Mr. Pham Anh Tuan - Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee likened Thi Nai Bay to "a beauty queen stepping out into the world ". And the people could not help but be surprised "So Quy Nhon is so beautiful!".
Completely different from usual, in late March 2024, Ms. Le Thi Ba (56 years old) opened a small tea shop on Dong Da Street (Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh) and got up early in the morning to open the shop to welcome a large number of customers.
Mrs. Ba's tea shop has been open for nearly 5 years but has never welcomed such a large number of customers.
"Last week, when the door opened at 5am, there were already a lot of customers coming in. There were people I knew, and there were also strangers I met for the first time. There were also people with different skin colors and hair colors.
They come from many places but all of them talk about Quy Nhon with something very new. They love the hospitable people of Quy Nhon, appreciate this land and consider it a place worth visiting ," said Mrs. Ba.
The artistic Drone Light performance on the evening of March 31st attracted a large number of people to participate and watch. Many people could not help but be proud of the image of Binh Dinh, the land and people, being presented in such a special way.
Not only Mrs. Ba, from the motorbike taxi driver, taxi driver, restaurant and pub owners, locals, tourists... everyone is experiencing a "familiar yet strange" Quy Nhon in the Amazing Binh Dinh Fest 2024 Cultural Week.
"Paragliders soar in the sky, motorboats rumble underwater. This is the first time I've seen such a different, new Quy Nhon. I wish the festival could last longer. Now it's over, the fun days have flown by, and the streets are less crowded," Ms. Ba shared.
On the evening of March 31, Binh Dinh closed the exciting days of the cultural and culinary week and the first world powerboat race. But the echoes of this event still spread.
A big event certainly cannot avoid "sand grains". However, Quy Nhon has gained more than anything by awakening potential, allowing "beautiful girls to become beauty queens", attractive tourism models, attracting investors, tourists...
Before talking about the successes, the regret for the people and tourists is that many people did not have the opportunity to attend the international music performance, jet ski racing... because they had to buy tickets.
Or there are regrets with the locals because the name change from Thi Nai lagoon to Thi Nai bay to promote the UIM F1H2O World Championship international powerboat racing event caused many people to react.
According to Mr. Pham Anh Tuan - Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee, this is a famous race in the world, foreigners prefer to use the word BAY. And he has also researched very carefully the use of the word bay instead of lagoon in this case is not wrong but very appropriate.
"Our beauty queen has stepped out into the world, so we should give her a more worthy name," Mr. Tuan said. One of Binh Dinh's greatest successes this time is putting the name Thi Nai on the world tourism map.
The UIM F1H2O World Championship - Grand Prix of Binh Dinh 2024 is the first international-class race to take place in Vietnam.
The highlight of this festival is that for the first time, people and tourists coming to Binh Dinh will be able to admire the party of lights with the artistic Drone Light performance; international music night performed by singers and bands from Korea, Thailand and the Philippines...
According to the assessment, through this cultural week, Binh Dinh's specialties became more known to many people and people were able to admire the performances of domestic and international chefs.
In particular, for the first time, an international-level sports competition such as professional powerboat racing took place in Vietnam. The tournament that many people had only seen on TV for a long time was now witnessed in the middle of the vast Thi Nai Bay.
According to statistics from the Binh Dinh Department of Tourism, during the 10 days of the Amazing Binh Dinh Fest 2024 Week (from March 21 to 31), there were over 710,000 visitors attending the event and visiting historical sites, scenic spots... in the province. Of which, international visitors reached over 5,000, domestic visitors more than 660,000. A truly impressive number for a province whose tourism industry is still young.
Not only cultural and sports events, Binh Dinh also organizes an investment promotion conference with the participation of many USD billionaires and a series of businessmen around the world. This is a valuable opportunity for this province to promote and call for investment in the province, boosting the provincial economy.
The spirit of "reaching out to the ocean" is being realized by Binh Dinh thanks to the strategic thinking and "quality work" of the provincial leaders and functional units.
Dr. Tran Du Lich - Member of the National Monetary Policy Advisory Council commented: "For over 10 years, Binh Dinh has always strived every day to move forward and rise from difficulties. This is a great aspiration of the people and leaders of the province."
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang also praised Binh Dinh - a locality whose "leaders and people always have a thirst for development. The proof is that in recent years we can see the daily changes in this land".
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