Nghe An: Rewarding 9 provincial cultural models

Attending the conference were Ms. Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; leaders of departments under the Department of Culture and Sports; leaders of the Department of Culture - Information and the Center for Culture, Sports and Communication of districts, towns and cities in the province. Photo: Minh Quan

Lots of exciting activities

In 2022, the Provincial Cultural Center, together with the system of Cultural - Sports and Communication Centers of districts, cities and towns, organized professional activities such as: festival activities, building cultural activity models, providing professional guidance and organizing festivals, competitions, performances, mobile propaganda... At the same time, well implementing the decoration, propaganda, exhibition of photo topics to serve the political tasks of the province and the country...

The activities of the entire system have met and satisfied the cultural needs of the masses, while at the same time conveying the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws into life, contributing to political stability and cultural and social development...

In addition, the activities of building a cultural lifestyle in 2022 have had encouraging successes. The implementation of Decree 122/2018/ND-CP of the Government regulating the recognition of cultural titles has been widely and quite synchronously deployed. To date, the whole province has 2,565 cultural villages, hamlets, and blocks; 325 communes and wards have cultural and sports institutions meeting the standards of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The rate of cultural families in the whole province is 85%.

A meeting of the Tho ethnic folk arts club, Dot Va hamlet, Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district. Photo: CSCC

Also in the year, the Provincial Cultural Center coordinated with the Department of Culture - Information, the Center for Culture - Sports and Communication of the districts to successfully build 9 provincial-level cultural activity models in the districts: Con Cuong, Nam Dan, Tan Ky, Vinh City, Anh Son, Cua Lo Town, Quy Chau, Hung Nguyen, Quy Hop with the following types: Preserving ethnic culture; Building and implementing village rules and regulations; Preventing domestic violence associated with propaganda and education on ethics and lifestyle in the family.

During the year, the system of Cultural - Sports and Communication Centers of districts built 22 cultural activity models in communes, wards and towns.

Coordinate to remove difficulties and obstacles

At the conference, giving speeches and participating in dialogues with leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports, the Cultural Center and a number of specialized departments under the department, in addition to acknowledging the achieved results, delegates also pointed out the shortcomings, limitations, difficulties and obstacles in grassroots cultural activities in recent times.

Delegates had a dialogue with leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports, the Cultural Center and some specialized departments under the department. Photo: Minh Quan

The issue raised by many delegates is that the construction of new cultural institutions after the merger in communes, hamlets, and villages at the grassroots level still faces many difficulties in terms of land funds and counterpart funds. Although the Provincial People's Council has issued Resolution 30/2020/NQ-HDND dated December 13, 2020 on support policies for the construction of cultural and sports institutions at the grassroots level in Nghe An province until 2025, the implementation of this resolution in practice still has many shortcomings.

In addition, some local authorities and Party committees have not paid attention to building and replicating typical cultural models. The reward mechanism or the level of support and investment for the models after recognition is too modest or non-existent, so it has not motivated the development of the model.

Another issue that many delegates are concerned about is that at the commune, ward and town levels, cultural officers still have to "take on" too many tasks; in many communes, cultural officers also have to take on policy work, while the remuneration regime has not been improved, making it difficult for this team to fully devote themselves to cultural activities at the grassroots level.

Speaking at the Conference, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports Bui Cong Vinh acknowledged the results in grassroots cultural activities and building cultural models of the Provincial Cultural Center and the Cultural - Sports and Communication Centers of districts, cities and towns in the past year.

Mr. Bui Cong Vinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports delivered a concluding speech at the conference. Photo: Minh Quan

The leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports also requested the Department of Culture - Information, the Center for Culture - Sports and Communications of districts, cities and towns to be proactive and flexible in advising local authorities on mechanisms and policies for cultural and sports activities; coordinate with the Provincial Cultural Center and specialized departments of the Department of Culture and Sports.to remove difficulties and obstacles in organizing activities; pay more attention to professional training for grassroots cultural officials, especially cultural officials of communes, wards and towns...

Awarding certificates of merit from the Department of Culture and Sports to 9 provincial cultural models. Photo: Minh Quan.

On this occasion, the Department of Culture and Sports awarded Certificates of Merit to 9 provincial-level cultural models; the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 collectives and 2 individuals with achievements in grassroots cultural activities.