The year 2006 has ended with sustainable success. The Ministry of Culture and Information last week announced ten outstanding cultural and information events and five big problems in 2006.
The following are ten outstanding cultural and information events:
· Many cultural and art activities have been organised to celebrate the 10th National Party Congress, Vietnam APEC 2006, Vietnam’s accession to WTO and other events of the country, leaving a good impression among Vietnamese people and international friends.
· The declaration of conclusion of the Politburo No 41 dated October 11, and the Directive 37/2006/CT-TTg dated November 20, 2006 of the governmental Prime Minister has lead to several measures to enhance the leadership and management of press activities in order to raise the efficiency of press leadership and management work.
· The Law on Cinematography was approved at the ninth session of the 9th National Assembly and will come into effect from January 1, 2007.
· The Decree No. 11/2006/NNÄ-CP on the promulgation of regulations of cultural activities and public cultural service business, and the Decree No. 56/2006/NNÄ-CP on the punishment on violations relating to cultural and information activities, are important legal bases, contributing to restore the order of the cultural service business market and create a healthy cultural environment in society.
· The decision of the government to build Vietnam’s National History Museum at West Lake (Ho Tay) on an area of 10 hectares, together with 28 hectares of open space of Friendship Park. The construction will begin at the end of 2007.
· The ceremony to receive UNESCO’s recognition of Central Highlands’ (Cao Nguyen) Gong Culture Space as Humanity’s Oral Masterpiece and Intangible Heritage was held on March 28, 2006. The event was accompanied by the declaration of a Plan of Action to preserve and restore its value.
· The first Mong Ethnic Minority Culture Day, which took place from August 29 to September 2 in Moc Chau district, Son La province, was successfully organised, contributing to preserving and developing the value of Mong ethnic culture.
· The 24th National Artistic Photographic Exhibition and Vietnam Lacquer Painting Exhibition.
· The socialisation of cultural activities has been speeded up through the first national socialised stage festival, hundreds of films produced by private film companies, the establishment of private museums and libraries and the restoration of relic sites.
· The festival of outstanding young people of the culture and information sector took place in Ho Chi Minh City from December 1- 3, gathering 191 outstanding young people and Youth Union members from 64 cities and provinces and 80 units of Ministry of Culture and Information.
The Ministry of Culture and Information also gives out five problems. They are the violation of copyright; the violation of press law and professional ethics; unlicensed copy of books, tapes and disks; low progress of some cultural projects; and violation and illegal use of land of relic sites.
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