Creative Lab by UP – the latest creative centre at the Hanoi Creative City Building. (Photo: Creative Lab by UP) The session will present two reportscommissioned by the British Council in support of the development of creativecentres in Vietnam.
The first report is Creative Hubs:Experience from Europe, Lessons for Vietnam, 2016 by Professor Andy Pratt fromCity University London, with the second the Review of Regulatory Framework forCreative Hubs in Vietnam, 2017, conducted by the Vietnam National Institute ofCulture and Arts Studies.
The event will feature presentations bythree creative centres, the Creative Lab by UP in Hanoi, the Danang BusinessIncubator (DNES) in Da Nang and Toa Tau in HCM City.
There will also be a discussion on the roleof creative centres in developing the creative economy.
The discussion will be facilitated by HanoiGrapevine with panel members from the creative centre community, the BritishCouncil, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam NationalInstitute of Culture and Arts Studies.
Hanoi Grapevine, a long-running onlinecentre is an independent and not-for-profit online platform that aims tosupport the Vietnamese art scene by connecting local artists and art spaceswith their audience.
In 2014, the platform was identified by theBritish Council as a pioneering virtual creative centre in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s first National Strategy for theDevelopment of Cultural Industries to 2020, vision 2030 was ratified by PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in September 2016.
The strategy outlines goals for developingcultural industries in Vietnam, which is hoped to account for three per cent ofGDP in 2020 and seven per cent in 2030.
For some sectors, high revenue targets areset for 2030 including 3.2 billion USD for the advertising industry, 250million USD for the film industry and 125 million USD for fine arts.
The report launching and discussion willtake place from 2pm to 5pm at Hanoi Creativity City Building, No1 Luong Yen street.-VNA
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