Promoting cultural and sports strengths from the grassroots to create sustainability

Nearly 200 experts in charge of culture and sports in Ho Chi Minh City attended the 2025 training conference on professional development in culture and sports.

Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City Tran The Thuan delivered the opening speech at the 2025 training conference on professional development in culture and sports - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

On the morning of August 7, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City held the opening ceremony of the Conference on training and fostering professional skills in cultural and sports work in 2025, at the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Officials.

The conference was attended by nearly 200 experts in charge of culture and sports from the Department of Culture and Society of wards, communes and special zones.

Training on 12 cultural and social topics

The conference took place over two days, August 7 and 8, to exchange and provide guidance on knowledge and professional skills for cadres and civil servants in charge of cultural and sports work at the People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones in various fields.

This is also an opportunity to exchange and share experiences, good practices and effective services in localities.

The Organizing Committee said that the 2025 training and professional development conference for cultural and sports work will revolve around 12 topics.

- State management work on building grassroots cultural life and building Ho Chi Minh cultural space.

- State management of family and prevention of domestic violence.

- State management of festivals, karaoke, dance halls, advertising, fine arts, photography, and exhibitions.

- Visual propaganda work; skills in building, managing and operating activities of clubs, teams and groups.

- State management of cultural heritage and naming and renaming of streets and public works in the city.

- State management of press - publishing; electronic information; arts; sports; culture, sports...

Localities link up to promote strengths

Mr. Tran The Thuan - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, head of the steering committee - said that the conference helps experts in the fields of culture and sports initially visualize the concept of their work and labor.

According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, 40% of specialists assigned to work in the cultural and social fields in general have no practical experience in the assigned field.

Nearly 200 experts in charge of culture and sports attended the conference - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

“Cultural space, cultural values of Vietnamese people, and ethical standards must spread from the grassroots to create sustainability.

Traffic culture, office culture, community culture, behavioral culture, family culture... are elements that create culture for development, of Ho Chi Minh City culture.

The conference helps experts avoid the simplistic understanding that culture is only cultural activities, bringing achievements and quantity of activities, but rather the effectiveness and results. Organizing activities must understand the ultimate goal, not the method or form of organization" - Mr. Tran The Thuan told Tuoi Tre Online .

He also emphasized that no locality is capable of creating cultural and sports activities to meet the needs of the community because culture and sports have no borders or administrative boundaries.

Artists and high-achieving athletes from all over the country gather in Ho Chi Minh City. These factors, after maturing, spread and contribute to the localities.

Without connection and coordination between localities in the region, between localities with strengths, it is very difficult to organize, maintain and promote cultural and sports activities.

HOAI PHUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/phat-huy-the-manh-van-hoa-the-thao-tu-co-so-moi-tao-su-ben-vung-20250807114459646.htm