Today, March 7, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi), a working delegation of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province led by Vice Chairman of the People's Committee Hoang Nam worked with leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the organization of the 2024 Festival for Peace in Quang Tri. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang; leaders of the Department of Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO; Department of Press and Information; Department of State Protocol and a number of related units worked with the delegation.
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam said that the project to organize the Festival for Peace in Quang Tri province has been approved by the Prime Minister to organize a festival with a message of peace in Quang Tri.
Provincial People's Committee delegation works with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Photo: Dinh Thi
During the process of developing the project, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province organized many seminars to collect comments from central ministries and branches and received consensus and support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the province to complete its plan. With the desire to build the festival into a national event, spreading a message of peace around the world, through this festival, Quang Tri province hopes to build Quang Tri into a cultural space for peace, a symbol of the strong vitality of humanity right on the land devastated by war; will be a meeting place for friends from all over the world; a meeting place, a place for cities and peoples that were destroyed by war like Quang Tri around the world. Thereby attracting domestic and international tourists to Quang Tri, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province.
To prepare for the festival, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province has developed a plan with 5 main activities, including the presence of delegates from countries, international organizations, and foreign tourists. In order for the 2024 Peace Festival activities to take place successfully, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province has requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in giving comments on the script of the festival programs, advising on the content of the festival's orientations, and the composition of international guests; at the same time, supporting foreign communications through the units, media agencies of the ministry and international press agencies with which the ministry has cooperative relationships. Also within the framework of the festival, there will be an international music exchange program "Melody of Peace", the People's Committee of Quang Tri province hopes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will connect and invite art troupes from several countries to participate...
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang highly appreciated the determination and careful preparation of Quang Tri province for this festival. At the same time, she said that the theme of “For Peace” is in line with the trend of the times, and being held in Quang Tri province will have great significance in terms of the spirit of solidarity, cooperation, and linking national strength with the strength of the times of the Vietnamese people. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to coordinate and support the proposed contents of Quang Tri province to contribute to the success of the festival.
To create the effect of a peaceful world as the theme of the festival, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will request the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to record and broadcast a message worldwide with the theme "For Peace" at the opening ceremony of the festival. The Department of Cultural Diplomacy, the Department of Press and Information, and the State Protocol Department are responsible for coordinating and supporting Quang Tri province in the activities within the framework of the festival; the Department of Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO are assigned to coordinate with Quang Tri province to advise on the coordination of activities as requested by Quang Tri province.
The Central Youth Union will coordinate with the People's Committee of Quang Tri province to organize a candle lighting program at two national cemeteries in the Wish for Peace program - Photo: DT
On the same day, at the working session with the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth Union Nguyen Minh Triet agreed to be the co-host with the People's Committee of Quang Tri province to organize the Peace Wish program on the evening of July 26, 2024 and will actively accompany and coordinate with Quang Tri province to successfully organize the above activity.
Accordingly, the Central Youth Union has developed a plan to integrate the festival program of Quang Tri province into its activities to celebrate major holidays in 2024; at the same time, it has a plan to direct all levels of the Youth Union nationwide to organize a simultaneous candle lighting ceremony on the evening of July 26, 2024 with activities such as: Memorial ceremony, participating in art performances, singing for heroic martyrs, lighting candles in gratitude... as an activity to respond to the Festival for Peace.
The Central Youth Union will preside over and coordinate with the People's Committee of Quang Tri province to organize the Candle Lighting program at two national cemeteries in the Wish for Peace program of the festival... In addition, the Central Youth Union will research and launch a movement to contribute and support social security activities, repay gratitude, build welfare works, support policy families, former youth volunteers and organize gratitude and social security activities in response to the festival.
The Central Youth Union Secretary also agreed to support communication work about the festival through the Central Youth Union's press agencies.
Dinh Thi
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