(BNP) – On the morning of May 13, at Muong Thanh hotel (3/2 Square), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee to organize the exchange conference “Cinema - Connecting Heritage and Tourism of Bac Ninh province” in 2026. Attending and chairing the conference were Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Mai Son; Director General of the Bureau of Cinema under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Tran Cuong.
Overview of the conference.
Also attending were representative leaders from relevant departments and sectors, along with filmmakers, directors, screenwriters, and representatives of typical units operating in the cinema sector.
Delivering the opening speech, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Huu Hung emphasized that the 25th Vietnam Film Festival in 2027 held in Bac Ninh province was an important opportunity to promote the image of the land and people of Kinh Bac to domestic and international friends.
Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Huu Hung opens the conference.
Bac Ninh was proud to possess a massive treasure of heritage with 1,455 relics, 8 UNESCO-recognized heritages, along with a system of craft villages and unique festivals. Located at the northeastern gateway of Hanoi Capital, with a rich cultural heritage system and diverse natural landscapes, Bac Ninh was evaluated as a highly potential “natural studio” for cinema development.
In the context where cinema was increasingly becoming a cultural industry with powerful spillover effects, connecting cinema with heritage and tourism was identified as a strategic direction, contributing to promoting the local socio-economic development.
At the conference, representatives of directors, screenwriters, and filmmakers focused on discussing and clarifying the potential and direction of cooperation with the province. Many opinions suggested that Bac Ninh possessed an abundant source of historical and cultural themes associated with typical figures, suitable for developing valuable cinematic works.
Producer and actress Mai Thu Huyen proposes ideas to incorporate heritage into film projects.
In addition, there were proposals to build a large-scale period film studio linked with tourism development; enhance preferential policies on taxes, fees, and administrative procedures; and step up linkages among producers to improve the quality and efficiency of investment in film projects, etc.
Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Mai Son concludes the conference.
Concluding the conference, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Mai Son emphasized the role of cinema in promoting the cultural image and people of Bac Ninh in particular and Vietnam in general to the world. He assigned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to act as the focal point to build a “cinema ecosystem” and establish a working group to support film crews from location scouting to completing procedures. Along with that, build a digital database of shooting locations and step up the promotion of the local image on media platforms. The province also encouraged and called on investors to study and build professional film studios, step by step forming a cinema production center linked with tourism development.
The province committed to creating the most favorable conditions to attract film crews, including supporting visits to tourist attractions, coordinating with accommodation establishments, ensuring security and order, and mobilizing local people to participate as extras when necessary.
Bac Ninh expected to open up many cooperation opportunities between Bac Ninh and film production units, contributing to effectively exploiting heritage potential, promoting the development of cultural industries and sustainable tourism in the coming time./.
