Investing in culture is on par with the mission of "lighting the way"

- Through studying the draft Political Report to be presented to the 14th National Party Congress, Mr. Hoang Van Pao, former Director of the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chairman of the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Culture - Society of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee proposed to add a number of contents and solutions on the development of Vietnamese culture and people in the new period.

Mr. Hoang Van Pao studies the draft Political Report to be presented to the 14th National Congress of the Party.

Mr. Hoang Van Pao affirmed: The Draft Political Report with its innovative structure and content demonstrates the spirit of looking straight at the truth, objectively assessing the situation, on that basis proposing guiding viewpoints, national development goals, orientations, key tasks and breakthrough solutions for rapid and sustainable development of the country, demonstrating the strong aspiration of the nation.

Regarding the direction and tasks of "Strongly and comprehensively developing Vietnamese culture and people" in section V of the draft, Mr. Pao said that this document proposes active cooperation and cultural promotion when emphasizing "Proactively and actively cooperating and promoting the image of the country, cultural values ​​and Vietnamese people to the world". Thereby, it is clear that culture not only serves the country, but is also a diplomatic "bridge", a means of conveying national identity and creating attraction with international friends. The draft document also emphasizes the role of human subjects in the development process, the draft not only considers human subjects as the ultimate goal, but also the center, subject, and main resource of development.

According to Mr. Pao, the draft needs to be supplemented and completed to truly become a strategic orientation with high feasibility. He said: There needs to be a clear solution to overcome the situation of inadequate investment in culture, thereby ensuring investment in this field is on par with the mission of "lighting the way". In particular, the draft needs to supplement the mechanism to encourage public-private cooperation and socialization, as well as clearly define the responsibility for resource allocation of each level and each sector; at the same time, there needs to be a stronger policy for the development of digital culture and cultural industry.

In addition, in the context of social networks becoming a living space for young people, there needs to be a code of conduct on cyberspace to form new standards, while encouraging the creation of positive content. For the cultural industry, the draft should clearly identify priority areas such as: film, music , design, fashion, cultural tourism... and provide specific support mechanisms.

The draft also needs to clarify the mechanism for employing talents, promoting the role of creative forces, supplementing the mechanism for training, fostering, employing, protecting creative copyrights, and encouraging young people in the field of creative industries. At the same time, the draft needs to further clarify the strategy for cultural diplomacy and building national soft power, and more strongly mention the building of a national cultural brand.

Mr. Pao expressed: To achieve the goals and tasks of developing Vietnamese culture and people in the new period, not only stopping at political orientation but also going deep into life, there needs to be synchronous and drastic solutions. The document can only come into life when it is concretized by mechanisms, resources and actions to ensure that "Developing human resources and developing culture truly becomes the foundation, endogenous strength, and great driving force for the rapid and sustainable development of the country", as in the key task stated in part XV of the draft political report.

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