Policies and resources for the development of cultural and sports institutions

Attending and chairing the workshop were: Politburo member, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang; Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; Party Central Committee member, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; Party Central Committee member, Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province Nguyen Xuan Ky.

Conference Scene

Attending the workshop were the Standing members of the Committee for Culture andEducation ; representatives of the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee, the National Assembly Delegation of Quang Ninh province; representatives of the agencies of the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, representatives of the leaders of central departments, ministries, provinces and cities; experts, scientists, managers; representatives of a number of associations and enterprises operating in the fields of culture and sports...

Consultation forum on policies and resources for the development of cultural and sports institutions

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education, said: Over the past time, our Party and State have always paid attention to leadership, direction, promulgation of many policies, and prioritizing resources to build and develop the system of cultural and sports institutions. Besides the achievements and results, the development of the system of cultural and sports institutions still has many difficulties and inadequacies that need to be studied and resolved.

Based on the important position, role and practical operation of the cultural and sports institutional system, the Standing Committee of the Committee for Culture and Education coordinated with agencies to organize the 2024 Cultural Workshop. This is a forum for consulting opinions of experts, scientists, managers, businesses, organizations and individuals related to the cultural and sports institutional system.

Delegates attending the workshop

The workshop will focus on reviewing, analyzing and evaluating the implementation of the Party's guidelines and resolutions, the State's policies and laws on the development of the cultural and sports institutions system; the planning, investment, construction, management and use of cultural and sports institutions; the arrangement and mobilization of resources for the development of cultural and sports institutions; and the study of international experiences. On that basis, the workshop will propose solutions to perfect institutions and policies, mobilize maximum resources for the development of the cultural and sports institutions system; improve the operational efficiency of the institutional system, serve the needs of the majority of people, meet the requirements for comprehensive human development and build an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress. In particular, the Workshop will provide and clarify political, legal, scientific and practical bases, as a basis for the National Assembly to discuss and give opinions on the investment policy of the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the 2025-2035 period at the upcoming 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Speaking at the Workshop, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Quang Ninh Province Nguyen Xuan Ky said: In the process of building and developing at all stages, implementing the Party's cultural guidelines, the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee has had many policies and strategies demonstrating consistency in thinking and action, affirming that culture is the most valuable and potential resource; people are identified as the most important resource, people are the center, the subject, the main resource and the goal of sustainable development, all ultimate development is for the happiness of the people. The Resolution of the 15th Provincial Party Congress identified "building a culture rich in Quang Ninh identity associated with rapidly narrowing the gap between rich and poor and regional differences" as one of the three breakthroughs of the 2020 - 2030 period; Identifying the development of culture and people of Quang Ninh as a solid spiritual foundation, an endogenous resource, an important driving force for the rapid and sustainable development of the locality. The Provincial Party Executive Committee issued Resolution No. 17-NQ/TU dated October 30, 2023 "On building and promoting cultural values, the strength of Quang Ninh people to become an endogenous resource, a driving force for rapid and sustainable development" with 3 breakthroughs: (1) Focusing on building culture in the Party, in state agencies and organizations - an important factor to build and rectify the Party, a clean and strong political system; (2) Building culture in the economy for the sustainable development of Quang Ninh province, focusing on developing corporate culture, business culture and entrepreneur culture; (3) Developing service industry, cultural industry, entertainment industry based on the foundation of creative industry organized at a high level of production. Promote the development of heritage economy, strive to make Quang Ninh become the leading attractive destination in the region and Asia for cultural heritage tourism.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, gave an introductory report at the Workshop.

"This workshop is a valuable opportunity for us to receive guidance and direction from leaders, senior managers, experts and scholars to help us strengthen our determination and vision to continue perfecting institutions and policy solutions under the authority of the locality to enhance the ability to transform cultural resources into the competitiveness of the cultural industry; mobilize the combined strength and all resources to develop and promote a synchronous and modern system of cultural and sports institutions from the provincial to grassroots levels to serve the improvement of the quality of life and happiness of the people and contribute to promoting socio-economic development" - Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ky commented.

Overcoming the "every man for himself" situation in both resource investment and activity organization

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the workshop, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang said: Cultural and sports institutions have a particularly important role and position in the development of culture and sports in the country. This can be considered as the infrastructure for the development of cultural and sports activities; a place for creative activities, dissemination, practice and enjoyment of cultural values; a place for physical training, improving physical strength and comprehensive development of Vietnamese people; a place to preserve and promote unique cultural heritages and traditional sports activities with a history of thousands of years of the nation.

