture equally among ethnic communities in the area as well as religious culture.
Regarding sports, recognizing that Ha Tinh has achieved many remarkable results, the Minister noted that it is necessary to choose sports that have the potential to develop, based on Ha Tinh's strengths. We have strengths in the coastline, developing sea sports such as beach volleyball, beach cycling, etc., trying to develop in this direction, when done, it will lead to the development of tourism.
Regarding tourism, according to the Minister, Ha Tinh needs to confidently turn its potential into its strengths. To develop, Ha Tinh must first build a tourism brand, what is the slogan. "Like Ha Long, the slogan "Ha Long Smile" has attracted countless tourists. The song "Wherever I go, I remember Ha Tinh" can be a very attractive slogan. We build and promote, the General Department of Tourism puts it into the connection system to promote Ha Tinh tourism. From there, create new products", the Minister suggested.
Director of Ha Tinh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui Xuan Thap
In addition to the three products that Ha Tinh already has, the Minister suggested building more tourism products this year. Without unique tourism products, Ha Tinh cannot compete with tourism in Nghe An and Quang Binh. The Minister also noted that it is necessary to always thoroughly grasp the viewpoint that tourism products must start from cultural imprints. For example, when building a museum, we must think that it is not a place to store artifacts but a destination for tourists. To do so, there must be accompanying services, auxiliary spaces for film screenings, art performances, etc.
Regarding recommendations and proposals, the Minister assigned functional units under the Ministry to synthesize Ha Tinh's proposals, especially on upgrading, embellishing and restoring relics in a priority direction, especially the relics of the two late General Secretaries, towards the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding. The Minister also noted that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is building and completing the National Target Program on Culture to submit to the Government for approval by the National Assembly; he requested Ha Tinh to accompany the Ministry in selecting 1 or 2 important contents to include in the program.
“The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism always supports, creates conditions, and balances resources within its scope of conditions to accompany and work with Ha Tinh to promote its potentials and strengths, awakening the potentials of Hong Mountain, La River, and Ha Tinh people,” the Minister affirmed.
PHUONG ANH; photo: TRAN HUAN
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