Hoa Binh launches paragliding activities ahead of SEA Games 31
Hoa Binh province is offering a paragliding experience for visitors as part of the northern tourist destination’s efforts to attract more tourists and revive the local tourism sector.
Visitors to Hoa Binh can try paragliding now. (Photo: VNA)
Hoa Binh (VNA) – Hoa Binh province is offering a paraglidingexperience for visitors as part of the northern tourist destination’s effortsto attract more tourists and revive the local tourism sector.
The northern province will also host mountain biking from May 14-17and the cycling road race from May 19-22, with the participation of about 400riders and officials.
Speaking at the launch, director of the provincial Departmentof Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui Thi Niem said that the regional event is agood chance for the province to promote tourism.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh City Bui Quang Diep said thatthrough the event, Hoa Binh hopes to promote sport and tourism.
Visitors will also have the chance to enjoy gong performancesby artisans from the Muong ethnic minority group as well as folk games, alongwith products of the "One Commune, One Product" (OCOP) programme and traditional Muong cuisine./.
Work on cycling venues in the northern province of Hoa Binh serving the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) has basically been completed, according to the organising board.
Adventure water sports have always been an attraction for tourists in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan, but recently, paragliding has taken off. With sunny, windy conditions, the province is looking to expand this unique tourism product for visitors.
A delegation of the 31st Southeast Asia (SEA) Games Organising Committee, led by Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong, had a working session with the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province, focusing on preparations for the cycling competition.
Along with Hanoi, the northern province of Hoa Binh is one of 12 cities and provinces honoured to host sporting events within the framework of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 31. Nineteen years after first doing so at SEA Games 22 in 2003, Hoa Binh once again joins the atmosphere of the region’s biggest sports gathering by co-organising road cycling and mountain biking from May 14-22.
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These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
Visitors to Hoa Binh can try paragliding now. (Photo: VNA) 
