Viet Nam 2016 report

General Information

Executive Summary

Please summarize in max 3500 characters the main achievements and challenges in implementing the Convention and the outlook for the future. Please note this is not an introduction to the report or an annotated table of contents.

Viet Nam has made significant progress in implementing the Convention over the past four years (2012-2015), although it is clear there is still much to achieve. The most prominent achievement in the implementation of the Convention in the last period is to raise social awareness on the role and position of the cultural industries for the economic and social development of the country. This awareness has been concretized from the guidance of the Party, policies and laws of the State. Most notable is the strategic commitment of the Government of Viet Nam in issuing the Decision to build the National Strategy of the Development of Cultural Industries in Viet Nam toward 2020, vision 2030 with a view to establishing the enabling environment for the growth and sustainability of cultural industries in Viet Nam. The process of establishing this Strategy has involved of programmes of cultural development, capacity building and engagement with civil society. Nevertheless, it will not be until the Strategy is finally ratified as official policy that we will see significant step-change in this direction.

A period of real change has been witnessed, with the active participation of artists and creators in establishing creative centers, a proliferation of entrepreneurship activities, and real appetite for technical and managerial capacity building across the cultural sector. These have primarily created a lively atmosphere, mobilized stronger networks, and facilitated the development of cultural products and services that represent the cultural values of Viet Nam, at the same time updating with the movement of cultural life in the world.

However, the implementation of the Convention in Viet Nam has encountered some very substantial challenges and the policy system relating to the cultural industries has not yet caught up with the demands of the contemporary global cultural economy. For example, copyright infringement and weak enforcement continue to stifle growth and limit innovation; professional skills and business / entrepreneurship capacity are too low and lack international standards and systematic approaches to accreditation; and civil society activities are too often unable to register as formal organisations, and thus limiting their operation. In addition, much progress is still required to build digital capacity across the cultural industries, enable sector clusters and networks to flourish. In the near future, when the Government approves the National Strategy of the Development of Cultural Industries in Viet Nam, there will be a new and essential motivation to further promote the Convention. The concerned ministries, agencies and local authorities will issue accordingly a 5-year development roadmap. The development of cultural industries will be integrate into other economic and social development strategies such as education, hunger elimination and poverty reduction, gender equity, science and technology development, while art and cultural institutions and artists will be further supported to thrive at the heart of a flourishing creative economy.

Technical Information

Party:

Viet Nam

Date of ratification:

7/8/2007

Organization(s) or entity(es) responsible for the preparation of the report:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (International Cooperation Department, Viet Nam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies)

Officially designated Point of Contact

Title:

First Name:

Phuong Hoa

Family Name:

Nguyen

Organization:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam

Mailing Address:

51 Ngo Quyen, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

nguyenphuonghoa-vhttdl@chinhphu.vn

Name of stakeholders, including civil society organizations, involved in the preparation of the report:

Describe the multi-stakeholder consultation process established for the preparation of this report

- Collecting data from relating ministries and agencies on art and culture, education, trade, industry, tourism, labour, social and economic development, finance, planning, investment, information…

- Organizing a consultation workshop of stakeholders of the Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions on 23 November 2015 in Ha Noi with the participation of leader of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, UNESCO Ha Noi, Embassy of Sweden in Ha Noi, members of national periodic report building team, Viet Nam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, representatives of concerned ministries, press and media agencies…

- Implementing the Capacity Building Programme for the National Periodic Report on the implementation of the Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions on 24-25 November 2015 with the participation of members of national periodic report building team, representatives of UNESCO Hanoi, UNESCO international consultant Tom Fleming (Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy, UK).

- Consulting directly with experts from relating agencies and individuals in public, private and civil society areas on the issues of culture and art, education, trade, industry, tourism, labour, social and economic development, finance, planning, investment, information…

- Organizing a consultation workshop on the national periodic report with the participation of representatives of concerned ministries, agencies, localities, foreign cultural centers in Viet Nam, organizations, individuals on 28 March 2016 in Ha Noi.

Overview of Cultural Policy Context

Parties shall describe the key objectives and priorities of their current cultural policy and the impact the Convention has had in their formulation or reformulation. They will also report on the opportunities and challenges to promote the diversity of cultural expressions in a digital environment.:

In the past 4 years (2012-2015), Viet Nam has had many social changes affecting the development of culture in general, and the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in particular. The growth rate of Viet Nam’s average GDP is 5,88%, which is relatively high in comparison with other countries in the region, but has slowed down compared to the previous period. GDP per capita is $2.109, belonging to the group of lower-middle income countries. With a population of nearly 93 million people, Viet Nam has a large market size for a variety of goods, including cultural goods and services.

In order to develop the economy, society and culture, during the past period Viet Nam has focused on institutional reforms towards socialist oriented market economy, for the objectives of prosperous people, strong country, equitable, democratic and civilized society. The most notable of which is the amendment of the Constitution in 2013, then the amendment and finalization of legislations to ensure the function of society is in line with the constitutional framework and the new context of the country in the world. Besides that, the increasing participation in international agreements is making Viet Nam more influenced by global impacts, including those on culture.

The recent period has also witnessed changes in awareness, building and implementation of cultural policies in Viet Nam. After reviewing the building and development of culture in the period of 1998-2013, in 2014, the Communist Party of Viet Nam issued Resolution 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Meeting of the Party Central Committee of the 11th tenure on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people meeting the demand for national sustainable development. The Resolution aims to improve the institution, legal institutions and cultural institutions to ensure the building and development of culture and people in the period of accelerated industrialization and global integration; Build a healthy cultural market, promote the development of cultural industries, increase Vietnamese culture promotion and gradually narrow the gap of cultural enjoyment between urban and rural areas, between regions and social strata. In particular, the Resolution set out a key task to develop the cultural industry in parallel with building and improving cultural market. The important thing here is, on one hand the Party’s has really brought out the spirit of the 2005 Convention in emphasizing the importance of cultural products and services in building and development of culture; on the other hand, in Viet Nam, the Party’s Resolution has always been considered as a basis for discussion and adjustment of other policies from central to local authorities, thus action plans are put forward at all levels to promote the production and exchange of cultural products and services in order to protect and promote diverse cultural expressions.

The implementation of the Convention in Viet Nam has several advantages but also faces many difficulties and challenges. Special attention from the Party and the State towards cultural development coupled with increased disposable income from a growing middle class have paved the way for a dynamic cultural market. In addition, extensive global integration creates favorable conditions for cultural exchange; many talented artists are actively engaging in creative cultural and artistic life; and some models of creative space, public and private partners

a) It is (or has been) the basis for changing one or more policies?:

Yes

How?

The Convention is the foundation for Viet Nam to promote and concretize economic and social policies in culture. Experiences from developed countries with thriving cultural industries show that the key to success is to integrate culture into modernization process, in which culture is a very important resource rather than other traditional resources and also a foundation for economic restructure towards a knowledge economy. Since 2012, in general, policies related to Vietnamese culture are directed towards reviewing cultural products and services in the market economy, paying attention to people’s cultural needs, focusing more on the role of civil society, in particular the NGOs in supporting the creation and rights protection of artists. These policies are implemented not only at the macro level (the Party, the Government) through resolutions, action plans, national strategies, but also at the ministerial level (ministries, provinces) by concretizing projects and strategies, and at the micro level (cultural enterprises) in annual implementation plans.

On the level of international cooperation, the protection of cultural products and services has always been considered by Viet Nam as a prioritized policy in the signing of free trade agreements. Through the awareness of the importance of cultural products and services in social and economic life, as well as the implementation of these policies from central to local authorities, both domestically and abroad, the spirit of the Convention is alive and well in Viet Nam. However, much is to be done to increase awareness across government and into civil society.

b) It is (or has been) a tool to promote policy discussion?

Yes

How?

In the efforts to integrate globally, Viet Nam considers the championing and support for the cultural industries as a breakthrough in the country’s development. This view has been widely discussed in the Party’s resolutions (Resolution No. 29 and Resolution No.33), as well as in the Government’s plan (Resolution No. 31, the draft Strategy of the development of cultural industries). Under the guidance of the Party and the Government, local authorities also have their own strategies to develop cultural industries, increasing the productivity and competitiveness of their local cultural products and services. Many international and domestic conferences have chosen cultural industry development as the main topic. UNESCO, British Council, Goethe Institute, Embassy of Denmark, Embassy of Sweden, etc. have consulted in many forms to help Viet Nam improving understanding and awareness in the development of creative and cultural industries. The proposals from domestic and international forums and consultation have promoted the discussion and the Convention in Viet Nam.

c) It is (or has been) a reference for ongoing policy development?

