(Fatherland) - On the evening of December 11, at 16/3 Square (Kon Tum City), Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee held the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Cultural - Tourism Week and the 2nd Gong and Xoang Festival of Ethnic Minorities in the province in 2024. This is a major Cultural - Tourism event of Kon Tum province in 2024, welcoming major events and holidays of the country and the province and welcoming the Spring of At Ty 2025.
Attending the opening ceremony were Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy; Secretary of Kon Tum Provincial Party Committee Duong Van Trang; Leaders of central ministries, branches, neighboring provinces and leaders of Attapeu and Sekong provinces (Laos) and more than 1,000 artisans and artists from Kon Tum districts and cities, overseas students from Laos and Cambodia and artists from An Giang province.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy and delegates attended the opening ceremony.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week 2024, Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee Y Ngoc, Head of the Organizing Committee, said: Kon Tum is a land with a rich history and culture; has an important geopolitical position in a dynamic and potential highland, is a long-standing home to many ethnic groups, the cradle of the Gong cultural space; has a system of tangible and intangible cultural heritages, bearing the unique identity of the Northern Central Highlands.
The 5th Kon Tum Province Culture - Tourism Week, the 2nd Kon Tum Province Gong and Xoang Festival in 2024 is an event to create a space for cultural exchange between artisans and artists; preserve and promote the cultural identity of ethnic groups; honor and promote the culture and people of Kon Tum, the cultural characteristics of the "Central Highlands Gong Cultural Space", and the tourism development potential of Kon Tum in the process of integration and development.
Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee Y Ngoc, Head of the Organizing Committee, spoke at the opening ceremony.
With the theme "Cultural Experience - Nature Discovery", Kon Tum Province Culture - Tourism Week 2024 takes place for 4 days from December 11 to 14 with many attractive cultural, sports and tourism activities such as: Gong and Xoang Festival of ethnic minorities, performances, introduction of festivals, traditional cultural rituals, street festivals; conference to promote and advertise tourism in Kon Tum province; workshop on building, protecting and developing the Vietnamese Ginseng brand - Ngoc Linh Ginseng.
Coming to the event, delegates and visitors will experience attractive tours and routes in the province and enjoy culinary dishes with unique characteristics of Kon Tum.
On the sidelines of the event, a conference was held to review the memorandum of understanding on cooperation between Attapeu and Sekong provinces (Laos) and Kon Tum province for the period 2022-2027. This is an activity to strengthen the special friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, two States and peoples of Vietnam - Laos, Laos - Vietnam in general, and between Kon Tum province and Attapeu and Sekong provinces in particular.
Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Tuan beats the gong to open the Culture - Tourism Week and Gong and Xoang Festival of Kon Tum province in 2024.
In addition to cultural, artistic and tourism activities on this occasion, Kon Tum province received the Prime Minister's Decision approving the Master Plan for the construction of Mang Den Tourist Area, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province until 2045, with the goal of: Building and developing Mang Den Tourist Area to become one of the key tourism development centers of the country.
"Through this event, Kon Tum province hopes to create many good impressions on delegates, calling for and attracting investment in developing culture and tourism in the locality. We believe that through each organization of activities in the Culture - Tourism Week and Gong Festival, the solidarity will be further strengthened, contributing to building a comprehensively developed Vietnamese culture and people, promoting socio-economic development of ethnic groups in the province and the region" - Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee Y Ngoc expressed.
Immediately after the opening ceremony, an art program took place to welcome the 5th Culture - Tourism Week and the 2nd Kon Tum Gong and Xoang Festival of Ethnic Minorities in 2024, with the theme "Cultural Experience - Nature Discovery".
Artisan teams participate in gong and xoang performances to welcome the Opening of the Culture - Tourism Week and Gong and Xoang Festival of Ethnic Minorities in Kon Tum Province in 2024.
The performances clearly demonstrate the traditional cultural characteristics of the nation.
At the ceremony, Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huu Thap announced Decision No. 1128/QD-TTg dated October 8, 2024 of the Prime Minister approving the Master Plan for the construction of Mang Den Tourist Area, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province until 2045.
Mang Den is located about 60km from Kon Tum city, passing through a small pass winding through the forest, where the year-round temperate climate, rich flora and fauna, and the cultural identity of the Xo Dang and H're ethnic groups converge. It is becoming a famous tourist area of Kon Tum province, promising to develop further after the Government's planning approval.
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