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Hoi An gears towards creative city

The UNESCO-recognised ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has advantages and opportunities to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), heard an event held by the municipal People’s Committee on February 2.
Hoi An gears towards creative city ảnh 1A corner of the UNESCO-recognised ancient city of Hoi An. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Nam (VNA) – The UNESCO-recognised ancient city of HoiAn in the central province of Quang Nam has advantages and opportunities to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN),heard an event held by the municipal People’s Committee on February 2.

At the event, the committee presented a reportthemed “Hoi An: From a heritage city to a creative city,” aiming to call forjoint efforts in turning Hoi An into a creative city of the global level.  

Hoi An is among the seven cities selected by theMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a project on developing anetwork of creative cities as part ofthe UCCN, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Van Lanh.

The UCCN was created in 2004 to promote cooperationwith and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor forsustainable urban development.

The 246-member network covers seven creative fields- crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design, gastronomy, literature and music.
Hoi An gears towards creative city ảnh 2Hoi An ancient city (Photo: VNA)
By joining the network, cities commit to sharingtheir best practices and developing partnerships involving the public andprivate sectors as well as civil society in order to: strengthen the creation,production, distribution and dissemination of cultural activities, goods andservices; develop hubs of creativity and innovation and broaden opportunitiesfor creators and professionals in the cultural sector; improve access to andparticipation in cultural life, in particular for marginalised or vulnerablegroups and individuals; fully integrate culture and creativity into sustainabledevelopment plans.

Hoi An will bring crafts and folk arts – its coreadvantages - to the network , Lanh said, adding that Hoi An is working topreserve and promote crafts and folk arts and spur tourism development intandem with increasing livelihood and improving living standards of localresidents sustainably.

On this occasion, Hoi An city launched the website"Hoi An - creative city" and handed over the project on promoting HoiAn’s image to Bizverse, a Metaverse world for business activities./.
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