The delegation was ledby Nguyen Manh Cuong, Vice Chairman ofthe CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, who is also amember of the ICAPP standing board.
At the meeting, Cuong shared the viewpoints and policies ofthe CPV on culture, underlining that culture is the spiritual foundation of thesociety and the goal, motivation and internal strength for national sustainabledevelopment.
The CPV aims to build a modern culture with strong nationalidentity that is united in diversity, while boosting economic growth in linewith cultural development, with great attention paid to the expansion of culturalindustry and cultural services in association with the development of thecultural market, helping to preserve, maintain, promote anddevelop cultural values, cultural exchange and diversification.
Theme “Harnessing Culture and Innovation forShared Prosperity during COVID-19 and Beyond,” the meeting gathered leaders ofpolitical parties, policy-makers from 25 political parties of 18 Asiancountries and a number of international organisations under the United Nations.
Participants discussed the role of culture and solutions tooptimise it in inspiring people’s creativity in all fields, contributing tosustainable growth.
They highlighted the significance of cooperation amongpolitical parties in promoting cultural collaboration and exchange, andexpanding the culture-innovation networks and resources for the development of culture andthe cultural industry.
The ACC was first launched in 2019 in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province. UNESCOformally recognises the “Asian Cultural Council” as a good cooperative partnerin cultural affairs, and the two organisations have been working together onseveral projects including the study of Asian cultural policies in 2019 as apreparation for the meeting of ministers of culture in 2019./.
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