Yes

How?

Viet Nam is a member of the 2005 Convention. As a member of the Convention, Viet Nam has tried to integrate the contents of the Convention in policies related to culture: from incentives for artists and creators, enforcement of copyrights and related rights, integration of cultural industry in university education, creating favorable conditions to the formation and testing of creative centers, organizations to support artists, etc. Initially, these policies have been successful in creating a positive environment to artistic and cultural activities, raising the interest from the society in developing cultural products and services, awareness of intellectual property rights , the dynamics for the artists, etc.

Policies and Measures

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Resolution 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Meeting of the Party Central Committee of the 11th tenure on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people meeting the demand for national sustainable development	National	regulatory, institutional
National Strategy for the development of Vietnamese cultural industries to 2020, with a vision to 2030, submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in 2016	National	regulatory, financial, institutional
Build the pool of high-quality artistic and cultural creativity people, with good business skills and accessibility to markets in the regional and international levels	National	financial, institutional
Project to strengthen management skills and effective enforcement of copyright and related rights for the collective management organizations of copyright and related rights in Viet Nam to 2015 (Decision No.649/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on 01 May 2012	National	institutional
Circular 12/2015/TT-BVHTTDL dated 11 December 2015 on amending some articles in Regulations on film censorship and distribution permit	National	regulatory
Strategy to develop Vietnamese film industry to 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 2156/QĐ-TTg dated November 11, 2013)	National	financial, institutional
Innovating the State’s approach to investment in the film industry via public-private partnership policies	National	financial
Master plan for visual arts development toward 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 1253/QĐ-TTg dated 25 July 2014)	National	institutional
Decree No. 113/2013/ND-CP dated 2 Oct 2013 on visual art activities	National	regulatory
The Master Plan for the Development of Performing Arts to 2020 with the vision to 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1456/QĐ-TTg dated on 19/8/2014)	National	financial, institutional

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Viet Nam National Strategy on international relations culture to 2020, vision to 2030	International	financial, institutional
Negotiate and sign international treaties, agreements in the fields of arts and culture	International	legislative
Viet Nam-Denmark development cooperation programme in the field of culture in the period of 2011-2015	National	financial
Intensive training program on arts management provided by DeVos Institute, USA with the sponsorship from the Government of Norway through the Transposition project	National	financial, institutional
Build the brand “Ha Noi International Film Festival”	National	institutional

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Participation in building ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community	Regional	institutional
Cultural cooperation in the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between Viet Nam and European Union	Regional, International	legislative

INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
National target programme on disseminating information to mountainous areas, remote areas, border and island areas in the period 2012-2015	National	financial, institutional
Develop cultural life in the National Targeted Programme on New Rural Construction period 2010-2020	National	institutional

EMERGING TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: Resolution 5.CP 9b
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Developing target programme in information technology industry to 2020, vision to 2025	National	financial, institutional

CURRENT UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY: GENDER EQUALITY
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Women’s Innovation Day	National	financial, institutional

YOUTH
Name of the measure	Scope of the measure	Nature
Start-up Program	National	financial, institutional

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Resolution 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Meeting of the Party Central Committee of the 11th tenure on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people meeting the demand for national sustainable development

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Resolution 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Meeting of the Central Party Committee of the 11th tenure on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people meeting the demand for national sustainable development was promulgated in 2014 consisting of the following important objectives:

- Complete the mechanism, legal framework and cultural institutions to build and develop culture and people in the period of promoting industrialization, modernization and international integration.

- Build a sound cultural market, enhance cultural industries and increase the promotion of Vietnamese culture.

- Gradually narrow the gap of cultural enjoyment between the urban and rural areas, regions and social classes.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

This is a comprehensive renovation policy of the Party in culture, covering many fields of the cultural and social life of Viet Nam. It provides orientation and has effects on the establishment of cultural products and services satisfying the requirements for sustainable development for all fields. To implement this Resolution, the Government proposed a detailed action programme requiring the participation of multi-ministries, sectors, agencies, social organizations and cities/provinces. Programme resources come from the state budget, sponsorship, donation. After releasing the resolution, some ministries, sectors, agencies have prepared and implemented projects, plans to assist many fields, including copyrights and related rights, changes of financial mechanisms to support the development of culture and the arts, forming funds for development and assistance for creation of culture and the arts, incentives for artists, incentives for cultural enjoyment, revision and enactment of related laws, building foundations for renovation in terms of mechanisms, policies and favourable working environment for cultural and arts creativity for individuals, enterprises and creativity groups.

The development the cultural industries is linked with the completion of cultural market put forward by the Resolution and supported by the following activities:

- Develop cultural industries to exploit and develop the potentials and unique values of Vietnamese culture, encouraging the cultural products export to promote of Vietnamese culture to the world.

- Provide incentive mechanisms for investments in infrastructure, technical equipment and modern technologies to improve the quality of cultural products. Create favourable conditions for cultural enterprises, arts, sports, tourism, attract social resources for development.

- Renovate, complete the mechanism, create favourable legal environment for building and developing the cultural markets and industries.

- Raise awareness and capacity building in enforcement of copy rights and related rights.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

In the Resolution of the 9th Meeting of the Central Party Committee (11th tenure), the Vietnamese Communist Party identified that culture is not the passive and subsidized sector. It will survive and bring about economic benefits to the whole country. All cultural values, all cultural and artistic creativity, despite coming from individual or group efforts, public or private sectors, traditional or contemporary contents, would be required to become an industry operating in a value chain with creation, production, distribution, consumption. Profits gained from cultural industries and its contribution to the development of the economy should also reaffirm the fundamental role of culture as the spiritual foundation of the society. Cultural development does not mean the total trade-off between the core values of culture and economic values. It requires harmonious development and sustains the balance between culture-based economic development and preservation of cultural identities of our peoples. The expected outcomes of the implementation of the Mission 5 of the Resolution 33 will be as follows:

- To 2020[T1] : Gradually build the cultural market, develop some cultural industries with competitive advantages, set the position of Vietnamese culture in the international arena; build cultural environment suitable with the development conditions of the country and international integration; complete legal framework; carry out institutional reforms suitable with the requirements of building and developing Vietnamese culture and people best satisfying the demand for sustainable development of the country.

- To 2030: Synchronously develop the cultural market and cultural industries; promote the power of Vietnamese culture in regional and global integration; build sound cultural environment supporting the characteristics of Vietnamese people; complete institutional reforms, ensuring the development of Vietnamese culture and people in the period of enhancing industrialization, modernization and international integration.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Information and Communication, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Science and Technologies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment

Central-level People’s Committees

Party Central Committee of Propaganda and Education

Viet Nam Central Fatherland Front, Federation of Vietnamese associations of literature and arts and affiliate members

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Annual state budget secures the implementation of the action plan of the Resolution

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

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National Strategy for the development of Vietnamese cultural industries to 2020, with a vision to 2030, submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in 2016

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

The development of cultural industries becomes one of key factors for economic growth, contributing to increasing GDP, creating jobs by properly mobilizing and utilizing cultural resources, intellectual capital, creative capabilities combined with modern technology in order to create diversified cultural products and services, meeting the cultural enjoyment and consumption demand of people and export demand; at the same time building cultural market, strong brands, focusing on advantageous and potential industries.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The measure is a direct and the most visible action by the Vietnamese Government to implement the Convention in Viet Nam. The National Strategy for the development of Vietnamese cultural industries to 2020, vision 2030 prepared by MOCST since 2013, and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in 2016 is a move forward, which reflects the changes in the approaches, policies and strategic commitments of Viet Nam in creative activities, production, dissemination and enjoyment of cultural products and services. The Strategy put forward specific measures on state management mechanism, human resources training, resources mobilization, social awareness raising, market development and enhancing international integration in the following fields related to cultural industries: Advertising, Architecture, Software and entertaining games, Handicrafts, Design, Film, Publishing, Fashion, Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition; Television and Radio; Cultural Tourism. If it is put into practice with the participation of all ministries, sectors, local authorities, social groups, creative individuals and enterprises, the Strategy will be the biggest effort of Viet Nam in realizing commitments related to the 2005 Convention, placing cultural development in the close connection with socio-economic development of the country (increase contributions to GDP, numbers of employed and numbers of enterprises in cultural industries), highlighting the economic values of cultural and artistic creativity (increase the number of creative individuals and ideas in all fields of cultural industries) and paying much attention to the diversity in creativity of individuals, groups and communities in Viet Nam (increase the number of products and services of cultural industries with great values, satisfying the needs for enjoyment of domestic people and exporting purposes).

