Encourage creativity and dedication

Literary and artistic creation needs to honor humanistic values ​​and encourage people's creativity and dedication.

On the morning of August 27, at Ton Duc Thang Museum, more than 200 artists, cultural officials, and researchers of Ho Chi Minh City attended the 2025 Literature and Arts Training Conference. The event was organized by the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts.

The region's creative city

The conference revolved around the topic "Literary and artistic creation towards building people in Ho Chi Minh City in the new period" presented by Dr. Trinh Dang Khoa, Chairman of the Council of Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture, and the topic "Managing Ho Chi Minh City's culture and arts in the context of the current 4.0 industrial revolution" conducted by Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Quoc Thang, former Principal of Ho Chi Minh City College of Culture and Arts, Member of the Ho Chi Minh City Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts.

Delegates discuss at the 2025 Literature and Arts Training Conference

Dr. Trinh Dang Khoa believes that with a special urban area like Ho Chi Minh City - where speed, openness and cultural exchange are always at a high level, literary and artistic creation must be close to the lives of the people. Aiming to build a portrait of a kind, creative and sharing Ho Chi Minh City person. The model of a Ho Chi Minh City person cannot be imposed but needs to be cultivated through art and daily cultural practices.

Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Quoc Thang pointed out the opportunities and challenges of cultural and artistic management in the digital environment, when commercialization trends, social networks and AI technology are strongly impacting artistic creation.

When solutions are implemented synchronously, Ho Chi Minh City can turn pressure into leverage, turn the creative energy of the community into soft power to enrich spiritual life, increase social productivity and affirm its position as a creative city in the region.

Urban cultural identity

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi My Liem expressed: "Artists in Ho Chi Minh City need to be clearly aware of their responsibility to the public, in their creation and performance, they need guidance, contributing to shaping the personality and cultural identity of the city after the merger". Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Bich Ha proposed: In the context of the cultural industry being promoted, the management of culture and art must be both directional and encourage creativity. It is necessary to create a development environment for the new, the breakthrough but still maintain traditional values.

Dr. Le Hong Phuoc (University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU-HCM) analyzed that a work of art today is not only received in traditional spaces, but also on social networks and digital platforms. It requires artists to know how to apply technology to bring their works closer to the public, especially the young.

In addition to the two main discussion topics, the 2025 Literature and Arts Training Conference also focused on introducing the contents of the Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Industry Development Strategy to 2035, with a vision to 2045. These long-term orientations contribute to realizing the goal of building Ho Chi Minh City into a leading cultural industry center of the country and the region, where artistic creation is closely linked to social and economic development and urban cultural identity.

Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, emphasized: "This conference is very important for artists and cultural officials to approach the core issues of creative life and art management in the new period. Thereby, contributing to orienting aesthetic tastes, ensuring ideology and humanity in cultural and artistic activities of Ho Chi Minh City".

Source: https://nld.com.vn/khich-le-sang-tao-cong-hien-196250827203719785.htm