Vietnamese culture is always everlasting strength of the nation: PM
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a special art show in Hanoi on February 28 marking the 80th anniversary of the Outline of Vietnamese Culture, the first document on culture launched by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1943.
Directed by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and co-hosted by the Party Central
Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Vietnam Television
(VTV), the event was televised on the VTV1 channel.
In his opening speech, PM Chinh recalled that 80
years ago when the semi-feudal colonial
regime deteriorated, the Outline of Vietnamese Culture, drafted by Party
General Secretary Truong Chinh, was approved by the CPV Central Committee’s Standing Board in February 1943, becoming the first official document on
culture of the CPV.
Over the past eight decades, the Outline of
Vietnamese Culture has been applied flexibly, creatively, effectively by the
CPV for national construction and defence, he said, adding that Vietnamese
culture, literature, and arts have become sharp weapons on the ideological front. The
Vietnamese culture is gradually reaching out to the world with many unique
products and values that are highly respected and welcomed by international
friends.
The PM suggesting further enriching
contents in the Outline of Vietnamese Culture and effectively performing the
Party and State’s policies and laws, and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong’s directions at the National Cultural Conference like “Culture must be
put on par with economy, politics and society”, “Culture
is the spiritual foundation of society, both the goal and the inherent
strength, and an important driving force for national development”.
According to the government leader, it
is a must to continue renewing the Party leadership and improving the
efficiency and effectiveness of State management on culture, invest in the
rapid and sustainable development of culture, build the national value system,
cultural values and human standards that are closely linked to preservation and development of Vietnamese family values in
the new era.
He requested building a healthy
cultural environment to serve citizens, developing a digital cultural environment
that is appropriate to the digital economy, society and citizenship amid the
fourth industrial revolution; and study international experience to develop
cultural and entertainment industry that suit Vietnam's realities.
The PM also asked for popularising Vietnam’s
tangible and intangible cultural heritages that
possess competitive advantages in the world such as Ha Long Bay, Hoi An
Ancient City, Phong Nha-Ke Bang, Bac Ninh love duet singing, Then singing, and Thai dances,
among others.
Under the theme “Outline of Vietnamese Culture –
Historical imprints”, the 70-minute event comprised three parts praising the
Party, President Ho Chi Minh, the nation and its culture.
It saw performances by artists of the Vietnam Contemporary Art Theatre in collaboration with the Central Science and Documentary Film Studio, the Vietnam National Academy of Music, the Vietnam Dance Academy, the Ministry of Public Security’s drum troupe, the Ministry of National Defence’s ritual art troupe, the Hanoi University of Culture and the National University of Arts Education.
In 1943, by applying Marxism and the guidelines of the Party and leader
Nguyen Ai Quoc, Party General Secretary Truong Chinh wrote the Outline of Vietnamese Culture (also known as the 1943 Outline on Culture), stressing
that the content, nature, organisation and development orientation of a
cultural revolution can only be associated with the national liberation
revolution and a cultural revolution can be realised when the political
revolution has succeeded.
The document defined that Vietnamese culture,
consisting of ideology, learning, and arts, “will be liberated by the
democratic revolution and freed from shackles and could catch up with the
world's neo-democratic culture”./.