Attending the meeting were Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung, leaders of ministries, branches, central agencies, 128 village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and prestigious people.
At the meeting, reporting on practical work in preserving, maintaining and promoting national cultural values, village elders, village chiefs and artisans expressed their joy that the Party and State are interested and have many policies and guidelines to preserve and promote national cultural identity, building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.
Village elders, village chiefs, and artisans frankly reflected on the difficulties in preserving, maintaining, and promoting national cultural values; hoping that the Party and State would continue to have policies, create better conditions, and promptly reward and encourage those people and organizations who are dedicated and have contributed to preserving, transmitting, and promoting national cultural values.
Resources and soft power for national development
Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conveyed the warm greetings, best wishes, warm regards, and best wishes of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and prestigious people nationwide.
The Prime Minister expressed his great joy and emotion to welcome and meet with village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and prestigious people among ethnic minorities - those who have made many contributions to the work of preserving, maintaining, and promoting the traditional cultural values of our nation, right on the Day of Vietnamese Ethnic Culture (April 19) and on the occasion of the great holidays of the nation and the country, the whole country is jubilantly and heroically looking forward to the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2024), the 49th anniversary of the liberation of the South, and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2024).
The Prime Minister emphasized that ethnic cultures are not only the private property of each person, region, homeland, or locality, but also the common property of the entire nation, people, and the entire population. The cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups are unified in diversity, and are a resource and soft power for the development of a strong and prosperous country. Each ethnic group preserves a precious cultural treasure, with a long history and rich identity.
President Ho Chi Minh pointed out: "Culture must guide the nation to achieve Independence, Self-reliance and Self-reliance", "Culture lights the way for the nation to go". The Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress has determined the goal: "Developing the whole person and building an advanced Vietnamese culture, imbued with national identity so that Vietnamese culture and people truly become an endogenous strength, a driving force for national development and national defense.
At the National Cultural Conference (November 2021), General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized: "Culture is the soul of the nation, expressing the identity of the nation. If culture remains, the nation remains, if culture is lost, the nation is lost."
The Prime Minister affirmed that over the years, the Party and State have always paid attention to and devoted many resources to building and developing culture, preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic groups, achieving many outstanding achievements.
Cultural products are increasingly diverse and rich, meeting new and multifaceted demands of society; many traditional cultural values and typical cultural heritages of the ethnic community are inherited, preserved, embellished and promoted to the highest possible level; in which many heritages of particularly outstanding value have been internationally recognized and listed.
Thousands of traditional festivals of ethnic minorities are encouraged, facilitated and widely organized every year across the country and are widely responded to, enjoyed and encouraged by the people of the whole country to continue to be promoted.
The grassroots cultural life and environment developed in a healthy and civilized manner; many bright examples in the patriotic emulation movement and the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" were praised and spread into social life, creating positive changes in building the system of values of the Vietnamese people in the new period, strengthening people's trust in the cause of building an advanced culture imbued with national identity, building and developing the country.
Cultural products, festivals, heritages and cultural environments have developed rapidly and sustainably, contributing to promoting tourism development to become a key economic sector.
The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism has been built and developed over the past 25 years (since 1999), gradually becoming a "common home", a place to preserve, promote and spread the traditional cultural values of 54 ethnic groups, bringing opportunities for domestic and foreign tourists to experience the unique cultural values of the Vietnamese people, especially the young generation.
This year, activities on the occasion of the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day were organized in diverse, innovative and effective forms such as exchanging and learning experiences; promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups; exhibiting cultural products, etc.
128 typical "flames" of great solidarity and dedication
According to the Prime Minister, these achievements were thanks to the close leadership of the Party, headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - a leader who always cares about cultural development, the management of the State, the participation of all levels, sectors and localities, including the role of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism - the state management agency in the cultural field; the consensus, response and active participation of the people, the business community, and the support of international friends.
"Especially the role of "keeping the fire" of village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and prestigious people - typical, exemplary, and key figures - who have actively participated and made important contributions to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, mobilizing ethnic people to preserve and promote cultural identity, good customs and practices, eliminate backward customs, eliminate superstition, act as a bridge between Party committees, authorities and people, actively contribute to building the grassroots political system, maintaining security and order, and strengthening the great national unity bloc," the Prime Minister said.
Among them, 128 delegates attending the meeting are 128 typical "flames" of the great national unity bloc - typical examples regardless of age, position, profession, wherever they are, all radiate patriotism, responsibility, enthusiasm, dynamism, creativity; representing the will, determination, aspiration to rise up, and contribute to the cause of cultural development and national development.
The Prime Minister mentioned village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people such as Mr. Hoang Chi Cot (Mong ethnic group, Cao Bang province), Mr. Nguyen Van Vien (Muong ethnic group, Ninh Binh province), Mr. Dang Chi Quyet (Cham ethnic group, Ninh Thuan province) - those who have always been exemplary in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; actively mobilizing compatriots, educating descendants in the clan and community to participate in protecting and promoting national cultural values, building a new lifestyle, and building cultural families and villages.
