The rice painting "Shepherd playing the flute" stands out in the majestic natural space. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
Today, the historical, cultural values and outstanding qualities of the people of the sacred land of Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh) are always preserved, spread, expanded and constantly transformed, becoming typical values, motivations and competitive advantages for Ninh Binh province to rise strongly, towards a global city on the foundation of a Millennium Heritage City with strong Vietnamese identity.
The city is located at the "5-way intersection" of strategic intersections in the southern Red River Delta.
Hoa Lu City is located at the intersection of five strategic national crossroads in the southern part of the Red River Delta, ensuring trade between regions of the country. From Hoa Lu, it connects to major cities and regions, especially the northern provinces. This heritage city is located on the North-South Expressway and the North-South High-Speed Railway, connecting the southern and central provinces with the capital Hanoi; and on the East-West corridor connecting the Northwest region with the Gulf of Tonkin coast.
About 100km from Hanoi Capital, Hoa Lu has the conditions to build and develop into a dual urban area in the trend of rapid urbanization to supplement and compensate in the fields of ecological logistics, resorts, tourism, cultural industry, entertainment industry associated with the construction of heritage urban areas, ecological urban areas, cultural landscape urban areas.
Mr. Doan Minh Huan, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee, spoke at the ceremony to announce the Hoa Lu City Party Committee. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
It can be said that this is a rare prime location, convenient for trade, territorial organization, regional governance, investment attraction, industrialization, modernization, urbanization, and inter-regional connectivity.
Building Hoa Lu into a specialized center for tourism, cultural industry, entertainment industry, heritage economy, regional and national event organization and international integration.
Hoa Lu City is a millennium heritage urban area, located entirely within the ancient Hoa Lu Citadel, where the sacred energy of heaven and earth converges, with a position leaning on the mountain, near the river, facing the sea, containing a massive heritage imbued with Vietnamese identity, including the heritage of the position of the ancient capital city.
This place was chosen by Dinh Bo Linh as the capital of Dai Co Viet after defeating and subduing 12 warlords, declaring himself emperor, establishing the first centralized monarchy in the history of the nation, re-establishing the nation with full sovereignty, unifying the country, raising the country's status after a thousand years of Chinese domination, creating the foundation for the capital Thang Long-Hanoi, opening up the Dai Viet civilization.
Golden Pagoda - Hoa Lu city, a new tourist destination in Ninh Binh province, also attracts a lot of tourists. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
Hoa Lu City possesses a huge, rich, and unique heritage resource, along with a beautiful natural landscape, creating a distinct potential, unique value, and competitive advantage in the development process. That helps Hoa Lu City rely on heritage resources, cultural resources, natural landscape conditions, favorable for building a cultural landscape heritage urban area, an ecological urban area - an urban model that is both modern and has its own unique identity, in harmony between people and nature, between heritage conservation and socio-economic development, overcoming the situation of urban development in the form of "concrete" and "compressed" urban areas that are becoming common challenges today.
Heritage resources, natural landscapes, and cultural resources are the premise for building Hoa Lu City into a specialized center for tourism, cultural industry, entertainment industry, heritage economy, regional and national event organization, and international integration. That is also the foundation of green economy, creative economy for building a millennium heritage city, overcoming the "compressed" and "concrete" urban forms that cause many consequences.
General Secretary To Lam and the Central delegation offer incense at the Temple of King Le Dai Hanh. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
Hoa Lu City is steadily entering a new era with the mindset of a millennium heritage city and a global city.
Hoa Lu is striving to affirm itself as a global city, a millennium heritage urban area with strong Vietnamese identity.
As a UNESCO-listed millennium heritage city, Hoa Lu city has become a typical model of green, harmonious and sustainable development, based on heritage resources, cultural resources, beautiful natural landscape values, and well-solving the relationship between heritage conservation and green economic development. Recently, UNESCO experts have valued the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex at 213 billion USD.
Every year, Hoa Lu city welcomes about 1.5 million international visitors, out of a total of 9 million tourists; urban development criteria are strictly regulated according to the characteristics of a millennium heritage city.
The local identity and the millennium heritage urban brand of Hoa Lu have great influence in the global heritage urban network holding UNESCO titles, contributing to increasing the country's soft power in international integration.
