# 11 - Hoang Thi Kieu Mo

gửi bởi **Tocxu** » Thứ 2 Tháng 6 02, 2008 10:35 pm

Topic: Introduce your hometown to your friend or a foreigner who is visiting Quảng Bình.

Welcome to Quảng Bình province- a gentle and hospitable region. We are on the tour around Quảng Bình. This tour not only takes all of you to seven districts of Quảng Bình to know more about its beauty, but also provides you with the information about its people, culture, economy, education and other fields.
Quảng Bình is located 100km north of Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) (in the anti-U.S war), about 170km north of Hue and 488km south of Hanoi. With this position, Quảng Bình is in the Middle of Việt Nam, the region full of sunshine and wind.
The factor most important factor to make Quang Bình province wonderful like this Today is people. Born in a severe area, Quảng Bình people are simple and sincere. Quảng Bình people are not only industrious but also intelligent. They master a gentle life, which is neither noisy nor complex, but they make a heroic province. Although Quảng Bình is one of the provinces which suffered from the war with tons of bombs and Agent Orange, if you visit Quảng Bình now, you will be very impressed with its dramatic change. No longer in any destructive plight, Quảng Bình now becomes a beautiful province with a lot of successes. You will see this in the achievements Quảng Bình has got in the last few years.

The first thing I want to tell you is the economy. As you know, Quảng Bình province is located in the Middle area that has to suffer a lot of natural calamities such as flood, storm, or even draught. Moreover, the terrain of high mountains and small, narrow deltas hinders Quảng Bình from growing its economy. Despite that, Quảng Bình people have made a lot of remarkable achievements so far. Do you see the construction over there? It is the thermoelectricity factory La Trong which is being built by Limited Liability responsibility company Truong Thinh When completed, it will provide electricity for all corners inside province as well as export to our neighboring country: Laos. Do not stop there, Quảng Bình province is also establishing more and more business centers, such as the industrial zone in North West Dong Hoi, Hon La Harbour as well as many other factories, mills, and companies. These organizations will push up the economic development of Quảng Bình. According to the Quảng Bình people’s committee, at present, there are 1054 enterprises with the total capital is 1865 billion VND. As a Quảng Bình citizen, I am proud that there are two businesses being awarded with “Sao Vang Dat Viet” for their successes. Furthermore, Quảng Bình is gradually improving the investment environment, simplifying the administrative procedure as well as encouraging factories to apply the technology, science into production so that they can compete with both inland and foreign businesses. With the economy development of Quảng Bình now, I hope it will be one of the most developed provinces of our country.
Secondly, education is the thing I am going to tell you. As you know, Quảng Bình is a poor province and does not have much good condition for this field. In the past, many pupils had to leave schools because of their poverty. However, nowadays, when the economy more and more develops, all children have the opportunity to go to schools. In Quảng Bình, a lot of people have been successful in their lives thanks to education. Do you know Le Vu Hoang, the poor pupil who overcame his situation to get the winner in show game “The way to Olympia peak” by VTV3, in 2006. He is the idol of every generation of pupils in Quảng Bình. Do you know Luu Anh Tien, the captain of Robocon team which brought glory to Việt Nam from “Asia Pacific Robot contest” in Malaysia. He may be the idol of not only Quảng Bình students but also the entire Vietnamese community. Besides that, many many other people bring fame to Quảng Bình province as well as the whole country.
At the moment, Quảng Bình is planning to construct more and more schools, especially in harsh districts such as Minh Hoa, Tuyen Hoa so that every child can go to school. Last year, Quảng Bình College of Teaching Training became Quảng Bình University, this matter has shown that there is an obvious advance in Quảng Bình education. I hope that with its attempt, Quảng Bình will have a significant position in Vietnamese national educational system.

The third is tourism. Quảng Bình tourism is one of the fields which contributes the most to the province's income. You know, Quảng Bình is the home to a lot of attractions such as Nhat Le river, Bang hot Spring, and specially, Phong Nha Cave and Phong Nha Ke Bang national Park which were recognized as a natural world heritage by UNESCO in 2003 and 2007. Phong Nha grotto system is really a natural attraction because of its amazing natural beauty: it has the longest underground river in the world, with plenty of different formations of stones, the largest cavern and the widest and prettiest sand banks. Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park is really a pristine forest with hundreds of wild and rare animals and plants. Not only that, Phong Nha cave is famous for its legend and its role in the wars. Phong Nha was the place where our soldiers used to shelter in the two wars. Therefore, Phong Nha is not only meaningful in tourism but also in history. Besides, Nhat Le sea with blue water and powdery white sand is another attractive place for hundreds of tourists. With the natural beauty-spot, Quảng Bình travel agency has plans to better develop tourism of province. At present, the Quảng Bình people’s committee is concentrating on how to improve the quality of service so that more and more travelers will visit Quảng Bình. Moreover, Quảng Bình has many kinds of cuisine such as Banh Loc, Chao Canh, Banh Xeo, etc., and as well as many other tasty dishes. These dishes also make a lot of people visit and know more about Quảng Bình.
As a result of the wars, Quảng Bình has a part of Hồ Chí Minh Trail. This Trail is very meaningful because of its importance in the American Resistance War. It was the way that we transported food and goods to our soldiers the South battlefield. Nowadays, with the development of economy, Việt Nam Government has upgraded it to be a highway through North to South. To possess a part of Hồ Chí Minh Street, Quảng Bình will have a chance to grow its economy through business and tourism.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have just visited Quảng Bình province, my hometown. Maybe my introduction is not perfect yet, but I have said with all of my knowledge and passion. I actually hope Quảng Bình will more and more develop; and of course, I hope all of you are satisfied with my introduction.
Thank you for listening.