More Policies Needed for the Advancement of Cultural Industries
To make Vietnam’s cultural industry one of the country’s economic pillars, experts believe it is critical to refine policies and make appropriate investments to foster the development of Vietnam’s cultural industry. Since there hasn’t been enough investment, Associate Professor, PhD Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, stated that Vietnam’s raw “materials” haven’t yet been processed into top-notch cultural goods. She discussed the overall state of the national cultural industry with The Hanoi Times and offered some remedies. People enjoy artworks developed and inspired by Hang Trong folk paintings. Photo: VNA Obstacles remain What role does the cultural industry play in achieving the national goal of development, in your opinion? Before 2016, the cultural industry was a strange concept in Vietnam. Our survey’s findings in 2018 indicate that television, radio, and film are the most popular cultural industries, followed ...