Leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism worked with the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee

Receiving and working with the delegation were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; and comrades of the Provincial People's Committee, a number of departments, branches and localities.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

NGHE AN IS ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

At the meeting, leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) assessed that Nghe An has been going in the right direction, promoting cultural values ​​and good qualities of Nghe An people in the development process.

In particular, the Party Committee and the provincial government have paid attention to the development of the cultural sector. Nghe An has chosen the work, chosen the points and created some highlights for the whole country and has been highly appreciated by the Ministry.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee presented a report on the socio-economic, cultural, sports and tourism situation in 2021 and the province's plan for 2022. Photo: Thanh Duy

Typically, the province has promoted the strengths of President Ho Chi Minh's hometown; at the same time, proactively planned, investigated, counted, classified, and ranked relics and heritages to create scientific and sustainable development; thereby creating motivation and premise for the next steps.

The province has also promoted and brought back relics and heritages to serve education and economic development. Nghe An has put into practice the movement of the whole people to build cultural life at the grassroots level. The provincial tourism industry has also begun to form a number of products.

Comrade Nguyen Trung Khanh - General Director of the General Department of Tourism spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

On the other hand, Nghe An not only affirms itself in the field of high-performance sports by contributing many famous athletes to the Vietnamese sports community, but also maintains and develops mass sports widely in a voluntary and self-managed direction with team and group models according to interests.

However, opinions also assessed that, as well as the general context, Nghe An is facing not simple problems such as using and promoting the value of cultural institutions... at the same time, because it is the province with the largest area in the country, investment resources are still difficult; the difference between cultural enjoyment between mountainous and plain areas, urban and rural areas.

Comrade Ta Quang Dong - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also stated that Nghe An is a locality with room for tourism development, but provincial tourism is still at a modest level, not really becoming a key economic sector, and the province still lacks outstanding, unique products.

Speaking at the meeting, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy affirmed that the province always focuses on cultural development, considering it a very important foundation and driving force in the development process.

Most recently, the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025 continued to affirm: “…Promoting the historical and cultural traditions, the people of Nghe An, the will to be self-reliant and the aspiration to rise up; proactively innovating and creating, bringing Nghe An to develop quickly and sustainably…”; at the same time, building the people and cultural families of Nghe An to meet the requirements of integration and development.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee emphasized: In the process of attracting investment, exploiting resources, protecting the environment, planning, managing urban construction, and developing the West, the province always puts the factor of harmony between economic development and cultural and social life, ensuring the environment; associated with that is the work of preserving, embellishing, and promoting tangible and intangible cultural values. This is a consistent viewpoint.

From a development perspective, clearly identifying the strengths of culture and tourism, the head of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee said that recently, the province has made great efforts to develop culture, sports and tourism; at the same time, he hopes that the Ministry will pay special attention to support the province to maximize this potential.

At the meeting, the Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee also analyzed and clarified 5 groups of recommendations and proposals of the province to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

PROMOTING THE POWER OF THE "THREE-HORSE CHARACTERS"

Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung expressed his joy at the new developments of Nghe An, including in the fields of culture, sports and tourism; thereby contributing to helping the Ministry complete its State management functions, organize national-level events, and continue to affirm the position of the sector in the process of innovation and integration.

Comrade Nguyen Van Hung - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the coming time, Minister Nguyen Van Hung suggested that the province review and base on the spirit of Conclusion No. 76/KL/TW dated June 4, 2020 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW of the 11th Party Central Committee on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development and the conclusion of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Conference on Culture to build and implement the cultural development strategy of Nghe An province to 2030.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Minister hopes that the province will approach and implement the above strategy with a comprehensive perspective, but with a focus and key points in the direction of paying more attention to promoting and preserving the cultural values ​​of the homeland and people of Nghe An, but need to choose the priority points of heritage first such as promoting Vi and Giam folk songs as one of the pillars, through which, by the specific rules of this art field, it will contribute to fostering the values ​​of truth, goodness and beauty.

Along with that, the province also needs to arrange resources suitable to the conditions; pay attention to land use planning to ensure space for cultural and sports development; pay more attention to grassroots cultural life which is the basis for building community rules and conventions.

Minister Nguyen Van Hung suggested that the province select 7/21 districts, cities and towns to pilot the model of District Chairmen approving community rules and conventions proposed and built by the people in building cultural life.

Regarding tourism, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism suggested a model of State management on tourism promotion; building tourism products associated with brands and promotion; researching and developing the type of tourism in which Nghe An has strengths, which is MICE tourism (a type of tourism combining conferences, seminars, exhibitions, and event organization); digitalizing tourism, which first of all requires digitalizing destinations and tourism products; and building safe destinations.

In the field of sports, Minister Nguyen Van Hung also suggested that the province pay more attention to developing mass sports according to the hobby club model.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comparing the three areas of State management of the industry to a "three-horse carriage", in which culture must hold the reins; tourism and sports stand beside, the Minister noted that the Department of Culture, Sports and the Provincial Department of Tourism always pay attention to closely coordinating work to create common strength to perform tasks well.

Regarding Nghe An's recommendations, Minister Nguyen Van Hung said that these are all valid contents and the Ministry's spirit is to support; thereby, there have been specific responses such as: Agreeing to research and propose competent authorities to upgrade the Sen Village Festival to the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Festival organized on a national scale; supporting the Art Program for the Opening Ceremony of the Vi and Giam Folk Song Festival in 2023; allocating capital for a number of projects to carry out the restoration and embellishment of key relics and national relics;...

Also at the meeting, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: Currently, the Government is assigning the Ministry to build a target program on revitalizing and developing Vietnamese culture in the direction of issuing 6 projects. The proposals and recommendations of the province will be basically resolved and removed when this target program is approved because the content belongs to the overall program.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the end of the meeting, on behalf of Nghe An leaders, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said: The province fully and seriously accepted the contents of the meeting, especially focusing on building and implementing the strategy for developing Nghe An culture until 2030.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also hopes that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to pay attention and accompany the province to realize general development goals, including developing culture, sports and tourism in the coming time.