Attending the workshop were leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh City National University; leaders of the People's Committees of wards, communes and special zones of Ho Chi Minh City; representatives of the Center for Cultural and Sports Services, the Center for Culture and Sports, the Center for Culture - Information and Sports; the Center for Culture, Sports and Broadcasting; the Center for Culture - Sports and Tourism of wards, communes and special zones in the city; scientists, researchers, scholars, lecturers interested in the field of Culture and Sports and universities and research institutes in the city.
The workshop continued to clarify issues on theory, position, role, function of cultural and information institutions at the grassroots level and the current status of operations after implementing the two-level government as well as consulting comments from agencies, units, managers, experts, and people working in the field of culture and information on implementing policies and resources for the development of cultural and information institutions associated with practical conditions in the locality.
Thereby, advising and proposing solutions to overcome existing problems and limitations, perfecting policies and laws on investment, construction, management and use of grassroots cultural and sports institutions to develop and improve the quality and efficiency of the system of cultural and sports institutions, contributing to improving the effectiveness of state management in Ho Chi Minh City.
Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Vo Trong Nam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City said: "Ho Chi Minh City currently has 38 Cultural and Sports Centers transferred from the old district-level centers and more than 175 Cultural and Sports Centers and community learning centers spread throughout the wards, communes and special zones in the city. This is an important time for us to reorganize a more modern, synchronous and effective system of cultural and sports institutions. But at the same time, there are many challenges, such as an inconsistent organizational model, scattered and degraded facilities, human resources, financial mechanisms that are not strong enough, inadequate coordination mechanisms between wards and communes, and many units have not yet fully utilized their functions to serve the community.
Mr. Nam emphasized: “Today’s workshop is very important. We not only assess the current situation and identify difficulties, but also aim for a larger goal, which is to determine the governance model, policy mechanisms and solutions so that grassroots cultural and sports institutions can truly become 'community cultural and sports centers' according to the practical situation of Ho Chi Minh City after merging with provincial-level administrative units.”
According to Mr. Nam, the Workshop contributed to creating important arguments, new suggestions to build new operating models, new ways of doing things, and effective solutions for the system of cultural and sports institutions in Ho Chi Minh City. This will be the basis for the City to concentrate resources, innovate management, and strongly promote the value of the system of "soft infrastructure" institutions of sustainable development.
Mr. Luu Van Quyet - Vice Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh City National University said that with 34 papers submitted to the Conference, this introductory report synthesizes 6 major contents, at the same time analyzes prominent trends, key issues and suggests research issues as well as policies that need to be further discussed. This is the basis for the Conference to exchange, debate and propose feasible solutions for the coming period.
In the presentation "Grassroots cultural institutions - the foundation for implementing Ho Chi Minh cultural space", Mr. Nguyen Minh Nhut - Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council emphasized that the construction of Ho Chi Minh cultural space is one of the contents and requirements proposed by the City Party Congress (2020-2025) and continues to be implemented by the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress (term 2025-2030) in conjunction with the construction and comprehensive development of an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national cultural identity.
From the perspective of a researcher, Mr. Huynh Quoc Thang - lecturer of the Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh City National University, in reality, the two-level government apparatus in Ho Chi Minh City today, although cultural institutions have different roles and positions, they all have the same important features. At the macro level (City level), those institutions are comprehensive, specialized in tourism services and all are like "factories" operating culturally in the style of "large-scale production" industry, at the same time, they are the "face" of the City's culture.
Meanwhile, micro-level cultural institutions (ward, commune and grassroots levels) play the role of units directly organizing cultural activities as "cells" in cultural life associated with different social activities on a daily, regular basis in the City.
In his closing remarks at the workshop, Mr. Vo Trong Nam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City said that the workshop had recorded many profound, multi-dimensional and highly practical exchanges. Today's results will be an important source of data, a scientific basis for the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City to advise the City People's Committee in developing the Project "Overall development of the grassroots cultural and sports institution system until 2035".
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