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

To 2020:

Complete the mechanisms, create uniform legal framework, enhance the management capacity and enforcement capability of copyright and related rights, create favourable environment for the sustainable development of cultural industries in Viet Nam.
Strive to increase income and contribution of the cultural industries to GDP at 3 % and create more jobs for the society.
Focus on developing some sectors with advantages and potentials: cinema, performing arts, advertising, handicrafts, software and entertaining games, television and radio.
Train and build capacities for staffs, managers, businessmen of sectors with advantages and potentials.

To 2030

Cultural industries become an important component of the national economy, creating more jobs for the society. Income from cultural industries is targeted to account for 7% of GDP.
Strongly develop the cultural market, widen international integration, enhance export of cultural goods and services.
Mobilize investment to establish 3 centres of cultural industries in Ha Noi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city and some heritage centres at UNESCO heritage sites.
Develop the network of domestic and foreign enterprises, forming some strong enterprises in cultural industries with advantages.
Improve the quality of the human resources with high professionalism and business management skills, satisfying the demands for competition and international integration.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Information and Communication, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Information and Communications

Other ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, People's Committees of the centrally-run provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Build the pool of high-quality artistic and cultural creativity people, with good business skills and accessibility to markets in the regional and international levels

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

By the continuous implementation of the Project to Renovate and improve the training quality of artistic and cultural schools for the period of 2011-2020 (Decision no. 1243/QD-TTg) and buiding the Project to train cultural and artistic staffs in foreign countries by state budget in the period of 2016-2030 (Decision no. 3125/QĐ-BVHTTDL dated 18.9.2015); Project to train and nurture talents in the fields of culture and arts to 2030 (Decision no. 3018/QĐ-BVHTTDL dated 08.9.2015), the measure aims to:

Improve the quality and broaden the scope of the system of cultural and artistic schools in Viet Nam. Complete the master-plan on network of cultural and artistic schools, ensuring the appropriateness of training scope, professional structure, levels of training, allocation of regions and specialties of the training professions.
Improve the capacity of training institutions of arts and culture, striving to bring some cultural and artistic, as well as professional training facilities to the regional level and approach to the world level, contributing to the gradually international tintegration of artistic and cultural training process.
Create fundamental changes in the quantity and quality of lecturers, artists, students and creators of culture and arts, forming the leading force that plays the key role in activities of literature and the arts, and culture as a whole in the next generation .
Improve the quantity and quality of creative talents in the fields of culture and the arts through the construction of a specific training and refreshment program and incentives for these talents.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The measure has been concretized by the Vietnamese Government through feasible and flexible solutions and with adjustments suitable with the practical situation related to the creation, production, distribution and enjoyment of cultural and artistic works of high quality under the annual plans and the 5-year plans in the fields of culture and the arts across localities in the whole country. The contents of the measures are as follows:

Renew the training structure; develop and complete the network of training institutions in culture and the arts in the whole country; increase investment and supplement research and training equipment, investments for new training facilities.
Renovate and develop programs, curricula and training methods associated with the practical needs and gradually approaching international standards. Add training programmes for new artistic professions to meet social requirements, such as: Directors of music programmes, Artistic Directors, Performance Conductors, composers of traditional theatres, fashion models, cabaret performances actors, stuntmen, sound and lighting technicians…
Renew and expand training methods to maximize every resource to focus on training activities for culture and arts.
Renovate the planning, utilization, training and retraining of trainers, teachers and managers to build and develop a team of lecturers, teachers with good qualifications, skills and qualities to meet urgent needs for the period of industrialization and modernization of the country.
Actively expand international cooperation in education to attract financial resources and technology transfer, contributing to improving the quality of training.
Renovate cultural and artistic training establishments, strengthening decentralization and improving autonomy and self-responsibility of the educational institutions in the fields of culture and arts; stepping up inspection activities, inspection, review and evaluation of the quality of training.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

From now to 2020, Viet Nam is expected to form a network 7 key training establishments for high quality arts and culture; invest in 6 training institutions equivalence to the quality level of advanced schools in the region (each of the following area has a training institution: Culture, Music, Theater - Cinema, Fine-art, Dance, Circus). Meanwhile, the implementation of this policy will form a number of specific policies and incentives to encourage and support creative talents in the arts and culture such as: subsidize cost of the annual enrollments of students in the fields of arts, especially the enrollments in remote, mountainous, ethnic minorities areas; support the graduation costs for students in the fields of music, fine arts, theater, cinema, dance, circus to ensure good quality of graduation when graduation is now rated through performing works; Policies to encourage talents (People's artisan, artisan of merits, people’s artists, artists of merits, experts) to participate in coaching in training facilities to attract artistic talents at a national scale, avoid imbalance in cultural and artistic development between the regions.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Planning and Investment

People's Committees of provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State and local budgets

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Project to strengthen management skills and effective enforcement of copyright and related rights for the collective management organizations of copyright and related rights in Viet Nam to 2015 (Decision No.649/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on 01 May 2012

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

This project aims to improve the effectiveness of state management over collective management organizations of copyright and related rights; support capacity building of the collective societies towards professionalism, protect the legitimate rights of its members, the effective law enforcement of copyright and related rights.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

In Viet Nam, there are five organizations representing collective copyright and related rights, including: Center for Protection of Music Copyright of Vietnam under Vietnam Musicians' Association; Recording Industry Association of Viet Nam; Center for literature copyrights of Viet Nam under the Vietnam Writers' Association; Viet Nam Reproduction Right Organization (VIETRRO), Association for Protection of rights of Music Performers of Viet Nam.

These organizations have in recent years posed an urgent request to have the support of the state in all aspects to improve the quality and effectiveness of operations. The Project to strengthen management skills and effective law enforcement of copyright and related rights for the collective management organizations of copyright and related rights in Viet Nam to 2015 was put in place to meet this critical requirement. Beneficiaries receiving state support from this project will not only be the collective management organizations of copyright and related rights but also include state management agencies, members, organizations and individuals using these works and objects of related rights. The scope of the project covers areas under the state management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, namely cinema, visual arts, photography, performing arts, sound and image recording (music programs).

The project is a groundbreaking effort in awareness of the government of Viet Nam on the effective enforcement of legal provisions on copyright protection by recognizing and promoting the role of collective management organizations in the protection of copyright and related rights in Viet Nam. The system of collective management organizations is responsible for licensing negotiation, collecting money for the owners in their fields. Their operation has helped reduce the heavy management workload of the state agencies.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Regarding the building and promulgation of policies and legislation: gradually improve policies and laws for protection of copyright and related rights. By 2015, supplement and complete the legal regulations on the state management for the collective management organizations; issue specific regulations, such as regulations on the tariffs table, methods of payment of royalties; regulation on appraisal activities of copyright and related rights... as the foundation for effective enforcement of protection laws of copyright and related rights.

- Regarding awareness-raising: Promote the publicity to raise awareness and understanding of the law on the protection of copyright and related rights through the organization of seminars, training courses, publishing, building communication programs disseminated to the public and all stakeholders;

- Improve the capacity of the system of collective management organizations: The organizations have personnel trained and obtain good professional knowledge to meet the requirements of international-level management (ISO); these organizations build and complete websites, software, database to manage the works, subjects of related rights, owners, authors of the author rights, owners of the related rights in pursuance with international standards, ensuring the responsibilities of managing, exploiting effectively the authorized rights of members, meanwhile ensuring the openness and transparency of activities of these organizations. They carry out effectively the licensing, collection and distribution of royalties; maximize the benefits of membership, users who are organizations and individuals, and the public; and can be self-financing in its activities.

- Expand international cooperation, take advantage of the support of international organizations, sign plans of cooperation and representation of protection of copyright and related rights with respective international organizations.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Total estimated budget: 12 billion VND (approximately 563.000 USD)

- Funding sources: State budget and other legal fund-raising sources of organizations, individuals; funds from other socio-economic development programmes.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

Activities have obtained the initial and encouraging results. The organizations have made many efforts in project activities, thus their membership has increased; some organizations have achieved certain successes in collecting royalties; some have built their own websites, and software on management system, database of authors and owners of copyright works; some have international partnership with respective organizations in other countries to receive technical assistance and sign cooperation plans based on the reciprocal basis for members of their organizations.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The Centre for protection of music author rights has licensed use of musical works and earned VND 303,309,415,789 (approximately 14.2 million USD) from 2007 to 2014; the number of musicians, authors who entrust contracts at the Centre from 2007 to January 2015 increased from 1,153 to 3,116 Members. The Centre is an official member of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) from 2009. The centre has signed contracts with 63 respective organizations in the world to protect music copyrights covering 153 countries and territories.

