To strengthen festival management and organization in Vietnam

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To strengthen festival management and organization in Vietnam

The content is mentioned in Official Dispatch 3811/BVHTTDL-VHCS 2023 on strengthening the management and organization of festivals issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism respectfully requests the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct relevant agencies to implement the following contents:

- Continue to strictly and effectively implement the Party and State's guiding documents and orientations on festival management and organization: Decree 110/2018/ND-CP regulates the management and organization of festivals and related legal documents.

- Strengthen the responsibility of local government heads in the management and organization of festivals according to decentralization; direct the organization of festivals to ensure solemnity, economy, safety, and efficiency in accordance with the nation's cultural traditions and good local customs and practices, avoiding ostentation, formality, and wastefulness. fee.

- Review the festival organization plan and adjust the frequency and scale to suit the local practical situation. Proactively develop plans, options, and conditions for the festival to take place to ensure safety in social order, fire and explosion prevention, traffic safety, river and water safety, fighting against social evils, food hygiene and safety, and environmental sanitation. For some festivals, such as: Perfume Pagoda Festival, Soc Temple Festival (Hanoi); Tran Temple Festival (Nam Dinh); Con Son - Kiep Bac Festival (Hai Duong); Yen Tu Festival (Quang Ninh); Via Ba Festival (Tay Ninh); Ba Chua Xu Festival in Sam Mountain (An Giang), Phet Hien Quan Festival (Phu Tho); Buffalo Fighting Festival, and Duc But Festival (Vinh Phuc) need to develop plans, scenarios, and organize the Festival in 2024 to ensure social order, safety, civilization, and efficiency.

- Guide the implementationthe "Set of criteria on cultural environment in traditional festivals" according to Decision 2068/QD-BVHTTDL in 2023 of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

- Organize, implement, and strictly manage procedures for receiving registration documents and notification of festival organization in the area according to authority.

- Propagate and mobilize to raise awareness and responsibility of all levels, sectors, people and tourists to seriously implement the State's regulations on organizing festivals; about the origins of the festival, relics and characters worshiped and honored; about the true values and meanings of traditional beliefs and rituals; Limit the burning of votive offerings and votive papers, ensuring safety, saving, and protecting the environment.

- Carry out the work of synthesizing and digitizing local festival activities to assess the current status of festivals and propose solutions in state management of festival activities.

- Strengthen inspection, examination, and supervision before, during, and after the festival: promptly prevent and strictly handle violations during festival activities; especially acts of taking advantage of monuments, festivals, and beliefs for personal gain; superstitious activities; gambling; Organizing festivals widely is costly and wasteful.

Duong Chau Thanh

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