Ho Chi Minh City: Artists invited to perform must be both professionally competent and have professional standards.

On the afternoon of October 30, at a socio-economic press conference, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City officially stated its views on cultural "deviation" behaviors.

Tens of thousands of spectators came to the concert "Anh Trai Vuot Ngan Chong Gai" last September in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Organizing Committee

According to the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, recently, the issue of singers singing songs with offensive lyrics and cultural "deviations" has been of concern to the audience. The Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has also sent a document requesting the city's cultural management agencies to step up orientation and rectify musical activities that show signs of "deviation".

At the same time, consider not inviting artists whose compositions, behaviors, words, or performances go against good customs, deviate from cultural standards, promote loose lifestyles, social evils, etc. to participate in the city's programs, festivals, and events.

According to the Department of Culture and Sports , Ho Chi Minh City is the locality with the most vibrant, rich and diverse artistic life in the country. Cultural and artistic activities in the city have an intersection between tradition and modernity, between the quintessence of Vietnamese and world culture.

However, besides the positive aspects, there are still some "deviant" creative phenomena, promoting the individual "ego", showing offensiveness in content, form or expression.

Some works and performances contain offensive elements, use substandard language, and have forms that are not consistent with the nation's fine cultural traditions, do not demonstrate the role and function of orienting public awareness and aesthetic taste, and promote negative lifestyles, especially among young people.

In case of violations, based on legal regulations, the City Department of Culture and Sports will take resolute measures to handle them; at the same time, listen to expert opinions, coordinate with organizations and unions to educate, raise the spirit of self-conscious compliance with the law and exemplary behavior of artists, contributing to building a healthy cultural environment.

For major political events and festivals in Ho Chi Minh City, based on the purpose and requirements of the event, the city's Department of Culture will coordinate with appropriate creative units, in which the artists invited to perform must not only have professional capacity but also have standards in professional activities and cultural behavior.

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