Vietnam attends world conference on cultural policies in Mexico
During a thematic session entitled “Culture for sustainable development”, Hung shared Vietnam ’s experience and recommendation on identifying and fully assessing the role and contributions of culture for sustainable development, as well as the building and development of cultural policies in the coming time. Vietnam is fully aware of the role of culture as a driving force for sustainable development and commits to carrying out and achieving the 2030 Agenda, the minister underlined. To capitalise on the country’s diverse cultural heritage and young and creative human resources, the Vietnamese Government has exerted efforts in building strategies, particularly the one for the development of cultural industries by 2030, he said, adding that Vietnam is also among the first countries to pilot the culture index to review cultural databases, policy frameworks and development programmes. The culture sector currently accounts for 3.6% of Vietnam ’s GDP, Hung said, adding that...