Deputy Prime Minister: The Culture, Sports and Tourism sector still has a lot of work to do.

On the morning of January 19, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held an online conference to summarize the work of 2018 and deploy tasks for 2019 at 64 locations nationwide.

Comrades: Vu Duc Dam -Member of the Party Central Committee,Deputy Prime Minister;Nguyen Ngoc Thien, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism chaired the conference.

At Nghe An bridge, comrade Ho Mau Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism chaired.

Panorama of the conference at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Kieu Nga

The report of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that in 2018, the work of preserving and promoting cultural heritage received attention and direction. Many historical and cultural relics and scenic spots were preserved, restored and promoted. Festival activities had many positive changes. The movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" continued to be promoted in conjunction with the implementation of the new rural construction program.

Qua Son Temple Festival is held on the 20th day of the first lunar month. Photo: source

In 2018, mass sports activities were also organized in a variety of exciting and rich contents associated with the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho"; Campaign "All people unite to build a cultural life" and "New rural construction program" attracting millions of participants. Successfully organized the 8th National Sports Congress in 2018 at all levels.

Nghe An participates in the 22nd National Wrestling Championship. Photo: document

At the 3rd Asian Para Games in Indonesia, Vietnam won 8 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 24 bronze medals, ranking 12th out of 44 participating countries. At regional, continental and world sports competitions, Vietnamese athletes also achieved remarkable results. During the year, athletes won 917 medals, including 386 gold medals, 296 silver medals, 235 bronze medals...

Thanh Chuong tea island attracts local and foreign tourists, as well as international tourists. Photo: document

Vietnam tourism in 2018 also made great strides, welcoming nearly 15.5 million international visitors, an increase of 19.9% ​​compared to 2017; serving 80 million domestic visitors, total revenue from tourism is estimated at 620,000 billion VND, an increase of 21.4% compared to 2017. Vietnam tourism ranked 3rd in the 10 countries with the fastest growth in international visitors in the world; is the only representative of Asia to be included in the list of 3/10 countries with the best tourism experiences in the world.

At the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highly appreciated the achievements of the Culture, Sports and Tourism sector in the past year. However, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the sector still has a lot of work to do: Cultural work is long-term and continuous, but needs more determination, how to prevent the degradation of social ethics, promote good cultural values; Regarding festival work, it is necessary to deploy inspection teams to hot spots to urge and remind, how to avoid the limitations of 2018, resolutely deal with acts that distort the value and nature of festivals; Regarding tourism, more efforts must be made because current achievements are still not commensurate with the country's development potential, not keeping up with other countries in the region and the world.