Repositioning culture, unblocking institutional bottlenecks
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Hoai Son - Specialized Member of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Society - said that the biggest breakthrough of Resolution 80 is the fundamental change in development thinking.
According to him, in the past, culture was often emphasized in terms of spiritual values but was not really seen as a source of development. This Resolution has re-established the order of priority, establishing culture on par with other pillars.
Mr. Son analyzed: "The important new point of Resolution 80 is to reposition culture and people in the overall national development strategy. Culture is not only the spiritual foundation of society but also an endogenetic resource, motivation and especially a'regulatory system' for rapid and sustainable development. When culture deeply penetrates the economy, politics and social life, it will orient behavior, strengthen trust, and create consensus - factors that determine the quality of growth.
According to Mr. Son, the concept of "regulatory system" has very practical meaning. An economy can achieve high speed in the short term, but if the value system is eroded, the cultural environment degrades, and social trust declines, then that development is difficult to sustain sustainably. Culture is the "filter" to help balance short-term benefits and long-term benefits.
Resolution 80 also strongly shifts thinking from pure conservation to conservation associated with development, promoting cultural industry, creative economy and digital transformation in the cultural field. According to Mr. Son, this is an opportunity for culture to participate more deeply in the economic value chain, creating competitive products and making practical contributions to the economy.
However, to realize those goals, we must look directly at the bottlenecks that have lasted for many years.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Hoai Son frankly said: "If we have to choose the biggest bottleneck, it is the mechanism. We still have a situation of administrative management, lack of autonomy, lack of encouraging creativity; resources are scattered, coordination is not synchronized. If we do not strongly reform institutions, do not shift from management - control thinking to creation - service, it is very difficult to create a real breakthrough for culture.
According to him, unblocking bottlenecks must first start from perfecting the law, making the financial mechanism transparent, expanding autonomy for cultural institutions and creating a favorable environment for the private sector to participate in investment. When the governance system is redesigned in a transparent and effective direction, culture can function properly as an endogenous driving force.
From a local practical perspective, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hieu - Rector of the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Arts, Vietnam National University, Hanoi - analyzed that the current challenge is not Hanoi's lack of cultural potential, but the lack of a clear enough overall model and a strong enough knowledge institution to coordinate the creative ecosystem.
Mr. Hieu commented: "Hanoi does not lack cultural resources, what is still lacking is a structure connecting these resources into a synchronous operating ecosystem. Heritage, craft villages, creative communities and education are still scattered; human resource training is still mono-disciplinary, separating creativity from management and the market.
According to Mr. Hieu, in the context of Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW expanding the approach to cultural development in a multi-center direction, universities can play an intermediary core role.
When knowledge institutions are given proactive power, discrete resources can be integrated into a sustainable cultural industrial ecosystem," he emphasized.
Culture is the "pillar", building a cultural security posture in the digital age
At the strategic level, Politburo Member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Trinh Van Quyet affirmed that Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW was born in the context that the country needs synchronous policies to break through.
According to him, the outstanding new point is the elevation of the position of culture, placing culture on par with politics, economy and society as one of the four pillars of development.
A very new content is the requirement to build a "cultural security and human security posture" in the context of increasingly fierce value competition between countries, especially in cyberspace. Accordingly, culture is not only a spiritual foundation but also a "shield" to protect the nation from risks of deviation, fake news and negative impacts of foreign cultural products on cross-border platforms.
According to Mr. Trinh Van Quyet, for the resolution to go into practice, the implementation stage plays a decisive role: "The implementation of the Resolution must be based on the specific characteristics of each region, and at the same time, a strict and persistent monitoring mechanism is needed to turn specific policies into the highest practical results.