Tourists visit Tam Coc-Bich Dong tourist area, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
As a global city, Hoa Lu city is planned to develop according to the standards of a civilized, modern, green urban area rich in local identity. It is a heritage urban model, a cultural landscape urban model that ensures harmony between artificial architecture and the natural environment, between modernity and the preservation of traditional values, completely different from the industrial urban models of the "concrete" type.
It is contrary to urbanization models that annex heritage, harm the environment, and create a development gap between urban and rural areas. This is an urban model that embraces local identity and the quintessence of the ancient capital Hoa Lu.
The architecture, culture and lifestyle of residents reflect the style of a millennium heritage urban area, a creative city. This is also an urban area with the presence of famous international brands participating in the fields of trade, services and tourism such as Marriott, Pullman, Wyndham, Big C, Outlet...
Mr. Doan Minh Huan, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee, presented the Decision and congratulated the Hoa Lu City Party Committee. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
As a global city, Hoa Lu city has become a space for sharing visions and universal values of nations and peoples, for a better world. The initiatives of Hoa Lu city have always been recognized and widely disseminated by UNESCO, especially in solving the relationship between heritage conservation and tourism development, integrating cultural heritage values and natural heritage, solving livelihoods for local communities based on heritage, preserving heritage, and expanding the network of heritage cities with UNESCO titles.
Up to now, Hoa Lu city is promoting UNESCO's vision and initiatives on building a philosophy of nurturing nature, on a model of cultural landscape heritage urban areas, on outdoor innovation, on developing technology to simulate nature, on developing creative economic sectors as an economic foundation for heritage urban areas and creative cities.
As a global city with a strong Vietnamese identity, the development plan of Hoa Lu city ensures spatial connectivity, building symbolic institutions worthy of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu. The transportation network starts from Hoa Lu and spreads to surrounding provinces, with large urban areas basically formed synchronously and modernly, allowing regional connections such as the North-South Expressway, the East-West Corridor, the Ninh Binh-Hai Phong Expressway, and coastal roads.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presented Resolution 1318/NQ-UBTVQH15 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the establishment of Hoa Lu city and the Prime Minister's Decision recognizing Hoa Lu city as meeting the criteria of a class I urban area. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
Shaping the largest-scale spiritual and cultural works in the country, demonstrating the stature of the heritage city of the Ancient Capital, where the sacred soul of mountains and rivers is deposited, such as Kinh Thien Altar, Bai Dinh Pagoda, and religious and belief works.
The symbolic cultural institutions of the millennium heritage urban area, the global city such as Dinh Tien Hoang Square, Pham Thi Tran Theater, Trang An Cultural Park, Event Center, monuments of famous people, Van River Bridge... along with continued planning, investment and construction of the General Museum, Exhibition Palace, Fair, Contemporary Art Center, Millennium Tower, Duc Thuy Son Lighting Park... These are the life-giving works worthy of the heritage urban area of the Ancient Capital.
Ninh Binh province is preparing an investment plan to restore and recreate Hoa Lu Imperial Citadel, especially the works belonging to the citadel such as the Palace, Castle, Palace, Great Wall... creating a highlight of the millennium heritage city.
Tam Coc - Bich Dong tourist area in Hoa Lu district will be completely merged into Hoa Lu city. (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)
Service infrastructure meets the requirements of developing a specialized center for tourism, cultural industry, entertainment, innovation of the region, the country and international integration such as Hoa Lu University, Provincial Political School, Provincial General Hospital, Sports Center, 5-star international standard hotels... and is planning and attracting investment to build a Film Studio, International Football Academy, International Innovation Center.
Hoa Lu City is steadily entering the new era with the mindset of a millennium heritage city, a global city, a specialized center for tourism, cultural industry, entertainment industry, innovation of the region, the country and reaching international level. The sacred spirit of the mountains and rivers, the foundation of historical and cultural values of the ancient capital Hoa Lu are promoted with the spirit of the new era - the era of national growth, which will create the position and strength for Hoa Lu City to develop strongly and make breakthroughs./.
A delegation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admires the beauty of Hoa Lu Ancient Town at night. (Photo: Thuy Dung/VNA)
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