- The Recording Industry Association had 45 members, by the end of 2014, the members increased to 59. Revenue of the Association remained stable from 2010 at 8,211,292,090VND (approximately 373,000USD), in the year 2014 the revenue was 8.526.233.751VND (approximately 387,500USD). - Centre for Literary Copyrights represents 1002 authors (prose and poetry); the work warehouse of the Centre stores 4571 works of 470 authors. In which, 441 are in hard copies, 432 works have the soft copies.

- The Reproduction Right Association has the membership of 1748 individuals and 167 legal entities.

- Association for Protection of rights of music performers Vietnam (APPA) was officially launched on 25 February 2016 with 130 members.

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Circular 12/2015/TT-BVHTTDL dated 11 December 2015 on amending some articles in Regulations on film censorship and distribution permit

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Facilitating the management of film production and distribution in Vietnam via a system of film classification according to specific criteria of ages.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

This has been one of the most outstanding measures of Viet Nam’s cultural industries over the past 5 years in regard to support of freedom of cultural and artistic creation in the film industry. Before 2015, the film distribution in Viet Nam complied with the film evaluation and classification criteria promulgated by the Film Censorship Council (feature films, documentaries, scientific films, animated films) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, comprised of 7-9 members, setting up abstract, general and subjective criteria based on each member’s expertise and artistic sense such as content, artistic values in films, attraction, sound and image effects. Such classification in films has long restricted the diversity and creativity in the film industry in Viet Nam.

In accordance with the new Circular, criteria for film have been formulated specifically, in details, and can be quantitative, namely theme, content; violence; nudity, sex; drugs, stimulants, addiction; horror; rude images, sounds, language. Based on different levels of these criteria (frequency, details, rudeness, duration, etc.), films can be categorized as follows:

P films should be suitable for audiences.

C13 films are generally prohibited for children aged under 13.

C16 films are generally prohibited for audiences aged under 16.

C18 films are generally prohibited for audiences aged under 18.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

The Circular has been valid since March 15, 2016 and expected to boost the number and quality of films, with enhanced creativity, production and distribution in Viet Nam. This flexible and favourable system for the film distribution in Viet Nam allows film makers to have their own censorship and select audiences and markets for their products better.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Viet Nam Cinema Department

Provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism nationwide

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Viet Nam Cinema Department, Viet Nam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

- Film distributors are in charge of paying for film censorship fees in accordance with the regulations of Viet Nam Cinema Department.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

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Strategy to develop Vietnamese film industry to 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 2156/QĐ-TTg dated November 11, 2013)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

To develop the film industry towards industrialisation, modernization, and integration, imbued with national identity, satisfying people’s demand to enjoy a rich cultural and spiritual life, especially those living in the remote, rural, under developing areas. From now until 2030, step by step develop Vietnamese film industry into an influential one in the regions of Southeast Asia in particular and Asia in general.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The new policy on the development of cinema industry formulated in the Strategy to develop Vietnamese Film industry to 2020, vision 2030 has specified the State’s position towards the film industry with clear objectives, solutions, and road maps which reflect the reality and current development trends over the last few years. This measure set up its objectives to advance the Vietnamese film industry into an influential one in the regions of Southeast Asia and Asia through innovative film creation, production, distribution and exhibition, human resource development, technology transfer, financial investment, international cooperation, and socialized film activities nationwide.

The Strategy aims to influence the core of industry development to enhance creativity, improve State management, human resource training, resource mobilization, social awareness and international cooperation. Moreover, the promulgation of an Action plan and the Masterplan for film development after the approval of the Strategy will specify the solutions formulated in the Strategy. As a result, it can be seen that at the industry level, the Strategy to develop Vietnamese film industry is a measure that can bring about rapid changes and high feasibility as it directly addresses existing problems of the industry in the past several years as well as the stagnation of film producers and exhibitors in the State-owned sector, poor facilities, production techniques, and unsatisfactory supply of cinema products and services, violation of copy rights, lack of proper management and support for development and healthy competition in Viet Nam’s cinema market, insufficient support and development opportunities for Viet Nam’s cinema talents, audiences as well as public-private partnership mechanisms.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Film production: Increase the number and quality of each type of films, diversifying film genres: By 2020, produce 40-45 feature films per year, 36-48 films per year for each type of documentary, scientific films, animated films; By 2030, it is expected to produce 55-60 feature films per year, 48-72 films per year for each type of documentary, scientific films, animated films.

- Film distribution and exhibition: Increase the exhibition rate of Vietnamese films in cinemas, number of cinemas and audience size/diversity.

By 2020: Rate of Vietnamese films: Screenings of Vietnamese feature films should account for at least 35% out of the total in cinemas, 30%-35% of Vietnamese feature films in all distributed films. The number of film audiences should reach 95 million per year; the number of screens: 550 (70% of which belongs to private sector).

Expected by 2030: Screening of Vietnamese feature films should account for at least 45% out of the total shows in cinemas, 40% of Vietnamese feature films in all distributed films. The number of film audiences should reach 210 million per year; the number of screens: 1050 (80% of which belongs to private sector).

- Human resources training: Priority should be given to some professions such as film directors, producers, script writers, critics, cinematographers, art designers, technical and technological artists, actors and actresses; Forms of training: Intensive short-term courses, formal training both locally and abroad.

- International integration: It is expected to develop Vietnamese film industry by 2020 to be one of the leading cinema in the Southeast Asian region, and by 2030 to gain a firm standing in Asia. By 2020, film exports should reach 20% of the total number of films produced each year, co-production films with foreign partners to increase 15% per year.

By 2030, film exports should reach 30% of the total number of films produced each year, co-production films with foreign partners to increase 25% per year.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Construction, The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Information and Communications, Viet Nam Television, Viet Nam News Agency, The Voice of Viet Nam

Provincial and Municipal People’s committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Financial resources: From the State’s budget and other legal donations from individuals and institutions. The State’s budget is allocated annually in accordance with the current regulations.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

- The system of State management regulations and documents of Vietnamese cinema is gradually completing.

- The socialization of cinema activities has helped revive the Vietnamese cinema and develop with diversified genres and styles in both State-owned and private sectors.

- The trend of public-private partnership is supported by both sides thanks to the benefits it has brought about. At the same time, some films commissioned by the State have won important prizes in different Film Festivals in Viet Nam and abroad.

- Young talented film makers with expertise and entrepreneurial skills have increasingly grown.

- Vietnamese overseas directors came back to Viet Nam to make films, creating more human resources and generating new film making experiences.

- More foreign investment and cooperation in film production and exhibition in Viet Nam.

- There is a need for an additional focus on digitalization in the film industry – exploring digital distribution platforms, new business models and emergent market opportunities. Future strategic activities will need to focus on shifting patterns to production and consumption in cinema.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- By June 2015, there were 368 film facilities, 533 screens, and an average number of 110-130 films imported in Viet Nam per year.

- The 2014 admission of some cinema training institutions exceeds their targets in the Strategy and Development Plans for Vietnam Cinema.

- Equitizing 4 out of 5 film production companies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (except for the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio)

- State commissioned films in 2015: 08 feature films for cinema screening, 36 documentaries, 10 animated films. Films produced by private companies: 32 feature films for cinema screening, 17 documentaries, 30 animated films.

- Market for films in cinema theatres: Released 40 Vietnamese feature films with an average revenue of 17.5 billion VND/film (nearly 800,000USD), total revenue of 700 billion VND (31.8 million USD) and 17.5 million cinema goers; Distributed 181 foreign films with an average revenue of 8.87 billion VND (nearly 400,000USD)/film, total revenue of 1,590 billion VND (more than 72 million USD) and 21,140 cinema goers.

- The number of cinema goers: Number of ticket buyers: 39,640,000; Number of cinema audiences watching films free of charge shown by Mobile film screening groups: 12,000,000; Total number of cinema goers: 51,640,000.

- About the market share of Vietnamese films:

+) The number of Vietnamese films produced and distributed accounted for only 18% of the total films in cinemas.

+) Revenue of Vietnamese films accounted for 30%, in which the revenue of a Vietnamese film was double than that of a foreign film.

- The number of ticket buyers in 2015 increased about 14% compared with 2014 (39,640,000 and 35,710,000 respectively).

- Revenue of Vietnamese films and imported films in 2015 increased about 21% compared with 2014 (2,290 billion VND and 1,890 billion VND respectively).

- The rate of Vietnamese people going for a film in the cinema per year has substantially increased: 2015 with 0,57 film per person vs. 2014 with 0,53 film per person.

