Also attending were Politburo member, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; Leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, departments, ministries, branches, central unions, artists and artists' family members were awarded this title.
Awarding the title of People's Artist at the ceremony, with feelings of respect and admiration, President Vo Van Thuong sent to the artists and their families his cordial greetings and good wishes. best
President Vo Van Thuong pointed out that the thousands-year history of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people can be considered the history of formation and development of culture and art. Through labor, building and defending the country, Vietnamese people have created good cultural values and unique art forms to reflect the rhythms of labor, solidarity, and love. love, courage in fighting against natural disasters, enemy attacks and beautiful dreams about life. Art and culture from a form of social consciousness have transformed into material strength to help our people overcome countless difficulties and challenges, defeat all invading enemies, liberate the country, and restore the country. about one relationship, working together to heal the wounds of war, building new people and new lives.
Referring to the endless source of inspiration for the team of artists, the innovation career over the past 40 years and the country's great achievements of historical significance, the President evaluated artists in each art form. with its own language and methods of expression, it has created many good works, making cultural and artistic life increasingly rich in color, vividly reflecting the country's great innovation practice, nurturing the soul, guiding people to the good values of truth, goodness, and beauty, making an important contribution to building the spiritual foundation of society.
The President acknowledged and appreciated the creative working spirit of generations of artists. The Party, State and people have had many ways to praise and honor artists. The titles "People's Artist" and "Artist of Merit" are honorable and noble titles of the Party and State awarded to individuals with many contributions, contributions and long-term commitment in the field of culture. , art; have intelligence and dignity, wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly, devotedly serve the people, and contribute to the revolutionary cause; accepted, loved, and admired by the public.
The President emphasized that People's Artists and Meritorious Artists are truly "the country's precious capital", regardless of age or ethnic background, they have made valuable contributions to Vietnamese culture. Nam, making an important contribution to the country's great and historically significant achievements.
“In this solemn ceremony, we together pay tribute to the generations of talented artists who have contributed and sacrificed for the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation; Together, we dedicate the most precious, deepest, and most sincere feelings to the artists who are always dedicated and dedicated to their profession, with their artistic talent, love of people, love of country, and responsibility to the Organization. country and its people, labor and creativity persistently, actively contributing to the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland; Among them, there are artists who are no longer around to hear their names announced at this Honor Ceremony." – The President said.
The President stated clearly that the country is in a new stage of development with increasing fortune, potential, position and international prestige, vision and aspiration to develop the country to prosperity and happiness, from which requires strongly promoting the strength of Vietnamese culture and people. Culture plays the role of a social spiritual foundation, an important pillar in sustainable development, and art is "a very important, especially delicate field of culture, an essential need, expressing human aspirations for truth, goodness, and beauty; one of the great driving forces that directly contributes to building the spiritual foundation of society and the comprehensive development of Vietnamese people."
With that importance, the President sets the task for this field to promote the good values of Vietnamese human culture, foster citizen qualities, and Vietnamese human qualities in the new era. Encourage aspirations and the will to rise, arouse optimism, passion for work, responsibility, discipline, and creativity; upholding national pride, the spirit of great solidarity, the will to be self-reliant, self-reliant and the aspiration to develop Vietnam to become increasingly rich and strong, with an increasingly civilized and progressive society.
The President reminded the team of cultural and artistic activities to constantly innovate, explore and experiment with new methods of expression suitable to Vietnamese culture, reaching out to the region and the world, with many good works, conveying good, humane values, meeting the people's increasing need for cultural enjoyment, narrowing the gap in cultural enjoyment between urban and rural areas, and between regions. creating strong changes in social development management, implementing social progress and justice, improving the quality of life and happiness index of Vietnamese people.
President Vo Van Thuong emphasized that our Party and State always affirm: "Literary and artistic talents are precious assets of the nation", taking care to discover, foster, value and promote literary talents. Education and art are the responsibility of the entire society. The President requested agencies, organizations, ministries, branches and localities to continue to be deeply aware of the role of arts and culture and artists; continue to care, encourage and encourage the country's cultural and artistic activities team to promote their talents, artistic creativity, passionately contribute to their social responsibilities and civic obligations, and make many contributions. further into the cause of developing an advanced Vietnamese culture, rich in national identity, building and protecting the Fatherland.
Besides, there are appropriate policies to take care of artists, ensuring that artists can make a living from their profession. Appreciate the work of fostering young talents, especially in traditional art fields where there is a shortage of next generation.
The President noted the need to respect the artistic creativity and creative freedom of artists, and promote a healthy democratic life. Create favorable conditions and environments, encourage artists to penetrate reality, engage in the vast and vivid reality of social life, discover and exploit the values and beauty of the country and its people. Vietnamese people, bringing traditional arts forward with the times, spreading love for life and beautiful, great aspirations of the entire nation. Along with that, we encourage artists to participate in foreign cultural activities, bringing the image, country and people of Vietnam to friends around the world, enhancing the appeal of Vietnamese national culture, continuing to Collect the quintessence of human culture, enriching the richness of Vietnamese culture.
In particular, it is necessary to promptly honor and reward the artists' contributions and labor. Carefully review to consider and award the title of People's Artist and Meritorious Artist to artists with outstanding and worthy artistic talents but have not been honored.
The President believes that generations of artists with rich and diverse creative abilities and passionate love for the Fatherland, deep attachment to the people, and the cause of innovation led by the Party will create many good works, with high ideological and artistic value, of contemporary significance, building a social spiritual foundation, making even greater contributions on the nation's journey forward.
During the 10th awarding of the title of People's Artist and Meritorious Artist, the President signed a Decision to award and posthumously award the title "People's Artist" to 125 Meritorious Artists; awarded and posthumously awarded the title of "Elite Artist" to 264 artists.
Among them, the oldest People's Artist is artist Hung Minh, a Ho Chi Minh City opera actor, born in 1930); The youngest artists are Hoai Thu (Hanoi Cheo Theater), Ho Ngoc Trinh (Long An Cai Luong Theater, born in 1984). The oldest Meritorious Artist is artist Nguyen Quy Hai (Military Drama Theater, born in 1932); The youngest artist is Vu Thanh Tuan (Vietnam Circus Federation, born in 1990).
The work of awarding the titles "People's Artist" and "Artist of Merit" has contributed to motivating and encouraging artists, especially young artists who are passionate about creating, performing art, and creating art. produce many valuable programs, plays, and performances to serve the people.
