Sunflower festival in Nghe An will open on December 25

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of November 28, the People's Committee of Nghia Dan district held a meeting to prepare for the activities of the Western Spring Festival and Sunflower Festival 2016.

Comrades Ho Mau Thanh - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Le Hong Son - Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Dan district co-chaired the meeting. Also attending were representatives of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Information and Communications, Industry and Trade...; the Department of Culture of Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, Tuong Duong and Con Cuong districts; and enterprises TH, Viet travel.

Overview of the working session.

According to the plan, the Sunflower Festival and Spring Festival will take place over 3 days (from December 25 to 27). The festival activities include:

December 25:Opening of the photo exhibition space; opening of exhibition booths introducing tourism potential and selling local products; organizing ethnic folk games; meeting with units participating in the opening of the festival and the festival night; beating gongs, carving rows to create the atmosphere before the opening of the festival night. At 8:10 p.m. on December 25, the opening program of the Sunflower Festival and the Western Spring Festival Night took place with many cultural and artistic activities imbued with the identity of the ethnic groups in Western Nghe An.

Sunflower fields are an attractive destination for tourists nationwide.

December 26:Finalists of the Sunflower Festival beauty contest took photos in the sunflower field; exhibited photos, introduced and sold cultural products; the final round of the Sunflower Beauty contest took place in the evening of the same day.

December 27:Continue to take place special cultural, artistic, sports activities and the award ceremony of the 2016 Sunflower Beauty Contest.

This event will take place at Nghia Dan district cultural square. The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on the provincial Radio and Television at 8:10 p.m. on December 25, 2016.

This year, TH Group will adjust so that 80 hectares of sunflowers will bloom in time for the festival; TH Group will also support Nghia Dan district to ensure security, traffic order and ensure power supply for the display booths during the days of the ceremony.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Cuong - Head of Nghia Dan District Police affirmed that the district police have coordinated with the District Military Command to develop detailed and specific plans to ensure security and order.

At the meeting, representatives of departments, branches and Nghia Dan district discussed and gave opinions on issues of funding sources; booth size, criteria for selecting products to be presented at the festival; issues of ensuring security and order, traffic flow; parking; focusing on propaganda and promoting the event on media channels... in order to successfully organize, towards a meaningful festival, in which it is associated with promoting tourism in the West in particular, Nghe An in general to domestic and international tourists.

Comrade Ho Mau Thanh concluded the working session.

Concluding the meeting, Mr. Ho Mau Thanh - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism emphasized that the units need to urgently deploy and develop specific scenarios for the assigned tasks. Because this is a big festival, taking place for the first time in Nghia Dan district, there will certainly be many surprises, if not carefully prepared, it will be difficult to be completely successful./.

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