Domestic and foreign managers and researchers in culture and arts havegathered in northern Ninh Binh province to discuss on how to specify theVietnam’s external cultural strategy to 2020 with a vision towards2030.
Addressing a workshop on international experience inbuilding the strategy on external cultural relations on August 13,Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan affirmed thatculture is the spiritual foundation of society, serving as the nation’sinner strength to ensure sustainable development and firm protection ofthe country for the goal of wealthy people, a strong, democratic, equaland civilised country.
“It’s a crucial task for building theculture and people of Vietnam in comprehensive development toward thetrue, the good and the beautiful, deeply imbued with the nationalidentity, democracy and science and human values,” he said.
PoulBache, Director of the Danish Cultural Agency, noted that externalcultural services aim at expanding cultural exchanges, absorbing thequintessence of the mankind’s culture to enrich the national culture. Italso helps developing the potential of the national culture in order toactively participate in the international cultural integration andexchange while supporting other types of diplomacy used in internationalrelations.
There are a national news agency, 977 printednewspapers , 67 radio and TV stations, 74 online papers and magazines,336 social networking, 1,174 websites in Vietnam . They activelycontribute to promoting Vietnam ’s image to the world and introducingthe world’s culture to Vietnam , said Le Van Nghiem, director ofExternal Information Department under the Ministry of Information andCommunications.
Participants suggested developing professionalmedia publications while focusing on personnel training in the culturaldiplomacy and combining cultural diplomacy with other affairs relatingto overseas Vietnamese and politic and economic diplomacies.
Theyalso discussed how to strengthen ties with countries and territories,promote the image and people of Vietnam to the world, and absorb theworld’s quintessence to enrich the national cultural identity.-VNA
Addressing a workshop on international experience inbuilding the strategy on external cultural relations on August 13,Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan affirmed thatculture is the spiritual foundation of society, serving as the nation’sinner strength to ensure sustainable development and firm protection ofthe country for the goal of wealthy people, a strong, democratic, equaland civilised country.
“It’s a crucial task for building theculture and people of Vietnam in comprehensive development toward thetrue, the good and the beautiful, deeply imbued with the nationalidentity, democracy and science and human values,” he said.
PoulBache, Director of the Danish Cultural Agency, noted that externalcultural services aim at expanding cultural exchanges, absorbing thequintessence of the mankind’s culture to enrich the national culture. Italso helps developing the potential of the national culture in order toactively participate in the international cultural integration andexchange while supporting other types of diplomacy used in internationalrelations.
There are a national news agency, 977 printednewspapers , 67 radio and TV stations, 74 online papers and magazines,336 social networking, 1,174 websites in Vietnam . They activelycontribute to promoting Vietnam ’s image to the world and introducingthe world’s culture to Vietnam , said Le Van Nghiem, director ofExternal Information Department under the Ministry of Information andCommunications.
Participants suggested developing professionalmedia publications while focusing on personnel training in the culturaldiplomacy and combining cultural diplomacy with other affairs relatingto overseas Vietnamese and politic and economic diplomacies.
Theyalso discussed how to strengthen ties with countries and territories,promote the image and people of Vietnam to the world, and absorb theworld’s quintessence to enrich the national cultural identity.-VNA
