Achievements of the cultural industry were highlighted in the results of Hanoi's 15 years of administrative boundary adjustment at a press conference held by the Hanoi Party Committee's Communication and Education Department on July 28.

Speaking at the conference, Pham Thanh Hoc, deputy head of the Hanoi Party Committee's Department of Communication and Education, said Hanoi and its people were building a creative city in the spirit of the City Party Committee's Resolution 9 on "Developing the Cultural Industry" and under the Government's policy to "implement initiatives to join UNESCO's network of creative cities by 2025".

He called on local media to intensify the dissemination of cultural industries and show the importance of culture in the country's sustainable development.

Foreign tourists visit the Museum of Literature in Hanoi. Photo: The Hanoi Times

At the conference, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Director of the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts, presented an overview of the development of Vietnam's cultural industry and the possibility of a network of innovative cities in Southeast Asia. Phuong also proposed solutions to develop Hanoi's cultural industry and implement the Creative City model according to the UNESCO standard.

The Hanoi Party Committee also urged the media to increase coverage of the results of the socio-economic development of the whole country and Hanoi in the first 6 months of the year; tasks for the last 6 months of 2023.

A view at the press briefing hosted by the Communication and Education Department of the Hanoi Party Committee. Photo: kinhtedothi.vn

"With the efforts of the Party, the State, the Government and the National Assembly in implementing the foreign policy, economic cooperation with many countries and partners has been gradually expanded. Cultural, social, trade and tourism activities have returned to normal. This is an important premise for socio-economic recovery and development," Hoc said.