Culture and people of Thanh land: Endogenous resources for sustainable development (Part 2)

After 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development, Thanh Hoa province has achieved many remarkable results. However, the implementation process of Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW is still showing many difficulties and shortcomings in the current cultural development work.

Cultural institutions at the grassroots level need to be improved to meet people's needs. Photo: Thuy Linh

In the process of implementing Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW, up to now, the system of cultural - sports institutions of Hoang Hoa district has basically met the needs of creativity and cultural enjoyment of the people. The system of cultural - sports institutions in the district includes a cultural - sports center with 1 training house, 1 gymnasium, 2 tennis courts, 1 traditional exhibition house, 1 conference center with an area of ​​1,000m2, a stadium (including a gymnasium, 3 volleyball courts, playgrounds and outdoor sports activities). In addition, 37/37 communes and towns have cultural - sports centers; 239/243 village and residential group cultural houses; 195/243 village sports areas ensure standards... However, many cultural institutions, especially at the village level, have been degraded or do not meet the standards of advanced rural areas and model rural areas due to long-term construction.

In Hoang Xuan commune, after the commune merger, there are 2 stadiums, one of 4,000m2 and one of nearly 10,000m2. However, both do not have enough area conditions according to the standards (minimum 10,800m2 including football field, simple sports field, auxiliary works and sports equipment for all ages) to meet the needs of physical exercise and sports of the people. The commune has planned to build a new stadium with enough area and conditions to meet the standards, but so far it has not been able to balance the budget. At the same time, the commune has arranged entertainment and recreation areas for the elderly and children but has not been equipped with training equipment. Along with that, 11/11 villages of Hoang Xuan commune have cultural and sports facilities that meet the criteria of new rural culture. However, according to the model new rural standards, only 7/11 villages meet the standards. Some villages such as Tra La and Tra Son have cultural houses with an area of ​​about 90 square meters, so they cannot ensure conditions for people to meet and participate in cultural activities...

This situation is also a common difficulty of localities and units in the process of perfecting the system of cultural and sports institutions from the province to the grassroots. Many cultural and sports institutions have degraded, are no longer suitable or have not met the increasing needs of creativity and cultural enjoyment of the people. Meanwhile, the budget for building new, upgrading and perfecting the system of cultural and sports institutions is relatively large; the mobilization of resources and socialization in the construction of cultural and sports institutions is still limited. Along with that, the organization of cultural and sports activities in many localities is still monotonous, without innovation, and does not attract people to participate. That has led to many localities not meeting the needs and desires of people to enjoy culture and sports.

In addition to difficulties in mobilizing resources to build cultural and sports facilities, localities also face difficulties in mobilizing resources to preserve and promote the value of cultural heritage. Budgetary resources and socialized resources for cultural conservation and development are still modest while the number of degraded relics that need to be preserved and restored is relatively large. The implementation of relic restoration work is still controversial. Along with that, the work of collecting, preserving and promoting intangible cultural heritages is not commensurate with the value of cultural heritage of 7 ethnic groups in the province, and is still scattered.

The work of building a healthy cultural environment has not been comprehensively established. Specifically, the negative influence from cyberspace is still negatively affecting a part of individuals and families. It makes the connection between family members become loose. This is demonstrated by the increasing number of divorces, the number of more complex domestic violence cases, and many children being psychologically and behaviorally affected by the influence of social networks... This negative influence is the downside of globalization and the rapid development of the internet as well as the 4.0 revolution. And this is also a dark side that needs timely attention. Because, bad factors from social networks will silently attack the awareness and lifestyle of each individual every day, every hour. If people's awareness of traditional cultural values ​​and rules of conduct between individuals, families, and societies is not raised in a timely manner, human morality, lifestyle, and personality may deteriorate, becoming a matter of concern.

In addition, some cultural fields have not developed evenly among fields and regions in the province. The cultural industry and cultural market have not developed deeply and extensively. Although the number of literary and artistic creations has increased, the number of works with high ideological and artistic value and widespread influence is not clear and there has been no breakthrough. International cultural exchange and cooperation activities are not comprehensive in all aspects and lack in-depth activities.

In fact, units and localities also realized that the cause of the above limitations is due to the inadequate awareness of some authorities about the role of culture and people in socio -economic development, leading to confusion and delay. The level of investment in culture is not commensurate with the role and position of culture in development compared to other fields. The treatment regime for artists, artisans and artistic talents still has shortcomings. There is no effective coordination to synchronously mobilize resources from socio-economic development programs for cultural and human development. The mechanism to promote socialized resources is still lacking, especially in the fields of cultural industry, training of artistic talents and preserving cultural heritage. The quality of the staff directly doing cultural work at all levels is uneven; high-quality human resources and experts in some fields are still lacking compared to the requirements.

To overcome the above limitations, it is necessary to first raise the awareness of Party committees, authorities and people about the role and position of culture, placing culture on par with economics and politics. Because, "culture is the soul of the nation", "culture exists, the nation exists". A truly comprehensively developed culture will certainly become a solid spiritual foundation of society; becoming an endogenous strength for sustainable development.

Thuy Linh

Final lesson: To make culture a truly solid spiritual foundation.

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/culture-and-humanities-from-the-inner-source-of-the-region-2-van-con-nhung-rao-can-221675.htm