The opening ceremony featured songs, dances and short plays praising the natural beauty, culture, and history of Ninh Binh province as well as its encouraging achievements during the integration and development process. Addressing the opening, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said that the festival is being held as part a series of activities marking the 1050th anniversary of the Dai Co Viet state, the first feudal state of Vietnam. The event aimed to promote Ninh Binh’s cultural and tourism potential to visitors while raising public responsibility in forming and furthering Vietnamese culture and contributing to socio-economic development. A wide range of activities will be held during the festival, including an exhibition featuring propaganda posters on protecting environment for culture, sports and tourism development, an amateur ‘cheo’ (traditional opera) contest, a puppetry competition, and a photo exhibition, plus various sporting events. … [Read more...] about Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival opens in Ninh Binh
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Ninh Binh opens national culture, sports, tourism festival
A dancing performance at the opening ceremony of the National Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival - Ninh Binh on October 28 (Photo: VNA) Ninh Binh (VNA) – A national culture, sports and tourism festival opened in Ninh Binh city, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on October 28. In his opening speech, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said the event is part of activities to celebrate 1,050 years since the foundation of Dai Co Viet, the first centralised feudal state of Vietnam. In 968, Dinh Bo Linh defeated 12 warlords to become king. He named the country Dai Co Viet (Great Viet) and set up the capital in Hoa Lu, which is now Ninh Binh. More than a millennium has passed, but the cultural and historical values of the former capital remain, he added. Thien noted the festival aims to popularise the cultural, sports and tourism potential of the province and improve authorities and the public’s awareness of the need to develop an advanced Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Ninh Binh opens national culture, sports, tourism festival
Ways sought to foster Vietnam – Canada culture-sport-tourism links
Scene at the meeting (Photo:VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has met with Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ian Shugart to discuss measures to boosting bilateral culture-sport-tourism ties on the sidelines of the Vietnam Cultural Week in Canada. At the meeting, which took place on September 11, Minister Thien briefed the host on Vietnam’s development achievements and potential for cooperation with Canada. According to him, Vietnam’s economy is estimated to grow 7 percent this year, with good prospects recorded in agriculture, industry, and services. In particular, tourism has grown by 30 percent in three consecutive years, expecting to welcome 16 million tourists in 2018, doubling the figure for 2015. Thien said the number of Canadian visitors to Vietnam is still low, just about 14,000 last year, but is increasing at a relatively high annual rate of 16 percent. He was confident that the figure would rise, … [Read more...] about Ways sought to foster Vietnam – Canada culture-sport-tourism links
HCM City enhances culture, sports and tourism cooperation with RoK locality
A Gangwon delegation led by provincial vice governor Chung Man Ho are visiting the city and attending the International Travel Expo-Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC). At a September 7 reception for the delegation, Mr Mang said the visit demonstrates Gangwon leaders’ determination to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation in accordance with a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of friendly relations signed in June 2017. He described a memorandum of understanding on culture and sports, which has recently been signed between the HCM City Department of Culture and Sports and Gangwon as a step to concretize agreements reached by the two localities’ leaders and open up avenues for new cooperation opportunities in culture and sports as well as other fields, bringing practical benefits to both sides. For his part, Mr Man Ho expressed his delight at the strong development of bilateral relations between Gangwon and HCM City and hopes that cooperation in … [Read more...] about HCM City enhances culture, sports and tourism cooperation with RoK locality
HCM City, RoK’s Gangwon forge cooperation in culture, sports, tourism
Huynh Cach Mang (R), Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of HCM City, and Vice Governor of Gangwon province Chung Man-ho (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City always supports and makes all-out efforts to step up cooperation activities with Gangwon province of the Republic of Korea (RoK), especially in the areas of both sides’ potential like tourism, culture and sports, a municipal official said. Huynh Cach Mang, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of HCM City, made the remarks while receiving a delegation of Gangwon province led by its Vice Governor Chung Man-ho on September 7. He welcomed the Gangwon delegation to HCM City to join the International Travel Expo (ITE-HCMC 2018), saying the trip demonstrates goodwill and determination of Gangwon’s leaders to enhance the friendship and cooperation between the two sides following the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of the friendship signed in … [Read more...] about HCM City, RoK’s Gangwon forge cooperation in culture, sports, tourism