80 years of the Cultural sector: Accelerating with the nation's rising era

Attending the solemn ceremony were General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, many Politburo members, leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front and nearly 600 delegates representing management staff, artists, athletes and outstanding coaches nationwide.

Delivering a commemorative speech - reviewing the glorious tradition, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung emphasized the significance and aspirations of the entire sector in the new period. History has been engraved when 80 years ago, on August 28, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh signed the Proclamation establishing a provisional government consisting of 13 ministries, including the Ministry of Information and Propaganda, the predecessor of the current Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

"Since the Party's leadership, culture has been identified as an important front. The 1943 Vietnamese Culture Outline - the Party's first manifesto on culture - identified three basic principles: "National - Scientific - Mass" in building and developing culture; Resolutions of Congresses, thematic Resolutions of the Central Executive Committee and the Politburo all affirmed that culture is the soul of the nation, the driving force of development, and the "soft power" of the nation," Minister Nguyen Van Hung emphasized.

“Thanks to that correct and creative direction, the 80-year journey of the Culture sector has created an epic with many emotional levels: Culture has nurtured the soul and identity, from the heroic music of the resistance culture, to the confident dances of integrated sports with aspirations to reach high, with the footsteps of tourism bringing the country to the world and the press becoming a conduit of knowledge connecting the trust between the Party and the People”, Minister Nguyen Van Hung affirmed.

Looking back on the recent journey, the Minister emphasized the outstanding achievements: The work of building and perfecting cultural institutions has been focused on, the whole industry has strongly transformed the mindset from "doing culture" to "state management of culture", approaching the direction of cultural development management.

A special highlight is that the National Assembly has approved the National Target Program on Cultural Development 2025-2035. The work of building a cultural environment is emphasized, especially the culture of ethnic minorities; the material and spiritual life of the people is improved, narrowing the gap in cultural enjoyment between regions.

The cultural industry has shaped many creative directions, gradually professionalized, and increasingly contributed to economic growth. Cultural diplomacy has shifted from “exchange and meeting” to “substantive cooperation”, enhancing the country’s soft power in the international arena; mass sports have developed extensively, high-performance sports have affirmed their position, and made many important strides in regional and international arenas. Tourism and press and media have become two doors connecting the country with the world. Tourism has grown continuously, becoming a bright spot in the socio-economic picture...

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung speaks at the ceremony

When culture is soft power, press and publishing are the foundation of knowledge, sports are strength, tourism is the connecting bridge for Vietnamese culture to converge, crystallize and shine strongly in today's culture. On that journey, generations of people working in the country's cultural sector have overcome countless difficulties and challenges to continue the nation's immortal epic and pass on to today's generation extremely valuable spiritual values.

Representing the young generation of the whole country, artist Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha (Singer Ha Myo) - actress of the Vietnam National Music and Dance Theater - a typical young Vietnamese face in 2022, spoke at the ceremony with emotion. "The path that I and many young artists are taking, bringing traditional art, with smooth, soulful, lyrical folk melodies and contemporary works of art, is the way we want to contribute a small part to preserving and developing the national cultural identity. I believe that when traditional music is given a new breath, it will live forever, spreading to young people and reaching out to the world."

Cultural industry shapes many creative directions, gradually professionalizes, and contributes increasingly to economic growth.

With the spirit of "looking back to move forward", the cultural sector identifies that the road ahead has many advantages but also many difficulties and challenges. Globalization and integration open up opportunities, but the risk of cultural identity fading is also very real. The application of technology and digital transformation in the cultural sector is still slow, and the industry's high-quality human resources are still facing difficulties. More than ever, the entire cultural sector must have solutions to overcome "bottlenecks".

The cultural sector was honored to receive the First Class Labor Medal on the occasion of its 80th anniversary - a noble recognition for the contributions of the entire sector.

Over 80 years of construction and development, the Culture, Sports and Tourism (CST) sector has achieved many important achievements, making great contributions to the cause of national construction and defense. In recognition of these achievements, on August 22, 2025, the President signed a decision to award the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. At the same time, the First Class Labor Medal was awarded to Comrade Nguyen Van Hung, member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung was honored to receive the decision to award the First Class Labor Medal.

This is an affirmation of the special role and position of the culture, sports and tourism sector in the country's political and social life, as well as the trust and expectations that the Party, State and people have for the entire sector.

On this occasion, the cultural sector honored and awarded Certificates of Merit to 80 typical advanced models in the fields of culture, information, sports and tourism; outstanding artists, scientists, intellectuals, athletes; leaders of agencies and units under the Ministry and a large number of journalists, reporters and editors of news agencies.

Many individuals and groups received certificates of merit from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for their outstanding achievements in the fields of culture, information, sports and tourism in the period 2023-2025. (Photo: Vu Toan)

Ms. Vu Thi Tuyet Mai - Head of the Culture - Society and Ethnicity Department (VOV2) was honored to receive a certificate of merit from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for outstanding individuals. (Photo: Vu Toan)

With the declaration of action: "Culture is the foundation - Information is the conduit - Sports is the strength - Tourism is the connecting bridge", the entire cultural sector is determined to successfully carry out the tasks entrusted by the Party, State and People, bringing the cause of cultural development into a new era with new achievements, new marks, contributing to building a rich, democratic, fair, civilized, prosperous and happy Vietnam.

Source: https://vov2.vov.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/80-nam-nganh-van-hoa-tang-toc-cung-ky-nguyen-vuon-minh-cua-dan-toc-54633.vov2