On the afternoon of August 19, 2026, in Hanoi, General Secretary and President To Lam worked with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on conservation and museum work. The instructions of General Secretary and President To Lam at the meeting are extremely important for each officer, civil servant, and employee working in conservation and museum work to reflect, grasp, and implement.
According to a report from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the country currently has more than 40,000 relics, nearly 70,000 intangible cultural heritages inventoried, more than 20,000 relics and antiquities registered according to the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage, 177 museums (retaining and displaying over 4 million documents and artifacts, including many especially rare collections and artifacts), have There are 1,881 artisans awarded the title of People's Artist and Meritorious Artist. Many museums have become prominent destinations, often connected in cultural tourism routes. The system of specialized museums is promoted, affirming the importance of the publicconservation and museum cooperation in building and developing the country. Vietnam's position and prestige at UNESCO and multilateral cultural mechanisms have been significantly enhanced...
Some notable limitations and difficulties in current conservation and museum work such as the work of inventorying, collecting, documenting intangible cultural heritage and preparing scientific records of intangible cultural heritage in some localities have not really received attention; The quality of human resources does not meet requirements, especially in preservation, restoration, curation, museum education, public research, communication, digital data and modern museum management; Some museums, although possessing many rare collections and a long history of activities, are not strong enough to rise to the level of prestigious museums in the region and the world, due to space limitations and necessary conditions to promote the value of artifacts and develop their brands...
After listening to the report and opinions expressed at the meeting, General Secretary and President To Lam requested to seriously review the tectonic capacity and structure of the conservation and museum system; At the same time, completely handle the shortcomings and long-lasting projects and gradually enrich the collectionsnational practice. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism must complete a preliminary review and identify urgent issues; There must be a comprehensive report, clearly identifying priority lists and treatment plans for each group of issues.
General Secretary and President proposed to overcome the gaps in preserving Vietnam's history since the country's independence until now, especially the history of the process of construction, development and social change; The capacity to identify and create future heritage must be built from the moment those values begin to be formed. The responsibility of today's generation is not only to protect what our ancestors left behind, but also to think seriously about what we will leave behind for the future. This is the transition from passive conservation to proactive creation of national memory, in which each generation not only receives what the past leaves behind, but is also responsible for creating and preserving values that can become the country's heritage for hundreds and thousands of years to come.
General Secretary and President pointed out that historical, cultural and heritage data are a core part of the national cultural infrastructure. Establish a national digital culture data warehouse in a directionunified, interconnected, verifiable and long-term use. Have unique and outstanding institutions and policies to develop data and artificial intelligence in protecting, preserving and converting cultural values into economic values to develop the cultural industry; must immediately solve the problem of long-term digital preservation.
In the age of artificial intelligence, AI will be increasingly involved in searching, synthesizing, interpreting and disseminating knowledge. If Vietnam's historical and cultural data is not complete, not well organized and not owned by us, then in the long run, other systems can become places that shape the way the world and even Vietnamese people understand Vietnamese history and culture. This is a story about intellectual sovereignty, about the right to organize and tell one's own story, not just a digital transformation project of the cultural industry.
The value of every conservation institution and museum must be affirmed in its ability to serve people, enrich social life and pass on values to future generations. Practice shows that museums with good content, good storytelling, good space and good experiences can still be successful.attracts millions of people every year. That proves that the public is not far away from the museum, the problem is whether the museum really creates value for the public to come to or not.
General Secretary and President requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to innovate the way to evaluate the effectiveness of museum operations; We must measure how many people come, who comes, whether young people come, whether they return, what impact educational activities create, what research contributes, how data is exploited and what society receives in return from the resources the State has invested. The Ministry of Education and Training must coordinate to turn the museum into a regular learning space, because if history and culture are only conveyed through books, it is difficult to create a deep attachment by seeing real artifacts, real spaces and real stories.
General Secretary and President emphasized that our ancestors gave us a culture rich in national identity with an extremely valuable treasure of history and memories. The responsibility of our generation is not only to preserve what we have received, but to understand more deeply, enrich ourselves and give our children a foundation of knowledge.knowledge, history and culture more fully. The responsibility of today's generation is to inherit, develop and preserve the source of Vietnamese history, culture and identity continuously and uninterruptedly through generations.
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