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Distribution of Ranked Monuments of Binh Thuan Province

Table 2.8: Distribution of ranked relics in Binh Thuan province


District, city, town

Ranked monuments

Total

National level

Provincial level

Tuy Phong

3

4

7

Bac Binh

5

2

7

Phan Thiet

8

3

11

HTB

2

1

3

HTN

1

0

1

Spirit

1

1

2

Duc Linh

1

0

1

La Gi

1

1

2

Ham Tan

0

0

0

Phu Quy

2

5

7

Total

24

17

41

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Festival

Binh Thuan has more than 170 festivals (including more than 140 traditional folk festivals). The Institute of Culture and Arts (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and the Binh Thuan Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism have coordinated to research a number of typical festivals of the Kinh, Cham, Hoa, Co Ho ethnic groups... which are highly appreciated by experts. Among these, the Provincial People's Committee has agreed to allow the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to select a number of typical festivals to be organized on a large scale to attract domestic and foreign tourists, becoming tourism products of the province:

- The Nghinh Ong Festival originated from the customs of a group of Chinese people in Phan Thiet, and is considered an original folk festival, with the meaning of praying for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather, and a peaceful life. This great festival has existed for a long time and still maintains its tradition. Today, it is not only for the Chinese people in Phan Thiet, but also for the participation of many Chinese associations in Saigon - Cho Lon, and Chinese people in Southeast Asia. The Nghinh Ong Festival is considered an intangible cultural heritage of the country, due to its scale and historical and cultural values, and due to the great admiration of both the Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the full moon day of the 7th lunar month, every 2 years.

- Cau Ngu Festival of fishermen in Phan Thiet fishing villages.

- Ky Yen Festival is a festival held at the Cham Bani (old Islam) mosque in Tan Thang commune, Ham Tan district, praying for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather and favorable weather.

Cham people but have adopted Vietnamese culture during their long residence in this area.

- Kate festival of the Cham people following Brahmanism in Ham Thuan Bac district (held in the 7th month of the Cham calendar every year (around October of the solar calendar).

- Dinh Thay Thim Festival is a unique cultural feature of Binh Thuan. Every year, on the 14th - 16th of the 9th lunar month, at Dinh Thay Thim (La Gi), a big festival takes place on the anniversary of Thay Thim's death, in memory of the two people who helped cure people's illnesses. Dinh Thay Thim Festival attracts a lot of tourists to come here to pray for health and happiness for their families and for their business to be successful. During the festival, there are many attractive folk games such as: Cheo Ba Trao, Thay's story performance, martial arts performance, basket shaking competition, fish carrying competition on foot, tug of war competition... creating an extremely vibrant festive atmosphere.

- The Mid-Autumn Festival on the full moon night of August every year attracts tens of thousands of people to participate, visit and enjoy. The Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a festival for children but has become a festival for the whole society. With the fascinating features of the lantern festival, the Phan Thiet Mid-Autumn Festival was recognized by Vietbooks Magazine as the Vietnamese record for "The largest Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam".

- The Ca Ty River Boat Racing Festival is held annually on the second day of the Lunar New Year, imbued with the traditional culture of the locality.

Traditional occupations and craft villages

Binh Thuan's traditional craft villages are quite diverse, notably wood carving, bamboo and rattan weaving, pottery and handicrafts. In 2007, the province recognized 15 standard handicraft villages, 7 traditional craft villages of bamboo and rattan weaving, rice paper, civil carpentry, seafood processing, etc. The province is investing in 2 projects to restore traditional craft villages to exploit them as tourism products: Phu Long rice paper village, La Da brocade weaving village (Ham Thuan Bac).

Other human tourism resources

The typical cultural and artistic forms of Binh Thuan are quite diverse, such as: Ba Trao Cheo, Cham folk songs, Raglai epics... Gongs in the culture of ethnic minorities, a unique feature in the spiritual life of the K'ho Ma people, concentrated in 3 communes.

Ham Thuan Bac highland and Phan Son commune of Bac Binh. The gong culture and folk songs of the Chau Ro ethnic group in Tra Tan commune (Duc Linh), along with the sounds of the Khen Bau, Chapi, Paranung drums and dances of the Cham ethnic group are invaluable cultural heritages in Binh Thuan, an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Table 2.9: Statistics of tourism resources of Binh Thuan province


District, city, town

Human resources

Natural DL resources


Total

Relics

Resources

other


Total

Beach

Lake, waterfall

Mineral spring

Conservation Area

Resources

other


Total

Grant

QG

Grant

conscious

Tuy Phong

3

4

1

8

3

1

1

1

3

9

17

Bac Binh

5

2

1

8

3

4

0

1

3

11

19

Phan Thiet

8

3

1

12

7

0

0

0

3

10

22

HTB

2

1

1

4

0

7

0

0

3

10

14

HTN

1

0

1

2

2

0

3

1

4

10

12

Spirit

1

1

1

3

0

5

0

1

2

8

11

Duc Linh

1

0

1

2

0

2

1

0

3

6

8

La Gi

1

1

1

3

2

1

0

0

3

6

9

Ham Tan

0

0

2

2

2

0

0

0

3

5

7

Phu Quy

2

5

0

7

3

0

0

1

1

5

12

Total

24

17

10

51

22

20

5

5

28

80

131

Famous specialties of Binh Thuan known to many tourists are Phan Thiet fish sauce, dried squid, dried squid, dragon fruit... The culinary culture with the typical flavor of Binh Thuan's sea is shown in the way of processing and enjoying dishes such as: banh xeo, mai fish salad, monitor lizards, scallops... which are being exploited in tourist routes.

2.1.3. Socio-economic and environmental


2.1.3.1. Socio-economic

Economy

Since 1995, Binh Thuan's economy has developed comprehensively, creating favorable conditions for the province's tourism to develop rapidly.

