Cultural preservation, tourism development

VHO - In recent times, Thai Nguyen province has achieved many important achievements in economic development. This has created a solid foundation for the overall development of the province. In particular, the province always focuses on economic development associated with the preservation and promotion of cultural values, turning heritage into assets, creating momentum for sustainable development.

Promoting cultural heritage associated with sustainable tourism development

Thai Nguyen is a land rich in historical and cultural traditions with a rich heritage treasure. The whole province has more than 1,000 historical and cultural relics and over 550 intangible cultural heritages - an "open-pit gold mine" that the tourism industry is exploiting systematically and effectively.

Thai Nguyen has many heritages of special value, typically the Dinh Hoa Safety Zone (ATK) Relic Site. Photo: baothainguyen.vn

Many heritages have special values, typically the Dinh Hoa Security Zone (ATK) - a special national relic associated with the resistance war against colonialism, are preserved almost intact and have become a red address for traditional education as well as an attractive destination for tourists to learn about history.

Along with preserving relics, the province focuses on renovating degraded structures. In early 2025, Thai Nguyen started the project to restore Ly Nam De Temple and Huong Ap Pagoda with a total capital of 76 billion VND, aiming to promote the value of the ancient architectural complex ranked at the national level, turning this place into a cultural and spiritual tourism highlight of the locality.

Heritage preservation not only nurtures people's pride and spiritual life, but also creates a driving force for culture to "give birth" to the economy, when historical and cultural values ​​are exploited to serve tourism.

During the period from 2020 to present, Thai Nguyen has especially promoted the development of cultural tourism, considering this a strategic direction to both promote heritage and boost growth.

The province focuses on developing tourism products with strong identities such as spiritual and cultural tourism, "return to the source" tourism and community tourism, initially achieving many positive results.

Thai Nguyen Tea Festival is a typical example. Since the project to preserve and promote the cultural values ​​of Thai Nguyen Tea was approved, the province has successfully organized 3 Tea Festivals on a national and international scale.

The festival not only creates momentum to promote socio-economic development, elevates the brand of "First Famous Tea", but also contributes to preserving the quintessence of Thai Nguyen tea culture from the space of growing, processing to the art of tea tasting, expanding cultural exchange and integration.

Along with the tea festival, the community tourism model associated with tea culture in Tan Cuong tea region has also developed vigorously. Many cooperatives and enterprises have invested in building tea culture spaces for tourists to visit and experience the traditional tea growing and processing process, thereby increasing the value of tea trees and income for people.

In addition, Thai Hai Ethnic Stilt House Village (Thai Nguyen City) - where more than 30 ancient Tay stilt houses are preserved and indigenous customs and lifestyles are vividly recreated - has become a highlight of community tourism in the country, honored by the World Tourism Organization as one of the 32 "Best Tourist Villages in the World" in 2022.

It is the unique appeal of indigenous culture that has helped Thai Nguyen tourism recover quickly after the pandemic. In the period of 2021 - 2025, the province welcomed about 18.6 million tourists, with tourism revenue reaching over 15.64 trillion VND. These impressive figures show that linking economic development with cultural heritage has been bringing "sweet fruit" to Thai Nguyen, as heritage has become a unique tourism product attracting tourists and investment resources.

Building and developing an advanced culture imbued with national identity associated with the goal of human development

The socio-economic development achievements in recent years have created the position and strength for the province in the upcoming development goals. With the viewpoint of economic development associated with promoting the strength of great solidarity among ethnic groups, the will of self-reliance, self-reliance, national pride and promoting the strength of culture and people as endogenous resources and driving forces for development, the province is determined to develop the economy, culture and society in a comprehensive manner.

The "gold mine" from cultural heritage will be the driving force for Thai Nguyen's development. Photo: bvhttdl.gov.vn

In which, the green tea capital will comprehensively and synchronously develop the fields of culture, cultural environment, cultural life, especially in rural areas, remote areas, ethnic minority and mountainous areas of the province; build each commune and ward with at least one cultural, art and sports club and maintain effective operations from 2026.

Develop culture, improve the effectiveness of family work to ensure the preservation of the identity of Thai Nguyen land and people. Effectively organize and implement the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the period 2025 - 2035.

At the same time, effectively promote historical, cultural and revolutionary traditional values; arouse pride, sense of responsibility, spirit of self-reliance, self-improvement and aspiration to rise up of cadres, party members and all people to become the driving force for socio-economic development of the province.

The province will also focus on building and gradually perfecting the system of cultural and sports institutions. Pay attention to preserving and promoting the value of the province's cultural heritage; prioritize the restoration and embellishment of degraded ranked relics and relics associated with sustainable tourism development.

Continue to build and develop mass sports to improve the quality of human resources, enhance physical and mental strength for the people to serve labor, production, study and work; innovate and improve the quality of the system of discovering, training, coaching and nurturing athletes to compete in high-performance sports, invest with focus and key points in traditional sports, the province's strengths, sports with the potential to win medals at national championships, national, regional, continental and international sports festivals.

With the right orientation, high determination and the strength of the "giant" which is the heritage, cultural values, and advantages bestowed by nature, certainly in the coming time, Thai Nguyen province will continue to develop strongly, contributing to the overall development of the whole country.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/van-hoa/bao-ton-van-hoa-phat-trien-du-lich-172615.html