On the morning of August 23, the Hanoi Opera House solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Cultural Industry's Traditional Day (August 28, 1945 - August 28, 2025).
At the ceremony, General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Recognizing the outstanding achievements of the Culture, Sports and Tourism sector, on August 22, 2025, the President signed a Decision on awarding the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Accordingly, in Decision No. 1671/QD-CTN, dated August 22, 2025 on awarding the Labor Medal, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam decided to award the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its outstanding achievements in the field of preserving and promoting the value of Vietnamese cultural heritage in the period of 2021-2025, contributing to preserving national cultural identity, serving the socio-economic development of the country.
Minister Nguyen Van Hung expressed that this is the assessment and recognition of the Party, State and People for the Industry in the past 5 years.
In addition, according to Decision No. 1676/QD-CTN, dated August 22, 2025, the President signed a Decision on awarding the First Class Labor Medal to Minister Nguyen Van Hung for his outstanding achievements in directing and operating the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to effectively carry out political tasks, achieving many outstanding important results in the fields of culture, sports and tourism in the period of 2021 - 2025.
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung stated that history has been recorded when 80 years ago, on August 28, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh signed the Declaration of the establishment of a provisional government consisting of 13 Ministries, including the Ministry of Information, Propaganda, the predecessor of the current Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
According to the Minister, since the Party took charge, culture has been identified as an important front. The Vietnamese Cultural Outline of 2003 - the first Party's declaration on culture has identified three basic principles: "Ethnicity - Science - mass" in building and developing culture; to the Resolutions of the Congresses, thematic Resolutions of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo affirmed that culture is the soul of the nation, the driving force of development, the "soft power" of the nation.
Thanks to that correct and creative direction, the cultural sector's 50-year journey has created a singing school with many emotions: Culture has nurtured soul and identity, from the heroic music of the resistance culture, to the confident dances of integrated sports with high aspirations, with the footsteps of tourism to bring the country to the world and the press becoming a conductor of knowledge connecting trust between the Party and the People.
