Bac Ninh obtains 68 medals at international and national tournaments

One match of the 9^th National Fencing Championships taken place in Bac Ninh

Typically, athlete Do Tu Tung (Weightlifting), with the achievement of 128kg, has excelled the world record in the competition of the clean and jerk. Kinh Bac women volleyball team, for the first time, captured the crown of the Kinh Bac Women's Volleyball Championships - the IMP Cup 2018, and at the same time successfully win the group stage (Group A) with 4 successive victories at the National A-Class Volleyball Tournament in 2018 in Vinh Phuc.

The movement of all people building the cultural life in residential areas has achieved many positive results, contributing to the implementation of the national target program on building new rural areas of the province. Up to now, 90.8% of families won the title "Cultural Family ", 89.5% of villages and streets got the title "Cultural villages, streets", 75.3% of communes met new rural standards, 48.3% of wards and towns satisfied urban civilization standards, while 86.5% of agencies, units and enterprises met cultural standards.

During the first 06 months, the programs of Quan ho folksong singing on boats has attracted special attention of the people in and outside the province and deserved an important mark to introduce and promote the beauty and unique culture of the homeland of Bac Ninh - Kinh Bac, contributing to the preservation of the world cultural heritage value. Furthermore, Bac Ninh also held the honoring ceremony for artisans of Bac Ninh’s intangible cultural heritage in 2017, the 70^th anniversary of Uncle Ho's call for patriotic emulation (June 11^th, 1948-2018) and so on.

Regarding a number of key tasks in the last 06 months of the year, the Culture, Sports and Tourism sector will go on carrying out commitment to UNESCO on preserving and promoting the value of world cultural heritages, publish the book of "National Treasures of Bac Ninh province", organize photo exhibition to commemorate the 60^th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s 5 visits to Bac Ninh, advise provincial leaders to organize the 110^th birthday of Mr. Ngo Gia Tu (December 3^rd, 1908 - 2018) and the 8^th Bac Ninh Sports and Physical Training Festival in 2018, and other national and international sport events in the province.