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Innovating the State’s approach to investment in the film industry via public-private partnership policies

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

The measure aims to use the State’s budget for the development of Vietnamese film industry in a more socially and economically effective way, phase-out the mechanism in which only State owned companies could receive funding from the State for film production in Viet Nam for the coming years. The focus will be on public -private partnership, diversifying the financial mechanism for film production and distribution.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The State’s annual budget for film production has only funded film projects of State-owned companies for many years. Although State-commissioned films have gained some political and social success, they have failed to attract audiences to cinemas and achieve targeted revenues. The State funding mechanism in the film industry has led to stagnation in many aspects of the cultural value chain, from creation, production, distribution, and consumption of cinema products. Under this circumstance, The National Strategy and Development Master plan for Vietnamese Film Industry toward 2020, vision 2030 which were approved and came into practice since 2013 requires to innovate the bidding mechanism of film production from the State’s budget with a view to reshape the market of Vietnamese film in the coming decades.

Since 2014, Vietnam Cinema Department has experimented a funding policy that opened opportunities for commissioning private film companies to produce films from the State’s budget. The results of the film projects in this model between 2014- 2015 will act as the ground for the State authority of Vietnamese film to make changes in the bidding mechanism and will come into full effect in 2016. This innovation in the public - private partnership in film production is to stimulate individual creativity (director, script writers, etc.), businesses development (production, distribution, promotion) and the satisfaction of Vietnamese audiences with higher quality cinema works.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Innovating the State management mechanism on commission policy of cinema works

- Attracting more investors from the private sectors and foreign businesses in the film production and distribution.

- Increasing the number and quality of cinema products and services in Viet Nam.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Department of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Vietnam Cinema Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Financial resources: from the State’s budget and other investment in production and distribution of individuals and businesses in Vietnam and abroad in the film industry.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The success of the film “I saw yellow flowers on the green grass”, the first work in the experimenting period of the public private partnership policy in film production, has proved the right direction of the State authorities of the Vietnamese film industry (specifically Viet Nam Cinema Department). The innovation in investment policies and approaches to the management of cinema products and services, in which, the quality of cinema works that can get funding from the State’s budget is not only evaluated by its ideological, political, moral, educational or artistic values but also by its economic values, market approach capability, and audience attraction, are a prerequisite to attract investors from the private and overseas sectors for the future of Vietnamese films production.

The results have also confirmed the model in which the State invests, private companies produce will be an effective supporting trend for Vietnamese cinema by appreciating the capacity of the individual’s creativity, production and entrepreneurial capacity of private businesses and attaching great importance to consumer tastes. This model not only financially supports the production of creative companies and individuals who have a strong foothold in the Vietnamese film market, but also progresses towards an entrepreneurial platform for start-ups and creative talents in the industry.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

The film “I saw yellow flowers on the green grass” directed by Victor Vu received a grant of 8 billion VND from the State’s budget, the rest came from 3 private companies, namely Galaxy M&E Films, Saigon Concert and Phuong Nam Film (estimated at 13 billion – about 610 thousand USD). It has earned more than 1,5 billion VND in ticket sales on the first unofficial day of screening and more than 80 billion VND (about 3.75 million USD) after two months in cinemas. oduction and distribution of individuals and businesses in Vietnam and abroad in the film industry.

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Master plan for visual arts development toward 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 1253/QĐ-TTg dated 25 July 2014)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

The objective of the plan is to improve the national system of training centres, complete the technical infrastructure, priotize the development of human resources (pupils, students, creative individuals such as artists, sculptors, teaching staff and researchers, critics and curators, management staff of visual arts, etc.); develop arts, motivate the creation of applied art designs and products to satisfy the demand of consumption and export.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The main features of the Master plan for visual arts development toward 2020, vision 2030 include the formulation of a system of solutions throughout the value chain of artistic activities in Viet Nam from creation, production, distribution and enjoyment of art works. The solutions focus on: Building and enhancing the system of legal documents on arts with a view to motivating artists’ creativity, honouring artisans and applied art designers; Improving expertise, management, research, and sales of works of art as well as renovating art training cirricula in many universities and colleges so as to approach the regional and international levels, and having appropriate remuneration for talented artists and sculptors; Investing in facilities and strengthening the socialization in the creation and production of art works; Intensifying research and applying scientific and technological advances in the creation, production, distribution and consumption of art products.

Furthermore, it is noteworthy that the master plan mentioned the market development policy for Vietnamese fine arts through the supplement of legal documents necessary for the formation of a true art market in the country, at the same time, increasing the number and improving capability of curators and art work auction organisations. In addition, the master plan also aims at formulating art development programmes and projects in connection with arts, and improving their application and art product consumption.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Developing human resources: Buiding and improving national art training facilities in 3 art centres in the North, Central and South Viet Nam; developing visual art teams with expertise and capability; by 2020 there are high level curators in all the regional art centres; by 2020 municipal and provincial Departments of Culture can employ sufficient management staff of arts and literature, inclusive of visual arts.

- Investing in the construction of facilities and assisting art creation: by 2020, 4 museums will be built, 2 of which develop audiences for contemporary arts in 3 important economic regions. By 2030, 100% of all cities and provinces will have professional galleries.

- Promoting the traditional visual arts: By 2020, 100% cities and provinces will have completed the investigation, inventory, evaluation of handicraft artisans; traditional visual art professions and villages.

- Developing contemporary visual arts: By 2020, the national centre for restoration of art works and art work assessment and auction centre[T1] will be opened; The formulation of mechanisms for the development of various contemporary art forms will also be completed.

- Developing the art market: Ensuring the stipulation and implementation of legal documents necessary for the formation of the art market. Developing the capacity and expertise of curators and establishing art work auction organisations.

- Educating and disseminating visual arts: Secondary schools will reform their fine art education programmes toward internationally benchmarked approaches to art education (inclusive of the contemporary arts).

- Socializing and cooperating to develop visual art: Localities strengthen the task of socialization in the field of visual art. By 2020, expected to open one to two more non-public visual art museums or museums on traditional professional villages. By 2030, expected to open two to three non-public museums. Public fine art museums gradually raise income as well as capability in self-finance.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Construction

Provincial and municipal people’s committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

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Decree No. 113/2013/ND-CP dated 2 Oct 2013 on visual art activities

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Regulations on visual art activities, including visual art competition and exhibition, display, trading, copy, auction, examination of artworks; statues, panorama paintings; and sculpture camps.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

This Decree is applied to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals participating in visual arts activities, including: visual art competition and exhibition, display, trading, copy, auction, examination of artworks; statues, panorama paintings; and sculpture camps. The Decree regulates clearly on policies of the State of Viet Nam on visual arts development including: developing a progressive Vietnamese visual arts imbued with national identity, meeting the higher spiritual life of the people, contributing to economic and social development, expanding cultural exchange with other countries; preserving and promoting the values of traditional fine arts; encouraging organizations and individuals to participate in visual arts activities according to regulations of law; supporting and commissioning artworks of high artistic quality with good impacts on the social life; awarding, publicizing artworks of high artistic quality; training visual arts talents, improving quality of art education in the national education system; sponsoring for activities of organizations and individuals in the field of visual arts in comply with the State’s direction; investing, improving and newly building visual arts museums, exhibition halls at central level and in provinces and central cities.

Of particular relevance, Chapter 3 of the Decree stipulates in details the activities of display, trading, copy, auction, examination of artworks. This is the legal foundation supporting to the development of visual arts market in Viet Nam.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Strengthening the effectiveness of state management in the field of visual arts

- Creating visual art market in Viet Nam

- Strict implementing regulations on intellectual property rights in the field of visual arts

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism gives guidance to execute some articles (Articles 4, 9, 11, 12, 26, 29, 30 and 31) of this Decree

Ministers, Leaders of ministerial level agencies, Leaders of Governmental agencies, Chairmen of provincial and municipal people’s committees, relating organizations and individuals

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

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The Master Plan for the Development of Performing Arts to 2020 with the vision to 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1456/QĐ-TTg dated on 19/8/2014)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

In 2014, Vietnamese Government approved a Master Plan for the Development of Performing Arts to 2020 with the vision to 2030 with the objectives of improving technical infrastructure, professionalizing and resizing public art units, encouraging individuals and private sectors to invest in performing arts, developing human resource and creating high-quality art works.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The Plan emphasizes essential and urgent issues that require attention for development in the period of 2015-2030 as follows:

- Regional planning for performing arts development to 2020 based on potential availability and cultural identities of the region, in line with the direction of region’s culture and tourism development to 2020, with the purposes of preserving the traditional art forms in cultural space, and developing high-end contemporary art forms for international integration: North, Central and South of Viet Nam.

