Also attending the meeting were Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet; Standing Deputy Secretary of Dien Bien Province Mua A Son; Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee Vu A Bang; leaders of Departments, Divisions and functional units of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; leaders of Departments and functional units of Dien Bien Province.
15/18 key target groups achieved and exceeded the set targets.
Providing general information on the socio-economic development situation in the mid-term of the 14th Congress of Dien Bien province, Vice Chairman of the province Vu A Bang said that the total product in the province (GRDP) is estimated at 9.33%/year, a fairly high increase compared to the average target rate of the 2021-2025 plan (7.16%). The economic structure continues to shift in a positive direction; Total local budget revenue in the 2021-2025 period is estimated at 41,892.19 billion VND, reaching 71.61% of the period target (the total budget expenditure in the 2021-2025 period is expected to be 41,561.08 billion VND, reaching 70.68% of the period target).
Trade and tourism services continue to develop, with total retail sales of goods and service revenue in the 2021-2023 period estimated at VND52,814.29 billion, an average growth rate of 20.39%/year, reaching 53.13% of the period plan. The total investment capital assigned by the Prime Minister in the period is VND10,768,081 million, reaching 54.78% of the period plan...
"Overall, after 2.5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress, Dien Bien province has achieved and exceeded 15/18 main targets set in the Resolution," informed Vice Chairman of the province Vu A Bang.
In the field of culture, sports and tourism, the province has effectively implemented Resolutions, Directives and Conclusions on culture and sports in the province, focusing on the Conclusion of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Cultural Conference on implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, the Cultural Development Strategy...
Many cultural and artistic activities serving political tasks and major holidays were successfully organized; at the same time, in localities in the province, cultural and artistic activities were organized, creating a vibrant atmosphere, imbued with traditional culture of ethnic groups; bringing deep impressions to tourists, contributing to promoting and attracting tourists to Dien Bien province.
The movement “All people unite to build a cultural life” has been widely implemented in conjunction with the movement “Building new rural areas” and has contributed to building a civilized lifestyle at the grassroots level. The movement “All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho” continues to be implemented and improved in quality.
In the period of 2021-2023, cultural and sports infrastructure has received investment attention, a number of projects have been completed and put into operation, promoting their value to contribute to attracting tourism in Dien Bien province such as: Martyrs' Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield; Panorama painting at Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum; General Vo Nguyen Giap Memorial Area in Muong Phang;...
The tourism industry has had positive changes, initially forming and building the Dien Bien tourism brand, technical infrastructure and facilities serving tourism activities, cultural infrastructure works serving to attract tourists have been gradually invested in and developed, creating jobs for tens of thousands of workers, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of the province.
It is estimated that in 2023, Dien Bien will welcome about 931.5 thousand tourists, of which 10 thousand will be international tourists; total revenue from tourism activities is estimated at 1,600 billion VND. In general, in the period of 2021-2023, Dien Bien province will welcome 2,086.5 thousand tourists, of which 2,073.12 thousand domestic tourists will come to Dien Bien and about 13,380 thousand international tourists...
The province has relied on the soft power of culture to achieve and exceed many set targets.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Van Hung emphasized that, with the policy of building a cultural environment at the grassroots level, in recent times, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has worked with many localities to develop areas under the Ministry's state management. The Minister assessed that at the meeting, Dien Bien province provided valuable information about the province's formation and development since its establishment until now, especially the period of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee.
“Since then, the province has made efforts to overcome many difficulties, focusing on socio-economic development, and many basic targets have been completed. It can be said that the province has succeeded in positioning itself in relation to other provinces and cities. Based on the soft power of culture, the province has achieved and exceeded many set targets. The figures show that the province's growth rate is higher than the general growth rate, people's lives have improved; hot spots related to national defense and security have been basically resolved, and security and politics have been ensured,” the Minister assessed.
According to the Minister, although there are still many difficulties and the economy is not as strong as other provinces, Dien Bien always places an important role on culture in promoting soft power, especially in implementing the 6 tasks and 4 solutions that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong pointed out at the National Cultural Conference. The province has also organized many cultural activities to meet the cultural enjoyment needs of the people; 19 ethnic groups living in the province have cultural exchanges, know how to promote cultural values, ensuring unity in diversity in Vietnam's cultural life.
