The 2024 Peace Festival in Quang Tri will have many meaningful programs.

VHO - On December 10, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province issued Plan No. 233 on organizing the Festival for Peace in 2024. With the theme "Joining hands to build a peaceful world", the festival will perform many meaningful programs and activities, focusing on July 2024.

Veterans return to the special national relic of Quang Tri Citadel

Accordingly, the opening program of the Festival for Peace will take place on the evening of July 6, 2024 at the Hien Luong - Ben Hai special national relic site. The program is expected to be broadcast live on VTV1 of Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Quang Tri Provincial Radio and Television Station and other localities in the country. The opening program of the Festival for Peace, directed by the People's Committee of Quang Tri province and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is a multi-faceted art program with many emotional touches, conveying the message of Vietnam's desire for peace and the spirit of integration, focusing on the land of Quang Tri. Immediately after the opening, there will be a series of activities, events to promote and exchange culture and tourism, such as: the music exchange "Melody of Peace" on July 8 at the Quang Tri Provincial Cultural - Cinema Center; The Cultural - Culinary Festival "Taste of the Windy Land" and the International Art Kite Exchange will take place at Cua Viet Tourist Service Area from July 9 to 10, 2024 with a scale of 100-120 culinary booths, of which 20% are international booths... The "Peace Wish" program chaired and directed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People's Committee of Quang Tri province, took place on the evening of July 26 at the Flower Dropping Wharf on the North Bank of Thach Han River and the Special National Monument of Quang Tri Citadel. The program aims to promote good values ​​in life, pay tribute to the previous generation who sacrificed for the peace of the nation, inspire pride in continuing the current generation's confidence in the journey of integration and building the country, and at the same time create an emotional touchpoint connecting people from all over the country and the world to Quang Tri, honoring the value of peace, thereby joining hands to create practical activities, building a common peace and prosperity for all mankind. The activities of the program "Peace Wish" include: Flower offering ceremony, incense offering, releasing flower lanterns, praying. Bells to pray for peace at the flower releasing wharf on the North bank of Thach Han River and the special national relic of Quang Tri Ancient Citadel. These activities take place simultaneously with gratitude activities at all cemeteries, memorial steles, churches, pagodas... in the province. Before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Peace Festival, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Tri province coordinated with a number of units to organize the "Cycling for Peace Day" with the participation of many domestic and international athletes. Thereby, to introduce to tourists typical historical relics in the province, promote the image, culture, land and people of Quang Tri...

"Unification of the Country" flag raising ceremony on both banks of Hien Luong - Ben Hai, Quang Tri

The People's Committee of Quang Tri province also assigned districts, towns and cities in the area, each locality to proactively develop a plan to organize an activity in response to the 2024 Peace Festival. On this occasion, Quang Tri province will also start the project to invest in renovating a number of items belonging to the Hien Luong - Ben Hai Special National Monument; Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Special National Monument and places commemorating the 81-day event in 1972. At the same time, start the construction of the symbolic project "Wish for Peace" at Thong Nhat Park, Hien Luong - Ben Hai Special National Monument, Vinh Son Commune, Vinh Linh District. The Peace Festival aims to honor the value of peace, calling on everyone to join hands to fight, preserve and build a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable life for the homeland, country and humanity. Commemorate and pay tribute to the heroic martyrs who heroically sacrificed for the eternal existence of the Fatherland; Commemorating the victims of war and the painful losses caused by war. Propagating, introducing and promoting to enhance the position, image, tangible and intangible cultural values, resources and tourism products of the land and people of Quang Tri; attracting domestic and international tourists to Quang Tri, contributing to promoting the socio -economic development of Quang Tri province... Thereby, aiming to build Quang Tri step by step into a cultural space for peace, a destination for peace, a symbol of the strong vitality of humanity right on the land devastated by war; a meeting place and sharing place for cities and peoples that were destroyed by war like Quang Tri all over the world. At the same time, mobilizing the strong participation of the business community, especially tourism and travel agencies, improving the quality of tours, destinations and tourism programs; improving and enhancing the quality of human resources and tourism services; attracting investment resources for tourism development; create a positive change in awareness towards sustainable tourism development, green tourism, gradually turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector... S.THUY baovanhoa.vn Source