Delivering the opening speech, Mr. Pham Quang Ngoc - Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee said: The life and career of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang are always closely associated with the process of unifying the country, forming the first centralized feudal state in the history of the nation, giving birth to the national name Dai Co Viet, strongly affirming the will to revive the nation, based on the spirit of independence, autonomy, self-reliance and self-strengthening.

The great historical stature, the aspiration for independence, unification, and building a strong nation of Dinh Tien Hoang associated with the national name Dai Co Viet, with the role and position of the capital Hoa Lu has become an invaluable asset of our nation. To show gratitude for his merits, the people and state institutions of all periods have built a temple in the ancient palace area. The Hoa Lu festival is held annually, and to this day is still a unique and distinctive cultural and spiritual activity of the people of the ancient capital Ninh Binh. This is a meeting place for people and domestic and international tourists, a place to express respect to the ancestors, heroes who have contributed to building and defending the country and has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage since 2014.

The Party Committee, Government and People of Ninh Binh province always attach importance to, preserve and promote the good values ​​of Hoa Lu festival as preserving the sacred soul of the thousand-year-old ancient capital, so that the great career of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang will always live forever with time and the mountains and rivers of Vietnam.

Continuing the glorious historical tradition, in recent years, Ninh Binh province has made comprehensive and remarkable progress in all fields. The potential and strengths of the province, especially in terms of culture, history and natural landscapes, are being preserved and promoted, serving the socio-economic development, determined to turn Ninh Binh into a domestic and regional tourism center, so that Ninh Binh can develop rapidly and sustainably, worthy of the long history of the capital.

Within the framework of the program, Mr. Doan Minh Huan - Secretary of Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee beat the drum to open Hoa Lu festival in 2024.

At the program, delegates enjoyed an art program with the theme 'Mission of the Imperial Capital' including chapter 1: Unifying the country, proclaiming the Emperor, reviving the nation and chapter 2: New day Ninh Binh, the flow of the country.