Many outstanding achievements

(Fatherland) - In 2024, the Performing Arts industry achieved many outstanding successes, including some enviable records.

Many outstanding successes

In 2024, the Performing Arts industry has achieved many outstanding successes, including some enviable records. All 12 theaters of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism completed their 2024 plans by the beginning of December. The Vietnam Puppetry Theater is currently operating vigorously with more than 1,000 performances, a remarkable record number in the history of the Theater. The Youth Theater also left its mark by continuously launching new programs for young people. In 2024, the theater staged four new plays under the 2024 Summer of Love project and adjusted the performance schedule to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. on Sundays, helping parents and young audiences easily arrange their time to enjoy the arts.

In 2024, the Performing Arts industry achieved many outstanding successes, including some enviable records.

For the field that seems to be the most selective of audiences today, in 2024, the Vietnam Tuong Theater also sold 350 tickets per show at Hong Ha Theater. Although it cooperated with an event organization company, this was an important turning point after many years of Tuong art returning to the form of direct ticket sales. Many audiences were surprised and delighted to enjoy unique Tuong plays, imbued with tradition, right in the heart of the capital.

The Vietnam Circus Federation, the Youth Theatre, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet are not only active domestically but also have many international cooperation programs and have achieved great success. In 2024 alone, the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre will perform one tour in the US, three tours in Japan and one tour in Taiwan. The 4-woman Conical Hat Swing performance of the Vietnam Circus Federation won the Silver Medal at the 8th "IDOL" International Circus Festival held in the Russian Federation, marking the first time that Vietnamese circus has been honored in the "powerhouse" of circus arts.

In 2024, for the first time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized the 1st International Jazz Festival - Nha Trang 2024. This is the first time a Jazz festival has been held in Vietnam, marking an important event in the country's musical life. The program brought together more than 100 famous Jazz artists and bands from Vietnam, the US, Singapore and Korea. The artists brought to the audience impressive performances of diverse genres, from Classic, Bossa Nova to Jazz Funk, World Music. The program received high praise from experts and the public. This is an important cultural event, contributing to promoting the image of Khanh Hoa tourism to international friends. The success of the festival is a typical example of its contribution to the success of the performing arts industry last year.

Contributing to the vibrant picture of performing arts last year, we cannot fail to mention two TV shows "Anh trai say hi" and "Anh trai vu ngan chong gai" with record numbers that created a "bright spot" for the performing arts industry. The fever of hunting for concert tickets for "Anh trai vu ngan chong gai" and "Anh trai say hi" caused social networks to explode. Tickets were sold out at all concerts of the two shows. The ticket sales system for "Anh trai vu ngan chong gai" even crashed just a few minutes after opening for sale.

Brother says hi-concert makes a splash in 2024

According to Google's announcement, "Anh trai say hi" and "Anh trai vu ngan cong gai" are leading search trends in the entertainment field in 2024.

Experts assess that the explosion of the two programs "Anh trai vu ngan cong gai" and "Anh trai say hi" are big boosts, "breaking the ice" of the domestic performance industry, becoming a big surprise for those working in the performance and music industry this year. This is the premise for the development of cultural industries, including the performance industry in Vietnam.

Perfecting the NTBD policy system

According to the report of the Director of the Department of Performing Arts, People's Artist Xuan Bac at the Conference summarizing the tasks of the Performing Arts sector in 2024, during the year, the sector has made efforts to carry out assigned tasks; closely coordinated with the Departments of Culture and Sports, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and specialized Literature and Arts Associations from the central to local levels to effectively strengthen state management; state management of performing arts and literature activities has gradually become orderly, not only enriching the cultural and spiritual life of the people, but also providing practical and effective support in the country's socio-economic recovery, promoting the building of a healthy cultural environment; art units from the central to local levels, and enterprises with the function of organizing performing arts nationwide strictly implemented Decree No. 144/2020/ND-CP dated December 14, 2020 of the Government; Coordinate well with the Department Inspectorate and the Inter-sectoral Inspectorate to limit, detect and promptly handle violations; localities strictly implement Conclusion No. 84-KL/TW dated June 21, 2024 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW of the 10th Politburo on continuing to build and develop literature and art in the new period.

The first Jazz Festival held in Nha Trang was highly appreciated.

Professional art units have been actively developing new programs, repertoires, and plays to participate in Art Competitions and Festivals organized by the Department of Performing Arts according to the 2025 work plan.

However, Director Xuan Bac pointed out that some of the State's policies in the field of literature and art have not been renewed, such as: The ranking, ranks and promotion mechanism of directors and actors; Special regime for directors and actors regarding salaries; There is no mechanism for training, creating sources and attracting talents and the regime for paying royalties for works and copyrights according to the Copyright Law.

Although the remuneration for artists and actors has been improved, it is still low compared to the current situation. The treatment of artists and the current salary level have not attracted a workforce with expertise in the professional arts field.

In 2025, the Performing Arts sector will continue to implement the Party's policies and the State's laws on the field of performing arts and literature; continue to implement the Government 's Directives and Resolutions and the Projects and Plans of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the development of the field of performing arts and literature; effectively carry out and ensure the progress of key tasks assigned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2025.

Complete the dossier to propose the drafting of a Government Decree regulating a number of regimes and policies for civil servants and professional workers in public art career units and submit it to the Prime Minister.

Audience enthusiastically supported the artists at the event honoring outstanding artists in 2024 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Department of Performing Arts will complete and submit to the Minister for promulgation a Circular regulating economic and technical standards for the service of organizing art programs to celebrate major holidays; birthdays of Party and State leaders and typical senior leaders; death years of famous people recognized by the Party and State; serving political and foreign affairs tasks domestically and internationally; Circular regulating economic and technical standards for the service of preserving, restoring, staging and organizing competitions, festivals, and performing professional, traditional, typical, and specific art; Circular regulating economic and technical standards for the service of collecting, researching, organizing staging, and performing works of the genres of ballet and symphony.

Along with that is the circular regulating the economic and technical standards for the service of collecting, preserving, teaching, and promoting folk, traditional, typical, and unique art forms of ethnic groups; the circular regulating the economic and technical standards for the service of initiating and organizing the creation of propaganda works serving political tasks, and works of art participating in national professional competitions, festivals, contests, and art performances; the circular regulating the economic and technical standards for the service of supporting the creative activities of artists to encourage creative talents, contributing to the formation of valuable literary and artistic works in terms of content, ideology, and art at creative camps serving political tasks.

"It is necessary to further strengthen investment in the cultural and artistic fields, especially the performing arts. There should be special incentive mechanisms to encourage the younger generation to study traditional art forms to preserve and promote national cultural values, while attracting young talents with high expertise and passion for art to build and develop a successor force in professional art creation and performance" - People's Artist Xuan Bac shared./.

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