Prime Minister approves Strategy for development of Vietnam's cultural industries

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Vietnam's cultural industries include: (1) Cinema; (2) Fine arts, photography and exhibitions; (3) Performing arts; (4) Software and entertainment games; (5) Advertising; (6) Handicrafts; (7) Cultural tourism ; (8) Creative design; (9) Television and radio; (10) Publishing, which are industries that create products combining cultural, creative, technological and intellectual property elements, meeting the people's consumption and cultural enjoyment needs and in line with the goals of international integration and sustainable national development.

Develop cultural industries into important economic sectors, strive for high growth and increase export turnover of cultural industrial products in key and focal areas;

Contribute to promoting and spreading the historical, cultural and human values of Vietnam and affirming the national brand and position in the international arena. Develop the entertainment industry to meet the diverse entertainment needs of people and tourists; strengthen community connections, honor media values and export entertainment industry products to the world .

Target by 2030

Cultural industries achieve an average growth rate of about 10% per year and contribute 7% of the country's GDP.

The labor force in cultural industries increased by an average of 10% per year, accounting for 6% of the total labor force of the economy.

The growth rate in the number of economic establishments operating in cultural industries averages 10% per year.

Strive for an average growth rate of 7% per year in export value of cultural industries.

Strive for most cultural industrial centers, creative spaces, cultural industrial parks, centers, complexes, and creative space complexes to be planned synchronously, invested in modernly, exploiting unique and distinctive values, associated with building local and national product brands.

The film crew interacted with thousands of audiences at Nguyen Hue walking street within the framework of the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival - Photo: HIFF

Target by 2045

Strive for sustainable development of Vietnam's cultural industries , in which revenue contributes 9% of the country's GDP, labor accounts for 8% of the total labor force of the economy, the scale of digital cultural industry products accounts for over 80% of cultural industry products, the growth in export value of cultural industries reaches 9%/year and becomes a developed country in cultural industry and entertainment industry in the Asia region, affirming Vietnam's position on the world cultural industry map.

Development orientation

Develop cultural industries in accordance with the potential, advantages, and development planning of the locality, in accordance with the provincial administrative units arranged according to the decision of competent authorities; develop according to key economic zones;

Select a number of provinces, cities or localities with favorable conditions to play the role of connecting centers, creating momentum for the development of cultural industries in the whole region; strengthen regional and local connectivity, infrastructure systems and cultural institutions.

Developing businesses operating in cultural industries, creating a professional and synchronous ecosystem between creation, production, business, promotion, consumption combined with intellectual property protection.

Build distribution centers, promote the export of cultural industrial products, focus on existing markets and expand to potential domestic and international markets.

In the period up to 2030, Vietnam's cultural industrial products will focus on meeting the domestic market, promoting exports, and initially focusing on foreign markets with a large Vietnamese population.

By 2045, maximize the professionalism, creativity, and competitiveness of Vietnamese cultural industrial products in the international market.

Focus on developing the core and key 6 cultural industries (Cinema; Performing arts; Software and entertainment games; Advertising; Handicrafts; Cultural tourism), forming connections, increasing product value, promoting the ability to exploit and transform cultural values into national soft power.

Tourists experience Thanh Ha pottery village - Photo: DUNG BUI

Tasks and solutions for implementation

Common tasks and solutions:

Strengthen communication, raise awareness; Improve institutions, mechanisms and policies; Develop human resources; Develop infrastructure and attract investment; Apply science, technology, innovation and digital transformation; Develop markets and products; Promote international cooperation; Strengthen protection of intellectual property rights;

The Decision also outlines key tasks and solutions for six cultural industries, including: Cinema; Performing Arts; Software and Entertainment Games; Advertising; Handicrafts; and Cultural Tourism.

Implementing organization

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism develops a plan to implement the Strategy; directs and promotes the role of the focal agency in orienting and guiding relevant agencies and localities to develop and organize the implementation of the Strategy implementation plan.

Preside and coordinate to build, perfect and propose necessary and appropriate mechanisms and policies and review and build effective coordination and linkage mechanisms to develop cultural and entertainment industries.

Preside over the development and submission to competent authorities for promulgation or promulgate under its authority legal documents for cultural industry fields directly managed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Preside over and coordinate with the ministries of Public Security, Science and Technology, Finance, Industry and Trade, relevant agencies and localities to build a database on cultural industries, and simultaneously integrate it with the national database; build a set of statistical indicators on cultural industries and statistics on the contributions of cultural industries to socio-economic development according to the provisions of law.

Regularly monitor, urge and organize inspection and supervision of the implementation of the Strategy; periodically report to the Prime Minister every year. Organize interim (2-3 years) and final (5 years) reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the Strategy, and report to the Prime Minister. Timely propose amendments and supplements to the Strategy if necessary.

The Decision also sets out specific tasks for ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies; People's Committees of provinces and cities; and associations, unions and organizations related to cultural and entertainment industries.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/phe-duyet-chien-luoc-phat-trien-cac-nganh-cong-nghiep-van-hoa-viet-nam-20251117065739523.htm