- Set up State-management mechanisms with decentralization to provinces and cities; gradually reduce licensing to be replaced by post-examination, increasing the autonomy and self-responsibility of art organizations, establishing new policies which are matched with the reality of development such as salary mechanisms, employment allowances, rehearsing and performance allowance, royalties, social insurance mechanisms, working age, retiring age, appraisal regulations of art work, training policies, and scholarship mechanisms for performing art pupils and students;

- Discover, train and cultivate fully competent human resources to satisfy the requirements of a performing arts industry, including human resource development for the section of administration, creation, production and distribution.

- Construct international-standard theatres which will be popular destinations and symbols of some provinces and cities, meeting the increasingly high standards of sound, light and visual techniques and other high-end skills required for indoors and outdoors art performances; selectively invest in some agents with advanced technology in sound and video recording, and art event organization by mobilizing social resourses.

- Continue to realize the roadmap of socializing art and performing activities by enhancing the equitized process of theaters and art troupes with high popularity; promoting public and private partnership; the Government can gradually invest in selected private organizations and individuals who create art works with high artistic quality.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Target to 2020:

Complete the planning of a nationwide performing arts organization system; complete the policy-making system on performing art in par with social development and encourage the creativity of artists; form a pool of professional and specialized drama editors, directors, art designers, composers, painters, actors, technology and technique experts, producers, and managers who are capable to develop the Vietnamese performing arts with the values of traditions, modern and humane; complete the building relevant institutions system, infrastructure and technical facilities meeting the demand of the development of technologies of organizing and producing programmes and art works in the field of performing arts, emphasizing on the commercial values and the improvement of socio-economic quality and effectiveness of performing arts; reduce the imbalance between urban and rural areas - investing in the construction of 10% of the total number of theaters for provinces and cities that do not have halls for performing arts.

Target to 2030:

Vietnamese performing arts possess a resource of composers and producers at least as effective as those across the region of Southeast Asia and Asia, among whom there are internationally recognized talents; and develop a rich human resource with creative approaches and high-standard art products. In addition, plan and facilitate modern and high-tech infrastructure for each region with the focus on improving products and service in the performing art industry to international standards.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Education and Training, Viet Nam National Television, municipal and provincial People’s Committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- From State budget: State budget provides fund for investment, improvement and renewing of national-level buildings, financially support for renovating and improving and renewing theatres for disadvantaged provinces, supports finance for human resouce training domestically and abroad, supports construction and provision of technical facility for practicing studios and workshop of theater arts and other performing arts; Provincial budget is for renovation, improvement, upgrading and renewing of movie theaters, and technical facility for performing art units.

- Socializing fund: enterprises, local and international individuals and organizations in obligation with regulations of Vietnamese Law.

- For upgrading, renovating and renewing works: 60% from State budget, approximately 40% from other sources – For human resource training: approximately 50% from State budget, the other 50% from other sources.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

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Viet Nam National Strategy on international relations culture to 2020, vision to 2030

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Promoting national cultural values to the world so as to deepen the understanding of the world about the country, people and culture of Viet Nam, at the same time to build trust and love to Viet Nam, contributing to strengthening the cooperation in other sectors;

- Acquiring cultural quintessence of the mankind, enriching and deepening the traditional cultural values that contribute to comprehensively developing Vietnamese culture towards the True, the Good and the Beautiful, imbued with the national identity, humanity, democracy and science;

- Developing cultural industries professionally and synchronously, encouraging cultural product export to foreign markets, contributing to introducing Vietnamese cultural brands to the world and promoting national culture.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

To realize the proactive policy of comprehensive international integration in every field with the aims of elevating the nation’s international profile, Vietnamese Government promulgated an Action Plan attached in the Resolution No. 31/NQ-CP dated 13 May 2014, suggesting to create Strategy on developing cultural industries and National Strategy on international relations culture until 2020, with a vision to 2030.

The national strategy on international relations culture was approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No.210/QD-TTg dated 8 February 2015 to promote international relations culture, comprehensively developing the culture and peoples of Viet Nam, turning culture into an internal power, strengthening the international profile and prestige of the country. To implement these orientations, the strategy provides uniform solutions, with specific measures related to creativity, production and the dissemination of cultural & artistic products, getting access to worldwide audience and markets, improving the tastes of domestic audience through foreign cultural &artistic activities and international arts festivals organized in Viet Nam. For example:

- In terms of policies: Formulating policies, mechanisms to support and sponsor cultural and artistic exchanges and cooperative activities of Viet Nam, socializing and diversifying the funding for non-public artists and artistic organizations, so that they can participate in international exchanges.

- In terms of formulating, marketing and advertising cultural products: Assisting the production of outstanding cinema products, artistic performances for the participation into international cultural and artistic events; organizing exhibitions and seminars to promote Vietnamese fine arts in foreign countries; organizing cultural days/ week or Vietnamese cultural festivals in foreign countries.

- In terms of financing resources: Create favourable conditions and encourage non-governmental organizations, associations, enterprises and freelance artists to participate to international culture activities.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Diversify types, models and methods to effectively carry out international relations culture activities to promote Vietnamese cultural values to the world through media and artistic & cultural activities, specifically Vietnamese cultural days/ week, Culture-Tourism Festivals, increase the presence of Viet Nam in international artistic and cultural events, such as EXPO, Biennale, famous film festivals…

- Export Vietnamese cultural products and services to foreign countries, develop market shares for Vietnamese cultural industries in international markets.

- Establish some cultural centres in some targeted regions in the world to widen and bridge the exchange, cooperation in the fields of culture, arts and establish the centres to translate and promote Vietnamese literature to foreign countries.

- Assist Vietnamese communities in foreign countries to get access to information and cultural products originated from the country, promulgate policies to connect communities, develop the intelligence and creativity, thus making contributions to national construction.

- Promote human resource training for international relations culture. Cooperate with other countries to train and refresh the artistic and cultural talents; train highly-qualified staffs.

- Establish and develop some famous international artistic festivals in Viet Nam, create good conditions for Vietnamese audience to get access to diversified culture and arts of the world, strengthen the capability of Viet Nam to host international events, thus improving the profile and prestige of the country.

- Create favourable conditions for countries, international organizations, cultural and tourism agencies of foreign countries to promote their country, people, culture and tourism in Viet Nam;

- Call for resources for the sustainable development, contribute to the socialization policies; Organize international cultural activities in the socialized ways, with the participation of domestic and foreign organizations, individuals.

- Enhance people-to-people exchange activities.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications

Viet Nam Television, ministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies, international relations people’s organizations, central-level People’s Committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget and socialized resources

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The implementation of the Strategy is evaluated annually by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, showing the effectiveness of the promotion of Vietnamese culture abroad, deepening the world’s understanding about Viet Nam.

For other targets, it takes a certain time to see the effectiveness and make proper evaluation after a period of synchronous implementation of relevant solutions and policies.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

To implement this Strategy, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam hosted numerous Viet Nam Cultural and Tourism Days/Weeks/Years abroad as well as sent national art groups to other countries to introduce Vietnamese unique culture and arts to international friends together with many activities on Viet Nam tourism promotion as a cultural destination (cultural tourism is considered one of the cultural industries by Viet Nam Government). In 2015, Viet Nam Cultural and Tourism Days were held in, for example, the US, Mexico, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Laos, and Japan.

Viet Nam has increased its participation in international cultural and art events such as EXPO Milan 2015. Over 6 months at EXPO Milan 2015, Viet Nam Pavilion received about 5 million visitors. The Viet Nam Pavilion was voted one of the most impressive pavilion designs by CNN. The Italian President commented that “This is one of the most beautiful pavilions and has received a big number of visitors as Viet Nam has well introduced its unique culture through the Pavilion”. To continue promoting an image of Viet Nam, a country that has stable politics, dynamic developing economy and diverse culture as well as connecting enterprises, Viet Nam is now making plan to actively attend the EXPO Astana 2017.

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Negotiate and sign international treaties, agreements in the fields of arts and culture

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Enhance exchange and cooperation in the fields of arts and culture to improve mutual understanding and friendship between Vietnamese and foreign peoples through the participation and enjoyment of artistic and cultural activities.

- Improve the professional capacity of artists and experts working in the fields of culture and of cultural agencies participating in cooperative programmes.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

legislative

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role in negotiating and submitting to the Government the signing of bilateral cultural cooperation agreements, cultural cooperation programmes and plans between ministries responsible for culture, taking these as foundations for implementing cultural and artistic exchange and cooperative activities between countries. In pursuance with the signed international agreements, the partners will be involved in planning and allocating budget, as well as implementing the activities.

