People's Artist Xuan Bac receives additional tasks
People's Artist Xuan Bac - Director of the Department of Performing Arts was appointed to the Party Executive Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the 2025-2030 term.
At the 1st Congress of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), term 2025-2030, Mr. Chu Dinh Dong - Member of the Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Government Party Committee's Organization Commission - announced the decision of the Government Party Committee's Standing Committee on appointing the Executive Committee, Standing Committee, Secretary, and Deputy Secretary of the MOCST Party Committee for the term 2025-2030.
In the list of 32 comrades in the new Executive Committee, there is People's Artist Xuan Bac - Director of the Department of Performing Arts.
Participating in the Congress as a representative of the Party Cell of the Department of Performing Arts, People's Artist Xuan Bac presented a speech on the topic:“Promoting the pioneering role of performing arts in building Vietnamese people in the new era, preserving identity, spreading values and inspiring creativity”.
People's Artist Xuan Bac affirmed that performing arts in the 2020-2025 term has many clear changes. The Department of Performing Arts has proactively advised and proposed decrees and circulars to perfect the legal framework, creating conditions for creative arts activities to develop in the right direction, while still ensuring the role of state management.
He particularly emphasized:“Art is not only a means of expression, but also a flame of thought, a thread connecting the people's hearts with the soul of the country.”
According to People's Artist Xuan Bac, political art programs during major holidays and political and foreign affairs events all have national stature, cultural depth and social influence, contributing to affirming that performing arts is the "soft spearhead" in the strategy of developing Vietnamese culture and people.
People's Artist Xuan Bac assessed that the strongest development period of performing arts will be from 2024 to early 2025, when many large-scale programs organized by Vietnamese units will reach regional level.
"The nights were filled with emotions, the whole crowd seemed to burst out, blending with the melody of songs imbued with the soul of Vietnamese culture. The whole crowd fell silent with the low notes and exploded with the high notes of each performance on stage with the artists. We had programs with technology, sound, and lighting of such a scale that international friends had to admire", he said.
Without focusing on difficulties, Director Xuan Bac emphasized the spirit of “no difficulty cannot be overcome” with the right leadership of the Party and the State. He pledged that in the new term, the Performing Arts Department will be more proactive, creative and determined, to make art and culture truly become a stream that nurtures the national spirit, contributing to affirming Vietnam’s position on the international cultural map.
People's Artist Xuan Bac was appointed as Director of the Department of Performing Arts in October 2024, after serving as Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater since January 2021.
