“Meeting points” connecting the community

The joy of new construction

The Nam Giang 1 residential group cultural house ( Bac Giang ward) was completed and put into use in early 2024, with a modern design with 250 seats, a courtyard with a sturdy dome roof and convenient auxiliary items. The total construction cost of the project is more than 4.2 billion VND, of which the local budget supports 3.5 billion VND, the rest is contributed by the people and benefactors. Ms. Ha Thi Sap, Secretary of the residential group Party Cell, said: "Previously, the old cultural house was cramped, degraded, and could not meet the needs of community activities. With the attention and investment from superiors, the people are very excited and ready to contribute more funds to complete the project soon."

Tan Thiep village cultural house (Lang Giang commune) meets the needs of community activities.

Nowadays, cultural houses are not only places for meetings and propaganda of the Party and State's policies, but also spaces for activities, cultural exchanges, sports practice, and improving people's health and spiritual life.

Going back to the previous period, implementing the Project on developing the system of grassroots cultural and sports institutions for the period 2022-2024, the People's Committee of Bac Giang city (old) has arranged a budget to support up to 95% of the cost of building new cultural houses (not exceeding 3.5 billion VND/project) and 2 billion VND/repair project. In 3 years, the locality has built and repaired 127 cultural houses and 30 sports fields with a total cost of nearly 530 billion VND. At the same time, wards and communes actively mobilized socialization, each household contributed an average of 300 - 800 thousand VND; many businesses and philanthropists supported equipment and supplies for activities.

Ms. Le Thi Kiem, Chairwoman of Tan Tien Ward People's Committee said: "Along with the State budget, the locality proactively arranged land funds and mobilized additional resources to build and expand cultural and sports facilities. Currently, all residential groups in the ward have spacious cultural houses with synchronous equipment, well meeting the needs of community activities."

In recent years, localities in the province have prioritized funding for building new, renovating and upgrading cultural houses in wards, communes, villages and residential groups. For example, in Bac Giang province (old), over the past 10 years, from the state budget, national target programs and socialization, the commune level has allocated more than 440 billion VND to build new and repair 166 cultural houses; the village level has been allocated more than 1.8 trillion VND to upgrade and build more than 1.8 thousand cultural houses. By June 2025, most villages, hamlets and residential groups in the province will have cultural houses, of which nearly 95% of the works meet the standards according to the criteria of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism .

With the open, transparent approach and skillful mobilization of the village, residential group, people and businesses enthusiastically responded, contributed and donated money to build the projects. Typically, in Buoi village (Cam Ly commune), in addition to the State budget, people also contributed more than 1 billion VND to build a multi-purpose cultural house with full equipment. At Lai residential group (Viet Yen ward), the new cultural house with a playground and a large, beautiful campus was quickly completed. The project was jointly built by the State and the People.

For Bac Ninh (old), by early 2025, the whole province had nearly 84% of village and neighborhood cultural houses meeting standards. Typically, Chi Ho village (Tan Chi commune) received a large investment to build a cultural - sports complex on an area of 30,000 m², including a cultural house with 500 seats, a regulating lake, a football field, badminton, volleyball court... At the same time, the province has built 11 quan ho houses in quan ho villages, creating a unique cultural space, a place to preserve and spread precious heritage. The province's policies and projects for developing cultural and sports institutions have been concretized through many stages, contributing to mobilizing resources and gradually upgrading the system of cultural and sports institutions at the grassroots level.

Actively participate in activities and spread the movement

The increasingly modern system of cultural and sports institutions not only changes the appearance of rural and urban areas but also promotes the strong development of the cultural and sports movement at the grassroots level. According to the Department of Culture and Family Management (Bac Ninh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism), villages and residential groups have completed the management board to manage and develop regulations for the organization and operation of cultural houses. About 60% of cultural houses are open daily to serve community activities. Most of the works are exploited and have good use functions, not only as places for meetings and propaganda of the Party and State's policies and guidelines, but also as places for children to play, for teenagers to play volleyball and soccer; for women and the elderly to practice health exercises, dance, and participate in cultural and artistic activities.

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Ninh, in the coming time, wards and communes need to invest in key areas, not spread out so that the system of cultural and sports institutions can meet the prescribed standards. Villages, hamlets and residential groups need to increase the efficiency of management and use of facilities, diversify activities, improve the quality of cultural, artistic and sports movements at the grassroots level, and attract people to participate.

In Chi Ho village, Tan Chi commune, the cultural and sports complex is bustling every day with football clubs, volleyball, health care, folk dance, Quan Ho singing, poetry exchange... Ms. Do Thi Ho, Head of the Elderly Health Care Club of the village shared: "With a spacious and clean living space, more than 100 club members maintain regular practice, both to improve health and strengthen relationships. The cultural, artistic and sports movements of the village are developing strongly, the spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved".

The spacious facilities have created conditions for nearly 4,000 clubs, mass art troupes and more than 3,800 sports and physical training clubs in the province to operate actively. Many projects have become "common houses" for meetings, organizing funerals and weddings, helping people save costs and build a civilized lifestyle. Thereby contributing to improving the quality of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life". In 2024, Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces (old) both have more than 94% of villages and residential groups recognized as cultural.

In the coming time, Bac Ninh province will continue to invest synchronously in the system of cultural and sports institutions, especially in difficult areas. At the same time, priority will be given to building traditional art theaters, high-quality cinemas and cultural institutions in industrial parks. Along with the state budget, the province advocates promoting socialization to increase investment resources and maximize operational efficiency. According to the leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, localities need to invest in a focused and key manner, not spread out so that the system of cultural and sports institutions meets the prescribed standards. The sector will strengthen training and fostering for the staff working in culture and sports at the grassroots level to improve awareness, professional qualifications, skills, and the ability to advise and organize attractive and effective activities. Wards and communes direct and guide villages, hamlets and residential groups to increase the effectiveness of management and use of works, diversify activities, improve the quality of cultural and artistic movements at the grassroots level, and attract a large number of people to participate.

Vi Le Thanh

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