The cooperative activities are wide with different fields, including traditional and modern performing activities, namely music, fine arts, cinema, cultural heritage, literature, publishing, library, author’s rights, radio and television, youth…

Forms of cooperation are very diverse, from the exchange of high-level delegations to discuss management issues and policies, to exchange expert delegations, scholarships, organizing cultural and artistic events such as the Cultural Week, the performing arts, exhibitions, film weeks... of this country in the other country, participation of this country into international art Festival held in countries that signed the agreements...

Some agreements have built the financial mechanisms based on the principle of mutual reciprocity and work out specific plans on time, number of people, number of days related to the exchange programs.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Create a cooperative mechanism between the government agencies in charge of culture of the two countries to promote cultural exchange activities between the two countries.

- Improved capacity to formulate policies, the state management of the cultural and artistic managers and administrators of Viet Nam

- Develop partnerships between cultural and artistic institutions of the two countries

- Professions and competency of artists, experts participating in the program of cooperation, exchanges are strengthened, improved and they could have access to other forms of new cultural expressions.

- Introduce cultural and creative values of Viet Nam to foreign countries, increasing interest and understanding of the people of that country for Viet Nam, enhance friendship between the two countries, and gradually expand markets consuming cultural products and services of Viet Nam later.

- The public audience and creative individuals, enterprises in the country have more opportunities to gain access to new forms of artistic and cultural consumption trends in the world of arts.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The negotiation and signing of international treaties, international cooperation agreements on culture create a legal basis for the implementation of cooperation activities between the two countries. However, in order to efficiently exploit these cooperation instruments, we should develop specific plans/programs in which identifying funding sources, timing, in-charge agencies for implementing activities... Apart from cooperation agreements between the two governments and program/plan of cooperation between the ministries of culture, cooperation agreements between cultural and artistic organizations of the two countries should be encouraged.

In 3 years from 2013 to the end of 2015, Vietnam has signed nearly 30 governmental and ministerial cooperation documents in the fields of culture and art with countries like India, Egypt, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Iran, Laos, Russia, Japan, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, China, Thailand ... and nearly 20 cooperation documents between the arts and cultural organizations such as the National History Museum, Viet Nam Fine arts Museum, Viet Nam Film Institute, Viet Nam National Academy of Music, National Library of Viet Nam… were signed with foreign partners.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

To implement cultural cooperation programmes between Viet Nam and the Russian Federation, the two Ministries of Culture successfully joint-organized the Russian Culture Days in Viet Nam (2013) in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh city and Binh Duong province. The opening ceremony and art show held in Ha Noi Opera House received the presence of President Vladimir Putin and President Truong Tan Sang; In 2014, Vietnamese Cultural Days took place in Moscow, St.Petersburg and Yaroslavl (Russian Federation) with outstanding art performances, film screenings, lacquer painting exhibition and seminars attracted the attention of the wider public and the Russian media.

Implementing the agreement of the two governments, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations, the France - Viet Nam Exchange Year 2013 - 2014 was held with nearly 100 cultural and artistic activities of France organized in Viet Nam in 2013 and more than 70 cultural and artistic events introducing Viet Nam in Paris and French localities in 2014. These cultural and artistic activities helped hundreds of artists of the two countries to widely introduce to public audience their cultural and artistic creations, to interact, to find new inspirations. Public audience in the two countries can interact and enjoy rich artistic and cultural programmes, getting access to new cultural expressions, thus enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.

To implement signed cooperation documents, many cultural and artistic activities of Viet Nam were held in foreign countries such as Viet Nam Culture Week in Cambodia, Laos, India, Greece, Vietnamese Culture Year in the Czech Republic... In Viet Nam, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism supports embassies of foreign countries to organize dozens of international artistic and cultural events each year, introducing to Vietnamese public audience the cultural diversity of the countries in the world, through cultural days of Philippines, Kazakhstan, Japan, strings of Italian art and cultural programmes in Viet Nam...

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Viet Nam-Denmark development cooperation programme in the field of culture in the period of 2011-2015

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

The overall objective of the programme is to support Vietnamese people to have access and participate in diversified cultural and artistic activities.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

In order to achieve the objectives of the program, the Danish side provided financial assistance for Viet Nam to implement two components: one is the "Policy dialogue among cultural managers and policy-makers" in order to help managers, policy makers and artists to achieve a common understanding for the issues in the management and development of contemporary culture and arts today, and make policy recommendations to support this growing trend; second component is “Support the arts in public space” to develop a diversified contemporary art in Viet Nam through the enhancement of public participation and cultural cooperation between Viet Nam and Denmark.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Through dialogue at the annual conferences (4 conferences in the whole supporting period), with the participation of authorities and cultural policy makers from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, universities and training institutions, Departments responsible for culture in provinces, literature and art associations, the media, independent artists and other international experts, the parties will identify issues and challenges related to management and policy in order to provide recommendations for adjusting and promulgating new policies to create an enabling environment for the creation, production, distribution and access to diverse cultural expressions in nowadays context.

"Art Space" in Vietnam is expanding, especially the interactive contemporary art events in the public spaces organized with the participation of the audience; and the art creativity of young artists in experimental art forms is encouraged and promoted.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (International Cooperation Department)

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Fund from the Danish Embassy and counter-fund from the State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The components have reached its set objectives, in which the component of policy dialogue has made practical inputs for the development of the National Strategy for Vietnamese cultural industries and the National Strategy of international relations culture, as well as policy recommendations to develop Vietnamese visual art market amd incentives for film industry.

Component “Support arts in public spaces” has provided catalyst and effective financial support for the formulation of an international music festival in a large open space for the public audience, especially the youth. At the same time, through the program "the lucky duck", the young artistic talents were discovered and received the support in terms of professional counseling and finance to develop their creativity. In addition, artists have the opportunity to enhance their professional competencies and find new collaborations.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

The International Monsoon Music Festival consecutively won the award “Music programme of the Year” in the Dedication Award programme in 2015 and the award “Music programme chains of the Year 2016” in the Dedication Award programme in 2016, resulted from the votes of journalists specialized in culture and arts across the country.

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Intensive training program on arts management provided by DeVos Institute, USA with the sponsorship from the Government of Norway through the Transposition project

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Improve management capacities for cultural and arts organizations, meeting the demands of the market.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The training programme on arts management took place for 2 years from 2014 to 2015 with 5 training workshops and regular counseling activities via email and online conference on the practical operations of arts organizations and applying the acquired knowledge to solve and overcome the challenges in governing an arts organization.

Participants of the program are those who hold executive management positions at 20 leading art institutions in the country, including the national theatres, a number of private companies operating in the field of contemporary, experimental arts and lecturers of some national training institutions in the fields of culture and arts.

The participants are equipped with the knowledge and management skills in building artistic plans, finding operational funds, creating public support from public audience and sponsors in society in terms of spiritual and financial support; formulation development and marketing strategy; building the reputation of the organization and implementing a comprehensive marketing program for artistic works and products, learning how to achieve maximum revenue and limiting cost at a minimum level.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

The immediate effect of the program is to stabilize the formulation of artistic planning and development strategies, strengthen marketing and fundraising activities of the participating organizations towards a long-term goal of sustainable development, becoming a model for other organizations in Viet Nam.

Participants who are lecturers at national arts and cultural training institutions can cultivate knowledge and practical insights of arts management to update the lectures for students.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Fund sponsored by the Norwegian government through the Transposition project, contributions of DeVos Institute, travel sponsor for expert provided by the US Embassy in Viet Nam and administration provided by International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The arts and cultural organizations in Viet Nam participating in the program have accessed to the advanced arts knowledge and management skills from the United States and has applied partly the acquired knowledge in operating the organization and building the programs. The capacity of the participating organizations is improved, especially the skills of marketing and fundraising. This is very important as many state-owned theaters, art organizations are undergoing the policy of socialization, self-financing in the market mechanism.

The art and cultural organizations participating in the program have created a network and have cooperated in several projects right away in the training process. Apart from the public organizations, the program also allowed the participation of a number of private artistic and arts organizations, so that they can share and learn experiences, building public-private partnership.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- 25 participants of the Programme were awarded certificates on arts management capacity building.

- Many project proposals were presented and discussed in the course, including some outstanding projects such as the International Monsoon Music Festival, the film "I saw the yellow flowers on the green grass" which are successfully implemented later. In addition to its good content and high quality, the film "I saw the yellow flowers on the green grass" with a good marketing campaign has gained a big success in revenue (over 80 billion dongs) and made a record of a high number of visitors to cinema theaters.