The province's GDP has a fairly high growth rate, over 10%. Average GDP growth of the province:

- Period 1996 - 2000 reached 10.2%/year

- Period 2001 - 2005 reached 13%/year

- Period 2006 - 2010 reached 12.8%/year

Although the province's population increased rapidly, GDP per capita increased significantly (see chart 2.2):

- In 1995, GDP per capita reached 180 USD/person

- In 2000, it increased to 250 USD/person, 1.4 times higher than in 1995.

- In 2005, it increased to 420 USD/person, 1.7 times higher than in 2000.

- In 2010, it reached 1,093 USD/person, 2.6 times higher than in 2005.

The GDP structure among economic sectors shifts annually towards increasing the proportion of industry and services, especially tourism.

- The proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery decreased from 49.1% (in 1995) to 39.7% (in 2000) and 20.5% (in 2010). Agricultural, forestry and fishery production developed towards gradually improving quality and efficiency. Irrigation works were invested and upgraded, creating conditions for intensive farming, increasing crops, and increasing land use coefficient.

- The proportion of industry and construction increased from 20.2% to 22.6% and 34.9%. The value of industrial production increased by an average of 16.4%/year (2005-2010 period).

- The proportion of services increased from 30.7% to 37.7% and 44.6% in the same period.


100%


90%

30.7

80%

37.7

36.9

44.6

70%


60% 20.2


50%

22.6

32.7

40%

34.9

30%

49.1

20%

39.7

30.4

10%

20.5

0%

1995

2000

2005

2010

Agriculture, forestry, fishery Industry, construction Services

Chart

2.1: GDP structure by economic sector of Binh Thuan province

Data source: Binh Thuan Statistical Yearbook

USD

1200

1093

1000

800

600

420

400

250

180

200

0

1995

2000

2005

2010

Chart 2.2: GDP per capita of Binh Thuan province

Data source: Binh Thuan Statistical Yearbook

Economic growth in recent years has contributed to socio-political stability, improved infrastructure, and tourism landscape. However, the downside of economic development is increased waste, increased environmental impacts, causing environmental pollution and degradation, affecting sustainable tourism development.

Provincial tourism development policies and strategies

Since the early years of the 21st century, the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee have had many policies for tourism development. On January 11, 2002, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 07/2002/QD-UBBT approving the Master Plan for tourism development until 2010. On March 25, 2004, the Provincial Party Committee issued Resolution 19-NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Committee on tourism development until 2010. On October 3, 2011, the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee issued Resolution 06-NQ/TU on tourism development until 2015.

The provincial party resolutions for the 2006-2010 and 2011-2015 terms both affirmed that developing tourism economy is the province's strength, building Binh Thuan into a province with a modern industrial and service sector, preserving and protecting environmental resources. Binh Thuan strives to become a key tourist destination of the country and the Central Highlands, an important stop on the " Heritage Road" tourist route.

Central region" and is one pole of the tourism development triangle Phan Thiet - Da Lat - Ho Chi Minh City.

To specify the content of the Resolution of the 12th Provincial Party Congress on tourism development, the Provincial People's Committee has issued many documents directing departments, branches and localities in the province to deploy and implement such as:

- Action program to implement Resolution 19 - NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Committee on tourism development until 2010;

- Plan to implement Conclusion 01- KL/TU of the Provincial Party Committee on tourism development in Binh Thuan province in 2007;

- Plan to organize cultural festivals to serve tourism development in Binh Thuan province;

- Plan to upgrade Ham Tien-Mui Ne tourist area;

- Decision No. 369/QD-UBND on implementing the Project on training, fostering and developing human resources for tourism in Binh Thuan for the period 2010 - 2015, with a vision to 2020.

In 2009, the Provincial People's Committee issued a Plan to implement Directive No. 29-CT/TW of the Secretariat on continuing to promote the implementation of Resolution 41-NQ/TW of the Politburo "on environmental protection during the period of accelerating industrialization and modernization of the country" in Binh Thuan province. The Provincial People's Committee directed sectors and levels to effectively implement approved development plans and projects, and complete incentive policies to mobilize maximum domestic and foreign investment capital in socio-economic fields, including tourism services.

Among the foreign direct investment projects in Binh Thuan that were still in effect until December 2010, the hotel and tourism sectors received the largest amount of investment. The investment capital for the hotel and tourism sectors accounted for the highest proportion (see chart 2.3).

In recent years, with the great efforts and determination of all levels and sectors; Binh Thuan tourism has had quite comprehensive development. The outstanding results are: Tourism development planning has been actively implemented, tourism potential has been exploited better and better; investment in construction and upgrading of infrastructure serving tourism

Tourism continues to be promoted. A number of key tourist areas of the province have been gradually formed, in which the Ham Tien - Mui Ne - Hon Rom tourism brand has become increasingly known to domestic and international tourists.


Table 2.10: Foreign direct investment in BT still in effect until 2010



Category


Project Number

Registered capital

Legal capital

Million USD

Total investment capital by industry

74

1,081.07

304.55

Agriculture, Forestry

8

26.01

12.49

Aquaculture

9

13.47

6.60

Industrial

17

74.56

26.49

Build

3

2.80

1.50

Hotel, travel

31

946.71

251.07

Culture, Sports, Health, Education

6

17.53

6.40

Source: Binh Thuan Statistics Office


Project quantity structure

Registered capital structure

8% 11%

12%


23%

2% 2% 1%

0%

7%


Legal capital structure

9% 1% Aquaculture Industry Construction

82% Hotels, tourism

Culture, sports

sports, health, education

4%

Chart 2.3: Foreign direct investment in BT still in effect until 2010

Data source: Binh Thuan Statistics Office

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