Accordingly, the National Assembly resolved that the total capital to implement this program in the 2025-2030 period is at least 122,250 billion VND.

Central budget capital accounts for 63% with 77,000 billion VND (including 50,000 billion VND of development investment capital and 27,000 billion VND of career capital); local budget capital accounts for 24.6% with 30,250 billion VND; the remaining 12.4% is other capital sources (about 15,000 billion VND).

During the operation process, the Government will continue to balance the central budget to prioritize additional support for the Program in accordance with actual conditions and have appropriate solutions to mobilize all legal capital sources for implementation.

The National Assembly requires that the central budget allocated to the Program must be invested in a focused, key and sustainable manner, focusing on the contents that need to be prioritized to create breakthroughs in cultural development.

First of all, invest in important and urgent tasks in preserving and developing culture, comprehensively developing people, building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity; tasks that the State needs to invest in to lead, orient, control, and create a foundation to attract the whole society to participate in cultural development.

According to the resolution, investment needs to be decentralized to create initiative for local authorities.

One of the specific mechanisms and policies in implementing the program is to invest in building Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad.

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Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh reported on the explanation, acceptance and revision of the draft resolution. Photo: National Assembly

Reporting on the explanation, acceptance and revision of the draft resolution before the National Assembly approved it, Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh said there were concerns that the rate of "other capital sources" accounting for 12.4% was still high, lacking feasibility for localities with difficulties.

According to the National Assembly Standing Committee, “other capital sources” mobilized to implement the program include capital from enterprises, organizations, and individuals participating in project implementation; capital mobilized through investment attraction policies; voluntary contributions from people (money, goods, labor days)...

The rate of 12.4% is the average rate in the whole country. In areas with developed socio-economic conditions, especially localities with cultural industry development, the rate will be higher. In areas with difficult socio-economic conditions, it is possible to mobilize people's contributions in the form of working days, goods, etc.

Mr. Vinh also said that regarding the planned capital allocation and progress, there were opinions suggesting reviewing and evaluating the ability to allocate the budget and disburse capital in 2025.

The National Assembly Standing Committee said that according to the investment proposal report, the program's planned capital allocation for 2025 is 400 billion VND, of which 150 billion is from the central budget and the rest is from the local budget. This amount of capital is completely within the budget's balance capacity.

Regarding the policy of investing in building Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad, the Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education said that many opinions agreed with this content, but there were also opinions that it was necessary to supplement the implementation mechanism to ensure feasibility, efficiency and avoid waste.

According to the National Assembly Standing Committee, the investment and construction of Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad is in line with the Party and State's policies, implementing the foreign cultural strategy and meeting practical requirements.

Therefore, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly requests the National Assembly to include this content as one of the specific mechanisms in implementing the Program.

The National Assembly Standing Committee requested the Government to direct and absorb the opinions of delegates, select and build centers in order of priority; continue to perfect the organizational and operational mechanisms suitable for each locality, and have solutions to improve operational efficiency to ensure feasibility, effectiveness and avoid waste.

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