In addition to the achieved results, the Minister also shared with Dien Bien province about the difficulties due to economic conditions, geographical location... so many potentials have not been developed into strengths. Going deeper into the development of the fields of culture, sports and tourism, the Minister said that there are still many things that the province needs to coordinate with ministries and branches to promote.
“First of all, to build culture, we need to build people, cultural environment, and cultural institutions, but currently the province has only met the minimum requirements, so cultural institutions still face many difficulties or have been built but lack a mechanism to operate,” the Minister shared about the province’s difficulties.
Resolution on developing Dien Bien culture and people should be issued.
At the meeting, the Minister also suggested solutions to promote potential and strengths. In the field of tourism, the Minister assessed that Dien Bien has relied on the potential of culture to develop tourism. Despite difficulties in means of transportation and traffic, the positive figures in the first 7 months of the year have shown that the province has directed and managed the development of tourism to become a spearhead economic sector as per the policy of the Party and the State, paying attention to developing tourism towards green and sustainable growth.
To promote tourism development, Dien Bien should build unique cultural tourism products based on the treasure of historical and revolutionary relics; develop tourism to revisit old battlefields... "Without unique tourism products, Dien Bien cannot compete with other provinces and cities because tourism products will be similar. The province needs to build tourism products associated with historical and revolutionary relics, associated with the Dien Bien Phu victory that is famous in five continents, shaking the world, and revisiting old battlefields," the Minister said.
Regarding sports, the Minister assessed that Dien Bien has provided many athletes for national teams. The Minister suggested that Dien Bien should continue to promote its strong sports, associated with its own characteristics, and effectively develop sports for everyone. From there, build a force for high-performance sports.
Regarding culture, the Minister noted that in policy making, attention must be paid to the issue of cultural development in the economy and economy in culture. The province should also study and consider issuing a Resolution on the development of culture and people of Dien Bien, in which the basic characteristics of Dien Bien people can be found to promote the strength of human resources because people are the goal and driving force in social development.
The Minister also suggested that Dien Bien province pay more attention to building a grassroots cultural environment with basic criteria of cultural villages, cultural families; preserving and promoting the cultural values of the community...
Regarding the organization of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Minister said that the Ministry will coordinate with the province to organize activities such as festivals, exhibitions, film weeks, sports tournaments, and report to the Government on the policy of organizing the National Tourism Year in Dien Bien on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory...
Thanking the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for paying much attention to the implementation of socio-economic development tasks of the locality in general and the fields of culture, sports and tourism in particular, Secretary of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee Tran Quoc Cuong hopes that in the coming time, the Ministry will continue to pay attention and accompany the province in developing fields under the state management in the province.
Secretary Tran Quoc Cuong also acknowledged and highly appreciated the directions of Minister Nguyen Van Hung and said that the province hopes that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to pay attention and coordinate with the locality in restoring, embellishing and promoting the value of historical, cultural and revolutionary relics to build them into unique local tourism products and coordinate with the province to organize events in a series of events to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien victory, creating a boost for tourism in particular and the local socio-economic development in general.
 Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet assessed that with its special location and destinations that are historical and revolutionary relics, Dien Bien has great potential to develop tourism, attracting domestic and foreign tourists. To promote the development of local tourism, Deputy Minister Viet said that Dien Bien needs to continue to proactively coordinate with ministries, branches and localities in promoting domestic and international tourism, proactively linking regions and linking with other localities. Appreciating the efforts of the locality in improving infrastructure such as the expansion of Dien Bien Airport, Deputy Minister Doan Van Viet said that with its own strengths and the efforts of the whole province, Dien Bien tourism will develop in the coming time. The Deputy Minister also supported the province's proposal to host the National Tourism Year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory and suggested that the province could overcome the limitations of the 4-star hotel system by taking advantage of and promoting the advantages of homestays and motels in the community to welcome tourists. |
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