National Master Program on Development of Vietnamese Culture in 2023-2025 period approved

Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song - Intangible cultural heritage registered by UNESCO.

The Program covers all localities nationwide and a number of countries sharing long-standing cultural relations with Viet Nam, focusing on the areas of cultural heritage, fundamental culture, performing arts, fine arts, photography and exhibitions, cinema, libraries, training, ethnic culture, culture for external relations, and cultural industry.

Major tasks and solutions put forth in the Program include completing the legal and policy system regarding culture; sustainably preserving and promoting national cultural values; improving the efficiency of cultural institutions; building a healthy cultural environment and enhancing the spiritual life of people.

At the same time, the Program will also concentrate on developing a contingent of artists and intellectuals, personnel training in cultural areas, promoting Vietnamese cultural and art products with high values, and spreading the image of Viet Nam, and its people and culture to the world. 

Specifically, the Program will restore and preserve two cultural and natural heritages recognized by UNESCO; 15 special national relic sites that have been degraded, while giving urgent support to the repair of about 150 national relic sites.

National thematic museums and a national center for artifact preservation will be established, while measures to step up the application of IT will also be implemented to speed up digital transformation in protecting and promoting values of cultural heritage.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is in charge of collecting data and reporting the progress of the Program, while summarizing and proposing solutions to tackle obstacles during the implementation of the Program.

Meanwhile, localities are assigned to ensuring capital and land areas for the construction of cultural works.