The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancellation and changes of many cultural and art activities. Under difficult circumstances, Khanh Hoa Province's cultural sector has made great efforts to accomplish many assigned duties and achieved positive results.
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancellation and changes of many cultural and art activities. Under difficult circumstances, Khanh Hoa Province’s cultural sector has made great efforts to accomplish many assigned duties and achieved positive results.
Positive results of cultural activities
Striving to overcome the obstacles in a challenging year of 2020, the province’s cultural sector in general and the provincial Center of Culture and Cinema in particular have organized many cultural activities, including four themed exhibitions; 585 film screenings in some remote areas and islands; 15 Bai Choi shows at schools across the province; and 147 Bai Choi street shows. The center took part in the exhibition namely “Tourism through Vietnamese cultural heritages” held in Hanoi and the national mobile propaganda festival, where it was given two gold medals and three silver ones.
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The provincial Traditional Art Theater has organized 80 street performance shows and 82 other shows for the people in some localities in the province; created four new art programs; and revived two stage dramas. The theater’s artists participated in the 2020 national contest on Tuong and folk drama for young talent and achieved two individual gold medals and two certificates of merit.
Hai Dang Song and Dance Troupe has held 18 music shows on the occasions of festivals, New Year, major anniversaries, and major political events of the province; held six tours to serve local people in the province’s mountainous areas. The troupe secured one collective prize and one individual prize at the national traditional music instrument contest. The troupe has cooperated with other units in the province to prepare and organize a series of art shows at 2-4 Square to create a cheerful atmosphere for local people and tourists on the last days of 2020.
Fulfilling many duties
In 2020, the cultural sector of Khanh Hoa has focused to accomplish its duties on propaganda about the anniversaries of the country and province. The important political duties of the province’s cultural sector include the preparation and propaganda activities for the province’s 5th Patriotic Emulation Congress, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat, and the 18th provincial Communist Party Congress.
Many investment and construction projects have also been accomplished, including repairing the head office of Hai Dang Song and Dance Troupe, provincial museum, and provincial Center of Culture and Cinema; equipping management software for outdoor advertising media; proposing the medium-term investment plan for the period 2021-2025 with 48 investment projects with a total estimated cost of VND240.8 billion to the provincial People’s Committee.
The provincial Department of Culture and Sports has submitted documents to the specialized council of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize nine Khanh Hoa artists as Merit Artists in 2021; implemented the project to preserve and promote the values of the intangible cultural heritage Bai Choi. 18 monuments over the province have been planned to be restored. The repair and restoration work of Linh Son Pagoda (Suoi Cat Commune, Cam Lam District); Trung Duong Communal House (Van Ninh District) has been completed. The sector has also made a recommendation for assessing the restoration project of Tra Long Communal House, headquarters of Ba Ngoi provisional revolutionary People's Committee (Cam Ranh City), Hung Vuong Temple, Xuan Lac Communal House (Nha Trang City), and historical monument Phu Duong Ninh Hoa (Ninh Hoa Town). The sector will continue to supervise the implement of the restoration projects of Dien Khanh Ancient Citadel (Dien Khanh District), road to Doctor Alexandre Yersin’s tomb (Cam Lam District), C235 Ship memorial monument (Ninh Hoa Town); assess and propose the provincial People’s Committee recognize and give ranks to other monuments.
Reportedly, in 2020, Khanh Hoa Province’s cultural sector had to cancel some important cultural and art programs due to COVID-19 pandemic, such as folk cultural festival and contest on cultural heritages. Some festivals namely Ponagar Temple Festival and Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary were organized at a smaller scale. Many other events and activities of sector could not also take place as planned. However, the provincial cultural sector has made great efforts to meet the needs for cultural activities of the public.
Giang Đinh
Translated by H.N
