Bac Ha horse racing festival In addition to the fresh climate and beautiful natural landscape, Bac Ha is also a land with many famous monuments, such as Hoang A Tuong Palace, Bac Ha temple, Trung Do temple, Thien Long cave. Along with that, the villages still preserve the unique cultural features of ethnic groups such as Ta Van Chu, Ta Van Chu commune; Trung Do village, Bao Nhai commune, Ban Pho village, Ban Pho commune… Especially, Bac Ha cultural market attracts a lot of domestic and foreign tourists to visit and shop. Bac Ha is also known by tourists near and far for its unique festivals, especially the nearly 100-year-old traditional horse racing festival, which takes place in June every year. According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai, in 1975, in Bac Ha held a parade with over 200 horses going around the central area to celebrate the liberation of the South and reunification of the country. In the spring of 1980, Bac Ha District Team (Military Command) organized a horse race, shooting to choose good horsemen and gunners to join the militia and transport food by road. After that, Bac Ha did not organize another tournament. In 2007, the Bac Ha traditional horse racing tournament was officially restored. Since then, the award has become an annual festival of Bac Ha district, held once a year, meeting the needs of people to enjoy the cultural and spiritual life, contributing to the preservation and promotion of cultural and sports traditions of ethnic minorities in Bac Ha; promoting the image of people and tourism in Bac Ha to domestic and foreign tourists, becoming a highlight to attract tourists to Bac Ha. In the past, horse racing took place around fields and hills and the finish line was in the center of town. When nearly reaching the finish line, the horsemen quickly jumped to the ground, pulled the flintlock on their shoulders and aimed at the target, fired 5 shots, then snatched the red ball, jumped on the horse and returned to the starting point. Whoever is both fast and hits the target the most is the winner. Today, the horse race in Bac Ha is no longer a shooting competition, the jockeys also have a separate arena, the race is organized and more attractive to viewers. Not a commercial, not a professional race, horse racing in Bac Ha is a race of farmers (jockeys) and racehorses are pack horses. A special feature of horse racing in Bac Ha is the carpentry race, where the jockeys ride on horseback without a saddle, without pedals to hold their feet, but only with a horse belt, two iron hooks tied to the ropes on either side of the jaw to control. With the courage, skillful horse control and endurance of both the rider and the fighting horse, the race took place fiercely, thrillingly, and attractively from qualifying to the final. With that distinction, the Bac Ha horse race is always expected and becomes a unique cultural feature of the ethnic minorities here. Ms. Chu Thi Duong, Vice Chairman of Bac Ha District People’s Committee – said that maintaining the Bac Ha traditional horse race is one of the local efforts to honor the good cultural values ​​of the people. Bac Ha highland minority in general and praised the unique and emotional attachment between upland people and animals that are extremely attached and familiar in their daily life and spiritual life. Bac Ha is a land that also contains many unique cultural values After becoming a national heritage, many culture and tourism experts believe that the Bac Ha horse racing tournament will enrich the culture of this land, especially improve tourism attraction with tourists. become a lever for tourism development in the coming time. Because of the fact, despite possessing abundant tourism resources, Bac Ha tourism still has not developed commensurately, tourist growth is low due to the lack of unique products, tourism facilities have not been invested in the same way. the set; the system of hotels and new houses is only on a small scale and still lacks high-quality facilities; tourism human resources have not met the requirements; the advertising, promotion, investment attraction to develop tourism products and services is not effective; ability to connect with Sa Pa, Lao Cai city, Si Ma Cai, Xin Man (Ha Giang) in coordinating tourists is still limited… Recognizing the difficulties in tourism development, and determined to create breakthroughs for Bac Ha’s green economy, according to the tourism development planning of Bac Ha district up to 2020, with a vision to 2030, Bac Ha will focus on multi-faceted development. To form tourism product lines (types of tourism) such as: cultural tourism, eco-tourism – community, sightseeing tourism, historical sites, festivals to meet the needs of discovery and experience. of visitors; Promote promotion through special publications, Internet system, social network; To promote the attraction of investment in the district’s tourism technical facilities, in which to give priority to the construction of 3-star or higher-class hotels in townships, and to develop community-based tourism; Building and upgrading routes connecting tourist attractions; Focus on training tourism human resources towards perfecting basic skills according to Vietnam Tourism Professional Standards; Strengthen the ability to connect, coordinate and transfer guests with localities in the province and Ha Giang province.

