Preserving traditional Vietnamese family values
(ComradeHoang Thi Quynh Anh- Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, answering reporters of Nghe An Newspaper on the occasion of Vietnamese Family Day)
PV:It is known that the theme of the Vietnamese Family Year 2013 is “Connecting love” with the communication messages “Family is the home of each person, the healthy cell of society”, “Let love warm your home”…, can you explain more clearly what this theme means?
Comrade Hoang Thi Quynh Anh:On February 19, 2013, the Prime Minister signed Official Dispatch No. 251/TTg-KGVX on choosing 2013 as the Year of Vietnamese Families with the aim of raising awareness of Party committees, authorities, Fatherland Front Committees at all levels and the whole society about family, the role of family in society, the country and for individuals. At the same time, he directed ministries, branches; provinces and cities to organize appropriate, specific and practical activities to promote family work; strengthen propaganda and mobilize people to actively build prosperous, equal, progressive and happy families.
The theme of the 2013 Vietnamese Family Year is “Connecting Love”, it is love, care, close relationship, harmony and solidarity among family members that are essential and important factors for a happy and progressive family. There will be no conflicts, no violence, no discrimination between daughters and sons, members will not get involved in social evils and violate the law in a lovingly connected family. Close and responsible relationships within the family are also the foundation for family members to have healthy relationships outside of the family, contributing to building a stable and civilized society.
Promote the theme of the Vietnamese Family Year so that everyone is aware that love is the core of family happiness and the happiness of each individual, contributing to limiting and minimizing domestic violence and family breakdown, preventing social evils from entering the family. In addition to the efforts to rise up and take care of building a warm and happy family of each family, all classes of people will actively make efforts to participate in building Cultural Villages and New Rural Cultural Communes.
Family meal. Photo: PV
PV:Dear comrade, there are many opinions that: The image of the traditional family is gradually fading away. In the past, life was poor and difficult, the family was close and warm, now that life is more prosperous and abundant, the family has become fragile and easily broken. And what makes many people wonder is "how to preserve the traditional lifestyle in every Vietnamese family". As a management agency, what activities has the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism done to contribute to preserving the Vietnamese family tradition?
Comrade Hoang Thi Quynh Anh:The traditional Vietnamese family in the past paid great attention to building family relationships, family traditions and family etiquette. Traditional family culture is rich in humanity, humanism, upholds moral values, builds a cultural lifestyle of order and discipline, fosters the soul and courage of people, and makes the family a healthy cell of society. Every good family is a guarantee for a rich people, a strong country, a developed and civilized society.
Nowadays, it is true that many families are affected by the market mechanism. Parents are busy making a living, placing too much importance on money without properly valuing the value of morality and intelligence, and not paying attention to their children, leading to children being spoiled, addicted to drugs, sexually abused, etc., especially gender inequality, divorce and domestic violence are increasing at an alarming rate. The order, identity and good traditions of Vietnamese families are increasingly fading. Identifying family culture as the "root" of village culture and national culture, in recent times, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promoted the movement to build cultural families and cultural villages throughout the province.
Among the criteria of Cultural Families and Cultural Villages, one criterion is to preserve and promote the national cultural identity. It can be said that the movement has really gone into depth and has a strong influence, the rate of cultural families is increasing, the quality of the title of Cultural Family is increasingly improved. Some districts, cities and towns have proactively and creatively built the title of Cultural Family. Every year, on the occasion of Vietnamese Family Day, localities organize to commend and reward multi-generational families living together in harmony; families raising healthy children, teaching good children, living happily; Catholic families "living a good life and upholding religion"; families doing well economically... The movement has contributed to preserving the tradition of Vietnamese families, while enriching the new cultural life in residential areas, especially in rural and mountainous areas.
In addition, the sector has also implemented the Project "Propaganda and education on Vietnamese family ethics and lifestyle", piloted in Dong Van commune, Thanh Chuong district and achieved many good results. In the coming time, the sector will expand this project throughout the province. In addition, it has implemented a plan to prevent and combat domestic violence throughout the province for the period 2012 - 2015 and the following years. In the past 6 years, under the direction of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and active support from the Ford organization, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province has chosen Cua Lo town to build a network of facilities to prevent and combat domestic violence that has been operating very effectively. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is planning to expand this model throughout the province next year. These activities also contribute significantly to building traditional cultural families.
PV:In response to the Vietnamese Family Year 2013, what specific programs and plans does our province's cultural sector have?
Comrade Hoang Thi Quynh Anh:In 2013 alone, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism proactively advised the Provincial People's Committee to issue Decision No. 1643/QD.UBND.VX, dated May 7, 2013 on the Plan to implement the "Vietnam Family Development Strategy to 2020, vision 2030 in Nghe An province"; in 2013, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism continued to advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue the Plan to implement Resolution No. 81/NQ-CP dated December 4, 2012 of the Government to implement the Notice of Conclusion No. 26-TB/TU dated May 9, 2011 of the Secretariat on the preliminary review of Directive No. 49-CT/TU dated February 21, 2005 of the Secretariat (9th term) on "building families in the period of industrialization and modernization of the country" in Nghe An province; Plan to implement Decree No. 02/2013/ND-CP dated January 3, 2013 of the Government regulating family work and advising on the establishment of Family Work Steering Committees at the provincial, district and commune levels.
In response to the Vietnamese Family Year 2013, the Department has deployed plans to districts, cities and towns on the organization of family work in 2013; presided over and coordinated with relevant sectors to organize propaganda and visual promotion activities on Vietnamese Family Day June 28, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women November 25, International Day of Happiness 2014; guided districts, cities and towns to organize the Conference to honor typical cultural families in the period 2007 - 2012 and review 5 years of implementing the Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence in the period 2008 - 2013; coordinated with the provincial Radio and Television Station, the provincial Women's Union to organize a talk show on "Family Happiness" on NTV on the occasion of Vietnamese Family Day; The Provincial Cultural Center was assigned to coordinate with units in the industry to organize an art exchange night to celebrate Vietnamese Family Day on the evening of June 27 at Ho Chi Minh Square. With these specific programs, it will certainly contribute to strongly promoting the participation of the whole society in family work to reach the desired success.
PV:Thank you for this interesting conversation. On the occasion of Vietnamese Family Day, I wish you to always be the “warm fire” that nurtures family happiness.
Thanh Thuy (performed)
