On June 27, 2025, in Hanoi, the Culture and Arts Magazine (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) organized a scientific workshop "Reviewing the movement and development of Vietnamese literature and arts 50 years after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025)".
Mr. Hoang Ha, Editor-in-Chief of the Culture and Arts Magazine, said that our Party has always identified literature and art as a very important and particularly delicate field of culture. The country's "literature and art map" is a continuous strip. Over the past 50 years, Vietnamese literature and art have continued the source of revolutionary tradition, closely following reality and the breath of life, expressing the aspirations for truth, goodness and beauty, contributing to nurturing the soul, thoughts, feelings and spirit of the Vietnamese people.
In particular, thanks to scientific and technological achievements, many literary and artistic works have been widely spread on the Internet, bringing new attitudes to creators and the public: That is, proactive, two-way interaction; thereby, helping creators grasp the tastes and enjoyment needs of the public to be able to create new works that attract the public. The development of the art market in recent years has made an important contribution to the development of the cultural industry, pioneered by the film industry in the South.
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Mr. Hoang Ha, Editor-in-Chief of Culture and Arts Magazine, spoke at the conference (photo TD). |
“It can be said that never before have artists had so many favorable conditions to publish and popularize their creations as they do today. The Party and the State always pay special attention to culture in general and literature and art in particular. This is demonstrated through policies and guidelines to support and encourage the exploration and respect for the creative freedom of artists. Resolution 23-NQ/TW on continuing to build and develop literature and art in the new era has affirmed that literature and art “are essential needs, expressing the human aspiration for truth, goodness and beauty; they are one of the great driving forces directly contributing to building the spiritual foundation of society and the comprehensive development of the Vietnamese people” - Mr. Hoang Ha said.
Besides the successes and advantages, literature and art after 1975 also faced many challenges and raised issues in creation,education , preservation, and the lives of artists.
Dr. Nguyen Tien Thu pointed out that the biggest challenge for literary and artistic creation after 1975 was the penetration and dominance of foreign cultural products, especially in countries with developed cultural industries.
While traditional cultural values of the nation need to be preserved and promoted, many foreign popular art trends and products with strong appeal risk overshadowing Vietnamese cultural identity.
Hybrid manifestations, aesthetic deviations, and even offensive ones, are increasingly appearing on digital platforms and mass media, causing a soft erosion of traditional cultural values, affecting the ability to self-construct and affirm national literary and artistic identity in the context of internationalization.
Besides, there is a lack of works of high ideological and artistic value, reflecting the true stature of the innovation cause, and having the power to strongly move the public.
Traditional arts face many difficulties in maintaining their activities, theoretical and critical work has had certain achievements but not commensurate with expectations. Literature and art policies still have many problems and shortcomings.
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Associate Professor, Dr. Le Thanh Binh proposed solutions such as the State needs to create a legal corridor, invest financially, and train resources to develop literature and art (photo from the film Vu Dai Village back then). |
Faced with these challenges, Associate Professor Dr. Le Thanh Binh proposed solutions such as the State needs to create a legal corridor, invest in finance, and train resources to develop literature and art. Build creative funds, talent incubators, and high-tech literature and art centers.
Aesthetic, cultural and artistic education in schools at all levels needs to be comprehensively and promptly innovated, in line with the times and the advantages of national culture. Theoretical and critical work must keep up with creative practice, arousing the spirit of active and open academic debate. In addition, artists need to proactively and selectively integrate internationally, increase the export of Vietnamese literary and artistic works to the world through translation, exhibitions, exchanges, multilateral and bilateral cooperation, and encourage artists, creators, literary and artistic managers, and investors to exchange with foreign partners, promote professional cooperation, and effectively disseminate works.
33 presentations and many lively discussions at the workshop focused on the following issues: Evaluating the movement and development of Vietnamese literature and art over 50 years of national reunification, pointing out the outstanding characteristics of the development stages, especially since the renovation (1986) to the present; Proposing effective solutions to build and develop Vietnamese literature and art as a truly important element of advanced Vietnamese culture, imbued with national identity, making worthy contributions to the renovation and construction of the country.
The workshop spread the message of building an advanced Vietnamese literature and art with strong national identity in society, contributing to the successful implementation of the Cultural Development Strategy to 2030.
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