Hanoi: Turning the cultural industry into a spearhead economic sector

DNHN - City People's Committee Hanoi has just signed and promulgated a plan to implement the cultural development strategy by 2030.

Which, notably in the cultural industry target group, in the period to 2025, Hanoi aims to turn the cultural industry into an important economic sector, creating a new driving force for economic development. sociocultural. 

The city will improve the infrastructure relatively synchronously, modern, complete the institution and be ready for the development of a professional cultural industry; cultural industrial products of high quality, diversity, brand, and the bold cultural identity of Hanoi. 

Thereby, bringing Hanoi to compete with other countries in the region; maintain and developing the creative city brand. The cultural industry strives to contribute about 5% of the city's GRDP. 

In the period to 2030, the capital's cultural industry will become a spearhead economic sector, contributing about 8% of the city's GRDP. 

The cultural industry is developed on the principle of preserving and promoting the traditional values ​​of the nation and the capital, enlisting the help of international friends. 

As defined by UNESCO and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the cultural industry is that part of a creative industry, which is formed from the combination of creation, production and distribution. goods and services are cultural and are often protected by intellectual property rights. 

The development space of the cultural industry is culture and art, but the process of creating cultural industrial products does not stop at the creation of works, but starts from creation to a production process, contributing to the development of cultural industries. package, distribution and circulation are operated, generating revenue and benefits directly and indirectly for the actors in that process. 

Hanoi is determined to make the cultural industry truly become a spearhead economic sector, creating a driving force for the development of other industries and fields; contributing to building the Thang Long - Hanoi cultural value system, building elegant and civilized Hanoi people towards the goal of becoming a global citizen, Hanoi becomes a creative city promoting the image of the capital. and the country to the region and the world. 

Hanoi is planning to increase investment in cultural development in general and have breakthrough mechanisms and policies to attract and utilize talents and mobilize resources for cultural development. It is expected that the investment level for culture is at least 2% of the total annual budget expenditure. 

In addition, the cultural development strategy for 2030 in the city. Hanoi also stated that the city will focus on developing Hanoi's culture and people, maximizing cultural resources, and creating endogenous strength, an important driving force that determines and contributes to the realization of goals of rapid and sustainable development of the capital. 

Hanoi has set a goal for 2025, orientation to 2030 is to build and develop a comprehensive culture and people of Hanoi, in line with the trend of the times, the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution, and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution. impacts of socio-economic development, natural disasters, epidemics and other impacts.

Bao Anh