2022 Culture Workshop opens in Bac Ninh

Chairman of National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (2nd from the right), Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong (3rd from the right) and leaders of the Party, State and Bac Ninh province attend the exhibition entitled “History of Bac Ninh Province through World Documentary Heritage”.

The event attracted the participation of 800 delegates from many ministries, sectors, and localities as well as experts, scientists, managers, artists, and representatives from domestic and international organisations in the field of culture.

In particular, the workshop saw the presence of Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia, and others.

In his opening speech, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man emphasised that in the past struggle for national liberation and current national development, the Vietnamese Party and State have always attached importance to building and developing Vietnamese culture and people.

The Party guidelines, State policies and laws on the development of Vietnamese culture and people have been more and more perfect, manifested in important documents since the Party was established, he said.

He asked delegates to review the enforcement of the Party resolutions, State policies and laws in the field, the mobilisation of resources to cultural preservation and development, thus offering suggestions to the effort.

Following the one-day event, a report will be submitted to the Politburo, the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, the National Assembly, Government, ministries, agencies and localities to serve policymaking in the field, he said.

The delegates discussed the Party's guidelines and orientations to fine-tune institutions and policies, and mobilize resources for building a Vietnamese culture of "nationality, democracy, and humanity, and science”. They also proposed solutions to preserve and promote cultural values of ethnic minorities and reviewed the implementation of the Cultural Diplomacy Strategy.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, said: “Institutional improvement should pay special attention to cultural leadership, management, and development. The State perfects the legal framework, creates a development environment, uses tools and policies to regulate the development of cultural fields, ensures the right to create and enjoy culture of all people. Cultural development always starts from the people, who are the center, the beneficiaries, the organizers of cultural activities, the providers of services, and the implementers of the State's policies and laws.”

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia said: “It is necessary to shape cultural management methods, harmonize social and economic efficiency, and ensure the ultimate goal of serving the interests of the community and people. Cultural economic policies should be improved to develop a healthy cultural market and a cultural industry. It’s important to produce many high-quality cultural products with high artistic value and great influence to contribute to national construction and innovation, and spread the good values of the Party and the Vietnamese nation and people.”

The same day, the delegates listened to reports on building and fine-tuning institutions and policies and mobilizing resources for cultural development. They discussed international experience in cultural policies and measurement in sustainable development and connecting and allocating resources for cultural development.