After nearly 40 years of implementing the renovation process, from poor, backward cultural and sports institutions, many times, many places were forgotten, operating in a closed, isolated, unconnected, and even far from the original goals, we have built and developed a relatively comprehensive and synchronous system of cultural and sports institutions, covering widely from the central to the grassroots, from urban areas to rural areas, remote areas, and island border areas. The system of libraries, cultural and art exhibition centers, performing arts centers, museums, cinemas, theaters, sports training centers, gymnasiums, training grounds, etc. have been invested in and built to be more and more spacious throughout the country; and are continuing to be upgraded to be more modern, some facilities are approaching international standards.

Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education, delivered the opening speech at the Workshop.

The forms of operation of cultural and sports institutions are increasingly rich and diverse, both popular throughout the country and suitable to the characteristics and development conditions of each region and locality; initially meeting the needs of all classes of people, contributing to improving cultural life, building a healthy cultural-sports environment and improving the quality of life of the people. New cultural and sports institutions contribute to creating development landscapes that are both modern and imbued with the identity of localities, contributing to creating a very distinctive appearance for the new urban and rural architectural space. Along with the process of integration and development of the country, cultural institutions nationwide have become the operating space of cultural and sports industries in accordance with the market mechanism; a place to nurture creative ideas, performing talents, and high-achievement competitions; a place to organize cultural exchange events, cultural, artistic and sports performances, political and social events, contributing to fostering, promoting and spreading Vietnam's soft power in the international arena.

These important achievements were achieved first of all thanks to our Party's awareness of building and developing culture and sports, which has been gradually supplemented, developed and increasingly perfected, comprehensively and deeply; in particular, it has been closely linked to the viewpoint and goal of building Vietnamese people to develop harmoniously and comprehensively, taking people as the center of development; as a basis for promulgating and organizing the implementation of State policies and laws on developing culture and sports; solving issues related to planning, investment in building facilities, equipment, operating costs, organizational apparatus, and personnel of cultural and sports institutions.

Quang Ninh Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Xuan Ky delivered a welcome speech at the Workshop.

However, in addition to the remarkable results, the operation of the current cultural and sports institutions system is revealing many limitations and inadequacies; there are paradoxes, difficulties and long-standing problems that have not been overcome: In recent years, despite many efforts, investment funds to develop cultural and sports institutions are still very limited, carried out in a "drop by drop" manner; while many cultural and sports institutions have outdated facilities and technical equipment, limited land funds, and do not meet requirements; there are still a number of cultural and sports institutions that, despite having been invested in very expensively, operate ineffectively, even "abandoned", causing great waste; many theaters, training grounds and sports stadiums have been invested in quite modernly, but due to ineffective operation, they have quickly deteriorated and almost had to close, with little time to "light up"; Operating budget for cultural and sports institutions is generally very limited, many facilities only have enough to operate at a moderate level. The operating apparatus of cultural and sports institutions is ineffective; human resources, both professional and managerial, have not yet met the requirements of the task. Salaries and benefits for staff working at cultural and sports institutions are not satisfactory. Guidance and organization of activities at grassroots cultural and sports institutions have not been given due importance, lacking initiative and creativity.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung attended and gave a central report at the Workshop.

In fact, the Party's policy on paying attention to investing in the development of cultural and sports institutions is clear, especially the policies on harmoniously handling the relationship between conservation and development; synchronously developing types of cultural and sports institutions; innovating the content and methods of managing the activities of cultural and sports institutions from the central to the grassroots levels; promoting the development of cultural industries, cultural services and sports economic fields in accordance with the market mechanism... However, when it comes to organizing implementation, many localities and units still do not know where to start and how to do it. We have seen that many policies and legal regulations are still heavy on general guidance, not fully specified, leading to the situation of "everyone does it their own way", both in resource investment and organization of activities. Some contents and forms of operation of cultural and sports institutions are still not regulated by legal documents; Meanwhile, the policies that have been issued lack coherence and synchronization. The issuance of policies has not really paid attention to the specific characteristics of some cultural and sports fields such as elite culture, scholarship and high-performance sports. Some regulations on the organization, operation and criteria of cultural and sports institutions are not suitable for reality. This makes many cultural and sports institutions, especially in the field of traditional culture and sports, really encounter difficulties and confusion in the process of moving towards financial autonomy, having to "make do with it", even "circumventing the law" in mobilizing and allocating resources and organizing many artistic and performing activities.

To contribute to resolving difficulties and obstacles in terms of laws, mechanisms and policies, especially those related to the mobilization and effective allocation of resources for the development of cultural and sports institutions to meet new requirements, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang suggested that delegates attending the Workshop focus on analyzing and deepening the following main contents: Firstly, perfecting the legal system, mechanisms and policies; Secondly, effectively organizing the implementation of the content on the development of cultural and sports institutions in the master plan; Thirdly , strengthening the management, use and effective exploitation of cultural and sports institutions; Fourthly, strengthening the mobilization of resources, investing in facilities and equipment for cultural and sports institutions ; Fifthly, on the organization of the apparatus, personnel and human resource training./.

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