On the afternoon of November 22, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to listen to and give opinions on the plan to organize activities to welcome the New Year, celebrate the Party, celebrate the Spring of Canh Ty 2020; the plan to organize the "Spring Colors of the Western Region" Festival in Nghe An in 2020; the plan to organize the 990th anniversary of the name Nghe An.
Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting; attending were representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities in the province.
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| Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Thanh Chung |
At the meeting, representatives of the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An presented a draft plan to organize activities to welcome the New Year, celebrate the Party, celebrate the Spring of Canh Ty 2020; a plan to organize the Spring Festival Night of Western Nghe An in 2020 and a plan to celebrate the 990th anniversary of the name Nghe An.
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| New Year's Eve fireworks in Vinh city. Photo: Archive |
Accordingly, this series of events to celebrate and commemorate will have many special activities, including: Special art program; gala, youth union exchange; film screening; photo exhibition; Spring flower festival; "Spring Colors of the West" festival; New Year's Eve festival; Spring Newspaper festival; Nghe An poetry day; contest to learn about "History of Nghe An province 990 years of formation and development"; scientific seminars on history and culture... along with practical and meaningful activities such as organizing visits, giving gifts, and New Year greetings.It is expected that the Western Nghe An Spring Festival 2020 will take place in Quy Hop district on January 11-12, 2020. The 990th anniversary of Nghe An's name will be held in March 2020 at Ho Chi Minh Square, Vinh city.
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| The "Spring Colors of the West" festival clearly shows the unique cultural features of ethnic minorities in Nghe An. Photo: Document |
At the meeting, the delegates focused on discussing the tasks that need to be focused on in this series of events to celebrate and commemorate, including: Decoration, visual propaganda; propaganda in the press and mass media; socialization of activities; attracting tourists to participate in events; adding activities to celebrate the 990th anniversary of Nghe An's name. |
| Tourists return to the sunflower field, Nghia Dan district. Photo courtesy |
Concluding the meeting, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa stated: All levels, sectors and localities need to encourage and promote the socialization of resources to organize cultural activities during these celebrations and anniversaries. Attracting socialized resources should not be done at all costs but must be flexible and not rigid.In addition, the Department of Culture & Sports and localities need to improve the effectiveness of visual propaganda work, on the basis of rectifying promotional activities using billboards and posters. The focus of visual propaganda work for this series of events is in Hoang Mai town and Vinh city.
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| Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa requested the cultural sector and localities to actively call for socialization to organize cultural activities. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa requested: The Department of Culture & Sports and the Department of Tourism need to discuss, research and coordinate well to connect the Sunflower Festival (scheduled to be held on December 27-29, 2019) with the "Spring Colors of the Western Region" Festival to become a series of unique cultural events held consecutively to attract more tourists... Particularly, the Plan to organize the 990th anniversary of Nghe An's name is a major activity, the People's Committee of Nghe An province will develop a specific and detailed plan for implementation./.
