Associate Professor, Dr. Do Van Tru re-elected as Chairman of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association for the 2025-2030 term

VHO - On November 16, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association held its 5th Congress for the 2025-2030 term, with the participation of nearly 200 delegates representing nearly 11,700 members operating in 185 grassroots organizations under the Association.

Speaking at the opening of the Congress, Associate Professor Dr. Do Van Tru, Chairman of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association, term IV (2020-2025) affirmed: The 5th Congress of Delegates of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association, term 2025-2030, is an extremely important milestone, of special significance in the process of building and developing the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association.

Congress scene

The Association is a voluntary professional social organization of Vietnamese citizens and organizations, operating in the field of cultural heritage or with a passion for cultural heritage, aiming to gather and unite members, protect legitimate rights, support each other to operate effectively and contribute to protecting and promoting the value of the nation's cultural heritage.

The Congress becomes even more meaningful as it takes place on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh signing the first Decree on cultural heritage preservation (November 23, 1945 - November 23, 2025) and the 20th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23, 2025).

Reporting on the activities of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association for the fourth term (2020-2025), Dr. Nguyen The Hung, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association, said: The first two years of the fourth term took place during the Covid-19 period. Recently, the merger of provinces and cities and the two-level government model, along with the situation of floods and natural disasters, also had a certain impact on some provincial and city-level associations.

Associate Professor, Dr. Do Van Tru re-elected as Chairman of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association for the 2025-2030 term

However, the Association has always made efforts, been flexible, and had many practical activities to protect and promote the value of national cultural heritage, suitable to the actual situation in localities.

The Association has organized and coordinated many seminars and workshops on current issues of cultural heritage that are of social concern such as: building policy mechanisms; assessing and identifying heritage values; heritage communication and education ; protecting cultural heritage associated with sustainable development...

The Association also actively participates in many cultural heritage events of the country. The Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund has organized many events and activities in the field of cultural heritage such as: the event "Innovation and conservation of heritage in the digital world "; signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tiktok on heritage communication; organized seminars on heritage in the digital world; exhibitions of heritage paintings, digitized treasures...

Delegates attending the Congress

In general, the work of building the Association, propaganda, consulting, social criticism, communication, organizing cultural heritage activities... of the Association during the past term has developed in both breadth and depth.

The Association has increasingly contributed effectively to the cause of protecting and promoting the value of cultural heritage, enhancing its position and prestige, establishing good relationships between the Association and relevant agencies and units, creating consensus and high support for the Association's activities.

However, in addition to the achieved results, the activities of the Association in the past term still have some limitations such as: the reporting system from the grassroots to the Central Association has not been established; the effectiveness in the activities of some Association organizations is still not high; the development of Association organizations at the provincial and city levels is slow and uneven.

On the basis of promoting advantages, limiting disadvantages, and continuing to strengthen the Association in all aspects, in the 5th term (2025-2030), the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association determined to focus on a number of main tasks:

Continue to strengthen and develop the Association in both quantity and quality; Actively organize and participate in activities to protect and promote the value of cultural heritage; Strengthen social criticism through organizing conferences, seminars, and discussions on issues related to cultural heritage that are of social concern.

In addition, the Association will also further promote propaganda work, improve the quality of the Association's mouthpiece; Promote the activities of the Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund, research and apply science and technology to the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage values; Continue to develop more member associations at the provincial and municipal levels; Expand domestic and international cooperation in the protection and promotion of cultural heritage values; Improve emulation and reward work.

The presentations and opinions at the Workshop emphasized the achievements of the Association and proposed many solutions to further promote the role of the Association in the cause of protecting and promoting the value of Vietnamese cultural heritage.

Art performance to welcome the Congress

The Congress elected the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association for the 5th term (2025-2030) consisting of 75 members and elected the Inspection Committee of 5 members. The 1st Executive Committee meeting of the 5th term elected the Standing Committee of the Association consisting of 13 members.

Associate Professor Dr. Do Van Tru was elected as President of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association for the 5th term. The Vice Presidents of the Association include: Dr. Nguyen The Hung - General Secretary of the Association, MSc. To Van Dong, MSc. Trinh Thanh Giang.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/van-hoa/pgsts-do-van-tru-tai-dac-cu-chu-tich-hoi-di-san-van-hoa-viet-nam-nhiem-ky-20252030-181853.html