10 key tasks of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025

(Fatherland) - In 2025, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City launched a competition with the theme "Building and developing the culture and people of Ho Chi Minh City to be advanced, modern, and imbued with national identity - the driving force for the City's development in the new era".

On December 20, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference to review the work in 2024 and deploy key tasks in 2025 of the culture and sports sector. Attending the conference were Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong, Head of the Propaganda Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, and leaders of departments, branches, and sectors... in Ho Chi Minh City.

Speaking at the Conference, Vice President Tran Thi Dieu Thuy acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts and results achieved by the staff and workers of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports in 2024, and emphasized that 2025 is of special importance with many major and important events of the country.

2025 is the year of organizing Party Congresses at all levels, this is an important event of the Party and State, marking a new stage in the cause of national construction and development. In particular, 2025 is the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), therefore, the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City requested the Culture and Information sector to strive to successfully implement the goals, targets and key tasks of 2025.

Awarding certificates of merit to groups and individuals with outstanding achievements (photo: thanhuytphcm.vn)

At the Conference, with the determination to effectively implement the annual theme of Ho Chi Minh City: Focusing on streamlining the organization - lean - strong - effective - efficient - effective, promoting digital transformation, implementing Resolution No. 98 of 2023 of the National Assembly, fundamentally resolving the City's difficulties and backlogs, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed 10 tasks and directions for 2025.

Implementing the target: Ho Chi Minh City residents are supported with free training instructions for basic sports and 01 art form; free admission to public museums; free viewing of art programs organized by art units under the City Department of Culture and Sports on the occasion of anniversaries and events of the City and the country.

Coordinate the successful implementation of activities in the overall project of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025) and summarize emulation movements and projects to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, successfully organize the Conference of advanced models at all levels, towards the 8th City Patriotic Emulation Congress (2025-2030 period).

Building a cultural environment associated with building cultural people, focusing on the grassroots, the people are the subjects to preserve and promote cultural values. Building a good moral foundation, the values ​​of "truth - goodness - beauty" of people, making the life of each family and society better and happier.

Focus on researching and advising on programs and projects to encourage creative start-up activities in the fields of culture, arts, and sports, pay attention to investing in human resource development at units, contributing to improving the quality of activities and effectively contributing to the overall development of the City's cultural sector.

Focus on innovation and improving the quality of advice to competent authorities to promptly concretize the viewpoints, policies, directives, resolutions and conclusions of the Party and State, continue to review, propose amendments and supplements to improve inappropriate mechanisms, policies and regulations that are hindering the implementation process, and at the same time propose solutions and initiatives to unblock and free up resources.

Focus on building and developing performing arts programs, cinema, fine arts exhibitions, museums that must be diverse in form - rich in genre - unique in content" not only to meet the requirements of political tasks, the people's need to enjoy culture, serve the activities to celebrate major holidays but also to carry out the mission of consolidating the great national unity bloc, promoting the image of the City, homeland, country, people, attracting tourists, contributing to economic development, building modern programs and festivals with international positioning. Strengthen foreign affairs activities and promote cultural and sports diplomacy to promote and introduce the image of the country, people of Vietnam and the City to the international community.

Developing physical education and sports based on two pillars: sports for all and high-performance sports. Discovering and nurturing sports talents from many sources, especially from student sports competitions. Coordinating the management and organization of the national and international sports tournament system in 2025... perfecting procedures and the system of institutions and sports equipment to host the 10th National Sports Festival in 2026.

Effectively implement the Project on developing the Cultural Industry, advise the City People's Committee to establish the Cultural Industry Development Center into a Center for creative startups, investment, creativity incubation, promoting the cultural market and types of cultural services.

Focus on coordinating with departments and branches, the Civil and Industrial Committee to speed up the progress of key projects to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), focusing on renovating, repairing and upgrading 6 sports facilities to serve the National Sports Festival in 2026, speeding up the implementation of the project to build Phu Tho Circus and Multi-purpose Performance Hall, paying attention to and focusing on the disbursement of public investment capital.

Attract and diversify forms of mobilizing and using socialized resources for infrastructure development investment. Apply market principles in the management, exploitation, use and allocation of resources. Encourage and attract non-budgetary investment in developing cultural and sports infrastructure. Select a number of key cultural and sports projects, connect with potential investors to invest in developing the city's cultural and sports sector to meet the requirements of integration and development.

Also at the Conference, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched the 2025 emulation campaign with the theme: "Building and developing the culture and people of Ho Chi Minh City to be advanced, modern, and imbued with national identity - the driving force for the City's development in the new era"./.

Source: https://toquoc.vn/10-nhiem-vu-trong-tam-cua-nganh-van-hoa-the-thao-tphcm-nam-2025-20241221113709015.htm