Affirming the role of sports in promoting human factors and socio-economic development of the country

Throughout the process of leading the revolution, especially when the country entered a new era "the era of national development", our Party and State always paid attention to and affirmed the role of physical training and sports in promoting the human factor and developing the country's socio-economy.

In his speech on the topic "Enhancing the role of the Party in leading and directing the implementation of political tasks and professional tasks in the field of physical education and sports" sent to the 1st Congress of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, term 2025 - 2030, Director of the Vietnam Sports and Physical Training Department Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet affirmed that developing physical education and sports is one of the important tasks of the Party and State; considered an indispensable part of the social security policy system.

In the Party's guidelines and policies, physical training and sports work was mentioned quite early right from its establishment and continued to be supplemented and gradually improved along with the development of the Party as well as the practical development of the country's physical training and sports career.

Through the Party's congresses, the guiding viewpoints on public physical training and sports have been increasingly expressed clearly and comprehensively, in accordance with the country's socio -economic situation in each specific historical period.

Evidence is shown through documents, directives, and resolutions of the Party, such as: Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW (December 1, 2011) of the Politburo on strengthening the leadership of the Party, creating strong development steps in physical education and sports by 2020; Law on Physical Education and Sports amended in 2018; Conclusion 70-KL/TW of the Politburo, Strategy for development of physical education and sports in Vietnam, etc.,...

Director of the Department of Physical Training and Sports Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet - Photo: Nam Nguyen

According to Mr. Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet, the Party's guiding viewpoints on physical training and sports work are the compass and orientation for the development of Vietnam's physical training and sports career. The Party always recognizes the importance of physical training and sports work, considering it one of the factors to promote human strength in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

President Ho Chi Minh identified physical training and sports as one of the revolutionary tasks, effectively serving the goal of "strong people, prosperous country". Throughout the process of leading the revolution, especially when the country entered a new era "the era of national development", our Party and State always paid attention to and affirmed the role of physical training and sports in promoting the human factor and developing the country's socio-economy.

Thanks to the attention and close direction of the Party and State, the leadership and direction of the collective leadership of the Ministry, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in leading and directing the implementation of political tasks and professional tasks in the field of physical education and sports, thereby raising awareness of the role of physical education and sports in training and improving people's health and physical education and sports work of Party committees at all levels, authorities, and socio-political organizations; thereby, the direction, leadership and management of physical education and sports activities have been enhanced.

In many localities across the country as well as in agencies and units, the development of sports movements is carried out regularly, creating a healthy working environment, a joyful atmosphere among the people, contributing to building a new cultural life, staying away from social evils.

The development of mass sports movements at the grassroots level has been expanded with many rich and diverse forms, attracting a large number of people to participate in competitions and cheering, especially the campaigns: "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho"; "All people unite to build a cultural life"; "Olympic running day for the health of all people"; The movement "All people practice swimming, prevent drowning"; ... continues to be expanded, attracting the participation of the masses, contributing to improving health.

Along with that, the development of high-performance sports has always been focused on and in practice, important results have been recorded that have contributed to raising the level of Vietnamese sports in the region and continent, which is demonstrated through the number and structure of medals that Vietnamese sports have won at international competitions. At the same time, Vietnam has successfully hosted many major international sports events, such as: SEA Games, Indoor Games...

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These achievements have contributed to affirming the position of the Vietnamese sports industry in social life. They demonstrate the efforts of the entire political system, the attention and leadership of the Party, the centralized management of the State, the active participation of socio-political organizations and people in sports and physical training. They contribute significantly to training and improving health, building a healthy lifestyle, avoiding social evils and actively contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

However, according to Mr. Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet, in addition to the achieved results, the Party's leadership and direction on physical training and sports still have some shortcomings and limitations. The direction and leadership of Party committees at all levels, the effectiveness and efficiency of State management on physical training and sports in some localities, agencies and units have not been given due attention; the importance of physical training and sports has not been fully recognized, so the direction and leadership has not been timely and adequate. The allocation of investment resources for physical training and sports is still low; there is a lack of a management mechanism for professional sports development.

The Director of the Vietnam Sports and Physical Training Department said that in recent years, countries have considered sports development as one of their social policies; a component of "soft infrastructure", contributing to improving health, preventing diseases, reducing medical costs, ensuring the quality of population and human resources, and building a healthy society. Developing sports in a professional direction, becoming a service industry that attracts investment and brings in a fairly large rate of return.

According to Director Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet, to further promote the Party's role in leading and directing the implementation of political and professional tasks in the coming time, the Sports and Physical Training Sector needs to focus on implementing the following solutions:

Firstly, strengthen the leadership of the Party, the participation of the political system, the effective coordination of all levels, sectors and people in physical training and sports work. Create strong changes in the thinking, awareness and responsibility of Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and people in the development of physical training and sports.

Second, promote propaganda and raise awareness of sports development. Strengthen the application of digital transformation, promote the effectiveness of mass media, social networks, and the internet in propaganda and dissemination of the Party's viewpoints, policies, and laws of the State on sports; knowledge and skills of physical activities; physical exercise to improve health, prevent and treat diseases.

Third, Improve the capacity and effectiveness of state management and administration in the field of physical training and sports. Complete the system of legal documents on physical training and sports to meet the requirements of developing professional sports, sports economy, promoting investment in construction and operation of sports facilities, organizing competitions, training athletes and providing physical training and sports services. In which, focus on seriously and effectively implementing the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels, Conclusion No. 70 of the Politburo, Vietnam's Sports Development Strategy, Planning and projects on physical training and sports development...

Fourth , promote mass sports activities through the movement "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" with the Campaign "All people unite to build a cultural life at the grassroots level" associated with the National Target Program. Develop national sports and promote national cultural identity in sports activities; focus on developing physical education and sports in the armed forces to meet the requirements of building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern armed force.

Fifth , improve the effectiveness of training sports talents, focusing on quality successors; continue to expand the scale and modernize national sports training centers. Innovate the organization and management of high-performance sports in a professional direction; prioritize state investment and mobilize social resources to support training facilities for athletes in sports, especially key sports.

Sixth , Increase investment in building facilities and equipment for training, high-performance sports competitions and training for the people.

"Inheriting the achievements, experiences and lessons learned in the 2020-2025 term, in the coming term, the Vietnam Sports and Physical Training Department will continue to thoroughly grasp the documents, resolutions and directives of the Party and State on sports and physical training work to contribute to bringing our country's sports and physical training career to continue to develop to a new height, realizing the goal of " For the cause of a strong people and prosperous country " as wished by beloved Uncle Ho", Director Nguyen Danh Hoang Viet emphasized.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/khang-dinh-vai-tro-cua-the-duc-the-thao-trong-viec-phat-huy-nhan-to-con-nguoi-phat-trien-kinh-te-xa-hoi-cua-dat-nuoc-20250701092926421.htm