Putting culture at the center of national development strategy

The Party and the State need to consider cultural development as the focus and spiritual foundation of society. Cultural policies must create real changes in thinking, mechanisms, resources and methods.

Comrade Cao Thi Hien, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Ha Dong commune.

Over the years, our country's culture has achieved many important achievements, contributing to consolidating the spiritual foundation of society, cultivating national identity and improving people's knowledge, training human resources for national development. Movements to build cultural life, preserve heritage, traditional art forms and develop contemporary art have built a new culture that is both imbued with national identity and contemporary, creating a clear change in social life and people's awareness.

However, compared to the country's requirements for rapid and sustainable development, culture has not yet truly become an endogenous strength and key driving force. Some limitations still exist, requiring continued and more comprehensive innovation. The system of national values, the system of cultural and family values ​​and the standards of Vietnamese people are slow to be established and concretized, leading to the cultural and human foundation not being able to create widespread influence and deep connections in social life.

Investment resources for culture are still low and scattered, the development of cultural industry and cultural services is not commensurate with potential. The cultural market operates slowly, the cultural environment is not healthy in some places, and signs of degradation in ethics and lifestyle still occur. State management of cultural, belief and religious activities is still inadequate and sometimes lax. Access to and enjoyment of cultural values ​​between regions and social classes still has significant differences.

I hope that entering the new term, the Party and the State need to consider cultural development as the focus, the spiritual foundation of society. Cultural policies must create real changes in thinking, mechanisms, resources and methods. Resolutely put people with qualities, intelligence and personality at the center of the country's development strategy, so that culture, along with education, becomes the driving force to spread, guide and elevate the nation in the new era.

CAO THI HIEN, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Ha Dong Commune

Source: https://baohaiphong.vn/dat-van-hoa-o-vi-tri-trung-tam-trong-chien-luoc-phat-trien-quoc-gia-524831.html