Dear delegates and guests!
Dear authors and relatives of authors whose works and groups of works have been awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize for Literature and Arts!
Today is a special day, May 19 - the 133rd birthday of beloved President Ho Chi Minh. In the emotion and pride of his noble career and life, we choose this special day to hold the Ho Chi Minh Prize Award Ceremony, the State Prize for Literature and Arts. I am very happy to attend with the Party and State leaders and present this noble prize.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to send to the delegates, distinguished guests, and comrades my sincere greetings, warmest feelings, and best wishes!
Dear delegates, distinguished guests, dear comrades!
President Ho Chi Minh affirmed: “Culture lights the way for the nation”. Deeply aware of the role of culture in general, and literature and art in particular, our Party considers: “Literature and art are very important and especially delicate fields of culture; are essential needs, expressing the human aspiration for truth, goodness and beauty; are one of the great driving forces, directly contributing to building the spiritual foundation of society and the comprehensive development of the Vietnamese people”. The Party and the State always care about, respect, encourage, praise and create all conditions for artists to create many valuable works of ideology and art to meet the cultural and spiritual needs of the people, contributing to building a comprehensively developed Vietnamese culture and people, imbued with the spirit of nationalism, humanity, democracy and science.
President Vo Van Thuong speaks.
The Outline of Vietnamese Culture in 1943 was born with three principles: Nationalization, Popularization and Scientificization, which became the flag that gathered the intellectuals and artists to follow the call of the country, participate in the great resistance war led by the Party, serve the revolution, serve the People, serve the Fatherland. Through the resistance wars for independence, freedom, and national unification, generations of artists and writers devoted their youth, their lives, their intelligence and their talents to the revolutionary cause, created valuable works, contributed greatly to creating miracles, affirming the dignity of the Vietnamese people in the face of enemy bombs and bullets. Many people heroically sacrificed themselves as artists and soldiers. Many works born in those years have become precious heritages of the nation.
During the period of renovation, construction and protection of the Fatherland, the team of artists has inherited and promoted the cultural tradition, patriotism and humanism, deeply attached to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, continuing to have works with diverse themes, rich in genres and methods of expression, profound in ideology, reflecting the great achievements of historical significance of the renovation cause, along with new, "hot" issues of the times and of the country today.
In this solemn ceremony, we together express our deep gratitude to generations of artists who heroically sacrificed their lives in the revolutionary cause. And together we honor artists who, with their creative talent and persistent labor, have created works and groups of works of exceptional value in terms of ideological content and artistic form; have had a great effect in serving the revolutionary cause, have had a wide and long-term influence on social life, contributed to building new people, improving the aesthetic level and awareness of the people, contributing to the development of advanced Vietnamese culture, literature and art, imbued with national identity.
I warmly commend and congratulate the great achievements that the Vietnamese artists have achieved in recent years; warmly congratulate the authors and relatives of the authors whose works and groups of works were awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize for Literature and Arts in 2022.
In recent times, agencies have made efforts to innovate the work of awarding the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize for Literature and Arts to meet the requirements and purposes of these noble awards to suit the practice of literature and arts in the new period.
I propose that in the coming time, with the spirit of honoring artists who have devoted their lives to the Revolution and to the country's literature and art, understanding the special creativity, invaluable contributions and wide influence of artists to the Revolution and to the nation, in order to be true to our sincere and deep gratitude, we must not "miss" truly valuable works, and not let deserving artists go unhonored.
Dear delegates, guests and comrades!
Our country is gradually entering a new stage of development, requiring strong promotion of the strength of Vietnamese people and Vietnamese culture - the driving force and important endogenous resource for sustainable development.
President Vo Van Thuong presented the Ho Chi Minh Prize to the authors and representatives of the authors' families.
At the 2021 National Cultural Conference, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized: "As long as culture exists, the nation exists". Cultural activists and creators, artists and writers are the ones who light the torch, keep the fire burning and pass it on, playing a key role in preserving and developing culture, being a typical intellectual force, always sensitive to current events, with many premonitions about the future, with artistic creations capable of orienting ideology, aesthetics and cultivating progressive and humanistic values.
Faced with the current challenges and threats to human dignity, our country needs more works of high ideological and artistic value. These are works that reflect the vivid realities of social life, the scope of innovation in all areas, promote a healthy democratic life, reflect the beauty of the Vietnamese soul and the great aspirations of the entire nation.
More than ever, the Fatherland and the people are in great need of the dedication and courage of artists. With a creative, responsible and passionate attitude towards the common cause, in the face of the changes of the times, artists need to have a strong will and alertness to overcome external challenges and surpass themselves. Explore and reflect the diverse dimensions of social life, affirm the positive mainstream currents. At the same time, explore the depth of the inner world of people, decode the rich levels of emotions, resolve the cognitive conflicts of the struggle between good and evil, the noble and the base, between serving the people with love, responsibility and selfish personal interests...
The Party, the State and the People continue to trust and wait for new literary and artistic works that are on par with the revolutionary cause of our Party and People. Through diverse and rich literary and artistic forms, directly foster and enhance the qualities of citizens and Vietnamese people in the new era, spreading and cultivating good values, arousing optimism, passion for work, responsibility, discipline, creativity, national pride and self-esteem, arousing revolutionary heroism, the spirit of great solidarity, the will to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and the aspiration to develop a rich, prosperous and happy Vietnam.
Dear delegates and comrades!
We are standing on the threshold of the 50th anniversary of national reunification. Along with reviewing the common achievements of the past 50 years, this is also an opportunity to comprehensively and deeply evaluate 50 years of our country's literature and arts.
I request that agencies, organizations, ministries, branches, and localities continue to deeply understand the role of culture, literature, art, and artists in developing literature and art and building Vietnamese culture. Continue to gather and unite the Vietnamese artists, promptly honor and commend artists with many achievements and contributions to the country.
Focus on establishing a democratic environment, respecting the characteristics of artistic creation, further expanding the freedom of creation, and promoting literary and artistic talents. Take care of the lives of artists so that they can make a living from their profession, through their talent and dedication.
Pay special attention to and encourage young artists to engage in the vast and vivid reality of social life, to discover the beauty of Vietnamese people; to innovate creative thinking, to seek new artistic techniques to convincingly convey the depth of thought and humanity, suitable for young people, attractive to the public, bringing traditional culture along with the times, spreading love of life and beautiful aspirations.
Agencies need to research and develop effective mechanisms to promote and introduce good and excellent works to domestic and foreign audiences. Through literature and art, enhance the appeal of national cultural identity; selectively absorb and assimilate the quintessence of world culture; contribute to promoting the strength of Vietnamese culture and people; bring the image of Vietnam, the country and the people to the world while building Vietnam into an attractive destination for international cultural exchange.
Dear delegates, dear comrades!
With all my admiration and love, on behalf of the Party, the State and the public, I would like to wish all artists to always love life, be inspired, passionate about creating, promote their creative talents, contribute many new valuable works, make worthy contributions to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, and meet the trust and expectations of the People, the Party and the State.
I would like to sincerely wish the artists, their relatives, and distinguished delegates good health, happiness, and success!
Thanks a lot!
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