National Press and Arts Conference 2014

(Baonghean.vn) - On August 22, in Cua Lo Town, the 2014 National Press and Arts Conference took place, co-organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Central Propaganda Department and the Central Council for Literature and Arts Theory and Criticism.

Attending and chairing the Conference were comrades: Nguyen The Ky - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Hong Vinh - Chairman of the Central Council for Literature and Arts Theory and Criticism, Hoang Huu Luong - Director of the Press Department - Ministry of Information and Communications. Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and delivered a welcome speech at the Conference.

Conference overview

The report at the Conference stated: Literary and artistic journalism is an important part of revolutionary journalism. The country currently has over 80 literary and artistic press agencies under the Vietnam Union of Literary and Artistic Associations, provincial and municipal literary and artistic associations under the Central Government, and literary and artistic press of a number of ministries and branches. In 63 provinces and cities across the country, in addition to literary and artistic press publications of local literary and artistic associations, Party newspapers and radio and television programs have also developed specialized pages, columns, and topics on literature and art with considerable time.

The comrades chaired the conference

The press is affecting all aspects of life, in which people are receiving literature and arts mainly through the press. The literary press in particular, by always sticking to its orientation and serving its political tasks well, has contributed to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. By introducing new works to the public, the literary press is contributing to nurturing and training literary and artistic talents, especially young artists; contributing to preserving the purity and enriching the Vietnamese language and the languages ​​of Vietnam's ethnic minorities; the exchange programs and discussions on culture and literature of newspapers and radio stations have updated, reflected the current situation, praised typical examples and provided lessons on building new cultural content at the grassroots level... in a timely and vivid manner.

The report also points out the difficulties and shortcomings of current literary and artistic journalism activities, especially local specialized magazines that have not kept up with the trend and have not met the needs of readers. A few newspapers have indulged in negative social information, unverified and arbitrary information, etc., creating negative social effects. Content has not received equal attention in terms of both creative writing and critical theory. Operating budget is limited, circulation is low. The human resources of literary and artistic journalism are still lacking and not highly skilled.

Many cultural press agencies, cultural pages of newspapers belonging to socio-political organizations and ministries have not invested properly to create a unique identity for their publications and pages. Cultural and artistic programs broadcast by radio and television stations still contain offensive content, not in line with the fine arts and cultural traditions of the nation. The cultural and artistic sections of many online newspapers still lack direction, leading to the situation of mainly exploiting the private lives of actors, singers, celebrities, etc.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee delivered a welcome speech at the conference.

Delegates attending the Conference

The conference also proposed solutions and directions for the upcoming activities of the literary and artistic press in the context of the current information explosion and complex social interactions; focusing on improving the quality of information in the right direction and healthily, contributing to preserving and developing the good traditional values ​​of Vietnamese culture and people; reflecting truthfully and vividly the life, history of the nation and the cause of national renewal; encouraging the team of cultural, literary and artistic activists to create many works of value in terms of ideology and art...

In the discussion, representatives of central and local press agencies and radio stations focused on raising specific issues in their cultural and artistic information activities in each page, column, and program... In-depth discussion of difficulties and requirements for improving the quality and efficiency in content creation and organization of literary and artistic information, press and art to the public to create the highest possible positive effect; experience in training and improving the capacity and skills of the press and art team; mentioning the relationship of press and art to the creative team and artists in general; Focus on the field of theoretical criticism... The conference also highly agreed that the literary and artistic press, in its goal of improving the quality and efficiency of its operations in the coming time in order to provide aesthetic information to the public in the fastest and most timely manner, needs to closely follow the orientation from the implementation of Resolution 9 of the 11th Central Committee on "Building and developing Vietnamese culture and people, meeting the requirements of sustainable national development" and Resolution 23 of the 10th Politburo on "Continuing to build and develop literature and art in the new period".

Video clip of the 2014 National Press and Arts Conference:

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