Village elders and prestigious people of very few ethnic minorities such as Mr. Lo Van Lien (Cong ethnic group, Dien Bien province), Mr. Sin Van Doi (Mang ethnic group, Lai Chau province), Mr. Ho Van Son (Chut ethnic group, Ha Tinh province) - people who understand ethnic culture, always play a core role in taking care of the material and spiritual life of the people, and are the bridge to convey the thoughts and aspirations of the people to the authorities at all levels.
Folk artisans and excellent artisans always have a deep love for traditional culture and culture of origin, such as Mr. Lo Van La (Thai ethnic group, Son La province), Mr. Vi Van Sang (Khoi Mu ethnic group, Yen Bai province), Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh (Kinh ethnic group, Bac Ninh province) - those who have devoted their whole lives to collecting, researching, preserving, compiling, practicing national cultural heritage and always thinking and finding ways to pass on and guide their children and grandchildren, the younger generations.
"And there are many other bright and typical examples who are tirelessly researching, composing, practicing, preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of the nation day and night, for the longevity and development of the country," the Prime Minister stated, and on behalf of the Party and State leaders, acknowledged, commended and warmly congratulated the important results and contributions that village elders, village chiefs, artisans, prestigious people across the country in general and the delegates present at the meeting have achieved in the past time.
The Prime Minister stated that, in addition to the achievements, we are still concerned, troubled, and worried about many difficulties and challenges in the work of preserving and developing national culture. The trend of rural urbanization along with the process of integration and exchange between cultures has caused many traditional cultural values and identities of ethnic groups to show signs of fading away.
Many traditional cultural values, especially those of ethnic minorities, have not been properly preserved and promoted. Many heritages have been damaged, and there have not been comprehensive solutions to promote the value of cultural heritage in socio-economic development and international integration.
The development of cultural industry; linking and exploiting culture with tourism development, increasing economic value, and improving people's lives has had strong developments but is not really effective, lacking breakthrough approaches.
Uncultured and counter-cultural manifestations still exist and are becoming more and more complicated, a part of the young generation is showing signs of distancing themselves from the national cultural identity. The process of international integration also has negative impacts on the preservation and promotion of national cultural identity.
Further promote the role of "keeping the fire and spreading the fire"
The Prime Minister emphasized: Culture is the quintessence, essence, and core of the nation, of society, and of each individual. Culture is national, scientific, and popular. Culture must be enjoyed, motivated, and inspired by all people.
Our Party and State have determined that: Culture must be placed on par with economics, politics and society. Developing culture and building people are both the goal, the driving force and the resource of development and innovation. People are the subject, holding the central position in the development strategy. Building happy and progressive families is the healthy and solid cell of society.
In the coming time, to effectively implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on cultural development and building Vietnamese people in the new era; to further promote the role of "keeping the fire and spreading the fire" of village elders, village chiefs, artisans and prestigious people, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, ministries, branches, agencies and localities to deploy a number of key tasks.
Firstly, continue to raise awareness, improve institutions, promote democracy in cultural development; focus on training and fostering traditional cultural education, actively integrate traditional cultural topics into basic education programs at all levels; at the same time, encourage research and innovation in this field.
Second, mobilize all resources, especially public-private partnership; encourage the active participation of the entire population and the business community to develop culture; strongly promote the role of culture as an endogenous strength and an important driving force for national development.
Vigorously develop cultural industries, encourage all explorations, respect creative freedom. Promote the organization of cultural activities, festivals and community events to increase awareness and pride in heritage.
Third, continue to complete investment in building the Vietnam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village with a suitable management mechanism, worthy of being the "Common Home" of 54 ethnic groups.
Fourth, research, perfect and effectively implement preferential policies to encourage village elders, village chiefs, artisans and prestigious people to effectively implement the national solidarity policy of our Party and State.
Fifth, promote digital transformation and green transformation in cultural development; develop cultural infrastructure, urgently overcome power and wave gaps in remote areas, border areas, islands, and ethnic minority areas.
Sixth, strengthen international cooperation in preserving and promoting traditional cultural values, exchanging experiences and selectively absorbing cultural and civilized values from other cultures in accordance with Vietnam's conditions. Promote the internationalization of national cultural values and identities to the world and the nationalization of the world's cultural quintessence into Vietnam.
The Prime Minister said he deeply felt the passion, aspiration to contribute, will and tireless efforts of the delegates in the cause of preserving and developing the traditional, long-standing culture imbued with the national identity of our nation.
The Prime Minister hopes and believes that village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and prestigious people will continue to promote the achieved results, with greater determination, greater efforts, and more drastic actions; overcome all difficulties, overcome all challenges, and constantly set good examples for their children and the community, and truly be positive factors in preserving, promoting, and transmitting tangible and intangible cultural values of the nation.
At the same time, continue to do a good job of mobilizing compatriots of all ethnic groups to promote cultural values rich in patriotic and revolutionary traditions, uphold the spirit of self-reliance, strengthen the strength of national solidarity, create motivation and inspiration for the next generations, together enhance the beauty of advanced Vietnamese culture, imbued with national identity, strongly arouse all resources, including resources from culture, the aspiration to build a strong and prosperous country, people more prosperous, happy, worthy of the thousand-year tradition of civilization and heroism of our nation.
Regarding the proposals and recommendations of the delegates, the Prime Minister said that the agencies will listen, absorb and have timely and effective solutions.
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