A musical programme celebrating the inauguration of Ho Guom Opera (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) - Ho Guom Opera of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) was unveiled in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 9.
The theatre is expected to be connected with existing cultural facilities, historical relic sites, and landscapes of Hanoi to form a cultural complex around Hoan Kiem Lake (also called Ho Guom, or Sword Lake), helping with local culture, tourism, and socio-economic development.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, PM Chinh stressed that the Party always attaches importance to the role of culture, which is the spiritual foundation of the society, the target and momentum of national development, and also holds an important role in the formation of human dignity and national identity.
He considered the building of the Ho Guom Opera as a demonstration of the special attention from the Central Public Security Party Committee, MPS leaders, and the Hanoi People’s Committee to cultural affairs, thus helping implement the Party and State’s viewpoints and guidelines on culture.
Inside Ho Guom Opera (Photo: VietnamPlus) The theatre is an ideal destination for Hanoians and people nationwide to enjoy the arts, he said, asking the MPS to manage and run the facility effectively so that it can become a key structure of the people’s public security force and Hanoi.
The PM ordered the MPS to enhance the opera’s cooperation with others across Vietnam and in the world while training to improve the staff’s capacity so as to high-quality art programmes.
He also told ministries and sectors, especially the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi authorities, to work with the MPS to connect Ho Guom Opera with other cultural structures to help popularise the culture and tourism of Hanoi and Vietnam at large.
PM Pham Minh Chinh delivers a speech at the inauguration ceremony. (Photo: VietnamPlus) In addition, the PM highly valued the theatre’s accessible design for people with disabilities and special disadvantages, saying that it helps ensure no one is left behind in benefiting from national development.
In his remarks, Minister of Pubic Security Gen. To Lam said the theatre came as a result of the MPS and Hanoi’s efforts to create a high-end cultural facility to help carry out the Party and State’s policies on culture and contribute to local development.
Ho Guom Opera will be home to the enjoyment of the cultural arts for not only public security officers but also people in the capital city and nationwide, he noted, adding that it will become a cultural and tourism symbol of Hanoi and Vietnam in the near future.
Ho Guom Opera is a new cultural facility of Hanoi expected to meet the public’s cultural enjoyment demand. (Photo: VietnamPlus) Olivier Ochanine, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Sun Symphony Orchestra, considered the theatre opening as a special moment for the performing arts of Hanoi and Vietnam.
He held that Ho Guom Opera features the best-quality sound system in Vietnam able to serve all types of performance, from rock to symphonic music.
| Ho Guom Opera, located at 40 - 40A Hang Bai street in Hoan Kiem district, was built by the MPS and the Hanoi People’s Committee from December 2021. The modern and international-level building includes a 900-seat auditorium, a 500-seat one, a space for exhibitions, an area for conferences and workshops, and a multi-functional zone, among others. It will be a venue for political, cultural, and artistic events of the Party, the State, the MPS, and Hanoi while also serving as an international convention centre./. |