On the morning of June 3, the delegation led by Mr. Le Hoang Hai, Secretary of the Phu My City Party Committee, inspected the concentrated isolation area at the Phu My Town Stadium (Song Vinh neighborhood, Tan Phuoc ward). The delegation was led by Mr. Le Hoang Hai, Secretary of the Phu My Town Party Committee as the Head of the Delegation to inspect the concentrated isolation area at the Phu My Town Stadium. Reporting to the Delegation, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Van Cu, Commander of the Customs Department of Phu My Town, said that the above isolation area was installed by the town’s Customs Department from June 1, so far, it has been completed with 150 beds. divided into 4 rooms. All beds were requisitioned from the 2nd Army 9th Battalion (Phuoc Hoa ward). In the rooms there are ceiling fans, separate toilets and bathrooms. Newly equipped mats, nets, pillows, personal tools for quarantined people. The whole campus is clean, fully equipped with electricity, water supply, wifi. Mr. Le Hoang Hai, Secretary of the Phu My Town Party Committee checked the equipment in the isolation room. The isolation area has a medical room and a rest room for the service force. The town’s Customs Department arranged 20 soldiers to serve in the isolation area. The concentrated isolation area at Phu My Town Stadium has a capacity of 150 beds ready to receive quarantined people. Mr. Le Hoang Hai, Secretary of Phu My Town Party Committee, said that in addition to the isolation area at Phu My Town Stadium, the town will set up two more concentrated isolation areas, Chu Van An Secondary School and Regiment 201 (belonging to the 201st Regiment). Song Xoai commune) in case people returning from epidemic areas increase. News, photos: Dang Khoa

Technical training on disinfecting spraying of vehicles carrying isolated subjects The forces participating in the training include the District Military Command, the District Police, the Health Department, the Health Center, and the District General Hospital. During the training session, groups and teams in the concentrated medical isolation framework were trained in theory and practice measures to prevent and control Covid-19 infection in the concentrated medical isolation area; the process of receiving, monitoring medical supervision, ensuring the health of isolated citizens; practical guidance on the use of protective equipment, medical equipment, disinfection and collection of medical waste, etc. All steps are strictly implemented by the Steering Committee, ensuring epidemic prevention requirements. The place selected by Quoc Oai district as a point of concentrated medical isolation for prevention is the old Quoc Oai high school. This school site has the capacity to accept up to 200 citizens. Currently, the Steering Committee for receiving citizens in medical isolation in Quoc Oai district has arranged and arranged some basic utensils and facilities… With quite complete facilities, from bedrooms, kitchens, toilets… to meet the needs of concentrated isolation of citizens. At the rehearsal, Chairman of Quoc Oai District People’s Committee Nguyen Truong Son – Head of the Steering Committee to receive citizens in medical isolation of the district went to check the facilities at this school. Chairman of the District People’s Committee Quoc Oai asked the District Construction Investment Project Management Board to urgently repair and renovate the facilities, add necessary equipment to ensure normal activities for the isolated subjects. . The District Military Command, in coordination with relevant branches such as Health, Public Security, etc., is responsible for receiving and organizing the comprehensive management of isolation areas. Building the process of shuttle, in and out; medical examination, supervision and monitoring for isolated subjects. Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quoc Oai district emphasized, it is very important to train the framework to receive citizens in medical isolation. Thereby, in order to unify the actions of the forces during the operation and performance of the task, contributing to the completion of the task of preventing and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic in the new situation in the district. Foster and improve qualifications, techniques and ability to handle situations of centralized medical reception and isolation.

Officers and soldiers of the 47th Armored Battalion clean up at the isolation area of ​​the Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College. Following the direction of the Hanoi Capital Command on being ready to receive citizens for isolation at Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College, the Military Command of Nam Tu Liem District advised the Nam Tu District Party Committee Liem restarts the Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control at Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College. On May 9, Nam Tu Liem District Party Committee Secretary Tran Duc Hoat directly checked the actual situation at the school and decided to mobilize 80 police officers and soldiers, the District Military Command and the Medical Center in Hanoi. The county health department participated in this quarantine service mission. In particular, the force on duty in the inner circle, including: 9 militiamen, 3 officers and soldiers of the Military Command of the district and 4 medical staff were selected by the Steering Committee in the spirit of volunteering and exemplary form. The cleaning, disinfecting and readying of facilities at Hanoi High-Tech College will be completed this morning. “With the experience from the previous quarantine services and with a dedicated working spirit, the service force at the isolation area of ​​Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College will be determined to complete the job in the best way. assigned,” Colonel Trinh Van Hao, Politician of the Military Command of Nam Tu Liem District affirmed. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.