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Build the brand “Ha Noi International Film Festival”

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- To attract the attention of the public audience to cinema, creating new vitality and impetus to develop Vietnam cinema towards industrialization, modernization and international integration;

- Create opportunities to expand Vietnamese film market to the world, bringing Vietnamese films into international film markets;

- Make important contributions to promote the image of Viet Nam, a beautiful, stable and hospitable country, as well as the image of Ha Noi - the city for peace, thousand-year civilization, beautiful sceneries, hospitable and elegant people; promoting cooperation and tourism development.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

Consistent with the cinema development strategy until 2020, with a vision to 2030 approved by the Prime Minister in 11 November 2013, the Ha Noi International Film Festival (hereinafter abbreviated as HANIFF) is the biennual event, being held for the first time in 2010 and chosen as the focus of promotional activities in branding this event as one of the prestigious international film festivals in Asia. Festival honors the outstanding cinematographic works with high artistic values, rich in humanity, creativity, discovers and encourages new talents of cinema. The festival is an opportunity for local filmmakers to exchange and improve expertise, access to modern methods of filmmaking, seeking possibilities for cooperation and also an opportunity for the Vietnamese public audience to enjoy the outstanding works of world cinema.

Besides the program for participating films, the world cinema panorama, the focus program on a guest country cinema, the festival also organizes seminars for filmmakers to exchange expertise, "Young Talent Camp" to improve the competencies for young filmmakers and "Film project market" to build and develop the film market of Viet Nam.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Increase the proportion of cinema-goers, the rate of Vietnam public audience having access to excellent works of world cinema

- Filmmakers and cinema practitioners in Viet Nam can exchange, improve expertise and professional competencies

- Encourage and foster young talents

- Find the sources of investment for film projects

- Introduce and export Vietnamese films into overseas markets

- Increase cooperation and service projects for foreign films

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Cinema Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

60% of the festival-running fund comes from the state budget, 40% is mobilized from domestic and foreign enterprises and organizations. Some activities attracted a high proportion of such socialization, such as the Film Festival opening ceremony (75% of the fund comes from donor sources).

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The festival is very successful in creating an exciting atmosphere for the audience in the country and foreign visitors to the cinema theatres. Vietnamese films attracted the biggest number of spectators, creating a "fever" for Vietnamese films at all screenings. In many screenings, organizers had to bring in more seats, and the audience even had to sit on the floor to watch movies.

The quality of films in competition and those selected for Vietnamese and foreign film screening shows received appreciation from the professional experts, the media and the public.

The scale of the festival is expanding, attracting many excellent films from various countries and territories; professional activities within the framework of the festival are increasingly rich.

The festival has gradually established its reputation with the participation of the prestigious jury comprising of renowned experts in the world, regional and international film artists and guest stars.

The festival has contributed to the promotion of the culture brand of the capital Hanoi, the national images and tourism promotion.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The scale of the festival is expanded: the 1st festival in 2010 received 67 films from 25 cinema industries. Two years later, the 2nd festival welcomed 116 films from over 30 countries and territories . In the 3rd Film Festival (2014), organizers received 411 films from 39 countries and territories, and selected 130 movies from 32 cinema industries to participate in all categories of the Film Festival

- One of the outstanding results of the Young talent camp in the 2nd Film Festival was the discovery and giving the most outstanding film project to female director, producer Nguyen Hoang Diep with the film "Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”. This film debut has won numerous international awards such as the FEDEORA award for the best film in the 29th International Film Critics Venice, Jury Prize for best film in the 3 continents Film Festival (in France), the grand prizes in the Fribourg film Festival, Switzerland, best director award at the Bratislava international film Festival... and Jury award at the 3rd Ha Noi international film Festival.

❭ PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

Participation in building ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

Context of the measure:

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Realize an ASEAN Community that is people-oriented and socially responsible through the formation of a common identity and building a sharing and caring society.

Promotion of cultural creativity and cooperation in cultural industries is a strategic objective in the formulation of ASEAN identity and linkage.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

Regional

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

In 2015, ASEAN Community was offically established based on the three main pillars including Economic Community, Political-Security Community and and Socio-Cultural Community. ASEAN, the dynamic economic development area with 50% of population under 30 years old, the 3rd largest economy in Asia and the 7th largest in the world, has officially become a joint market, with the free movements of goods, services, investment, skilled labourers and capital flows.

To achieve this target, ASEAN Member States set out the particular actions such as promoting the development of cultural industries by cooperating and associating between Small and Medium Cultural Enterprises (SMCEs); training to improve capacity of small and medium cultural enterprises, broadening opportunities of cultural creativity and capacity improvement for the young people and all classes of the society, including ethnic minorities; enhancing marketing and distribution of cultural products and services; strengthening capacity of national institutions responsible for managing and developing cultural industries, creating jobs and commercializing local cultural products and services in domestic and international markets; encouraging the cooperation of cultural industries and economic creativity with ASEAN partner countries; encouraging the public-private cooperation, etc. In the framework of the ASEAN Committee for Culture and Information (ASEAN-COCI), some regional projects such as training on the roles of young people in the sustainable development of small and medium cultural enterprises, ASEAN art performing markets, enhancing a position of master handicraft designers of ASEAN… have been realised with the participation of managers; and young artists from 10 ASEAN countries.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Enhance the status of ASEAN in international arena;

- Expand market and audience for products and services of cultural and creative industries among ASEAN Member States;

- Improve the professional and expertise quality as well as management and business capacity of the creative individuals, students, managers, researchers in the fields of culture and the arts;

- Establish public-private partnership in the development of cultural industries.

- Establish network of the creative enterprises, management agencies in the filed of cultural industries in ASEAN Community.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

The Government of Viet Nam is responsible for the participation of Viet Nam in relevant programmes and projects

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Vietnamese State budget.

- Funding from organizations and other countries in ASEAN region.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

Cultural cooperation in the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between Viet Nam and European Union

Context of the measure:

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Promote cultural diversity and increase cultural understanding between parties involved

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

Regional

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

legislative

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

In 2012, Viet Nam and the European Union (EU) signed the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (PCA) which broadens further scope of cooperation in many fields, including culture. In order to achieve common targets and promote the diversity of culture, the two Parties have agreed to strengthen the cooperation in implementing the 2005 Convention of UNESCO, focusing on policy dialogue, integration of culture in sustainable development and poverty reduction to promote the formation of a dynamic culture through developing cultural industries. Currently, concerned Parties have been completing the ratification process of the Agreement and discussing the establishment of sub-committees to implement the content of cooperation.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Viet Nam is supported by EU to implement the UNESCO Convention 2005 including the policy dialogue and specific projects in the development of cultural industries in Viet Nam.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Government of Viet Nam

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

The cooperation is expected to receive funds from State budget, EU funding and other sources from private sector as soon as the the Agreement is ratified.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

National target programme on disseminating information to mountainous areas, remote areas, border and island areas in the period 2012-2015

Context of the measure:

INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Develop and strengthen the information and communication systems in order to ensure the information of economic, political, cultural-social, scientific-technical development reached to the people in the mountainous areas, remote areas, border and island areas; narrowing the gap in information delivery among the people living in different regions, thus contributing to fostering economic growth and improving the cultural and spiritual life of the people.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

This program consists of three major projects, including the project on Strengthening the information and communications system in mountainous, remote, border and island areas. The project sets out a specific objective on strengthening the material and technical infrastructure for the national information and media systems for disadvantaged and remote areas, including investment in full coverage and improvement of the quality of radio and television coverage in the mountainous, remote, border and island areas; creating favourable condition for the people in those areas to enjoy audio-visual services, ensuring maintenance, exploitation and operation of communal radio stations in areas under particularly difficult conditions in the Program.

Thus, by committing to cover the radio and analog television signal to all communes in the far most mountainous, remote, border and islands areas; ensuring investment, upgrading and establishment of new radio stations, this Program has created favourable conditions for people nationwide, especially those living in mountainous, remote, border and islands area, through the media (radio, TV) are able to get access to knowledge and other cultural values of other local communities in Viet Nam and other countries in the world, encouraging these difficult communities to actively preserve their cultural identity and prominent cultural and art values, ensuring the diversity and richness of traditional and contemporary cultural expressions of the country.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Investing in new establishment and upgrade at least 1,370 radio stations in mountainous, remote areas, border and island areas.

- Upgrading at least 340 radio and television stations at district levels, re-broadcasting radio & TV stations to remove the no-signal zone, the bumpy radio & TV signal zone, ensuring the quality of radio & TV signals.

- Supporting infrastructure, equipment and facilities for local information and communication activities.

- Supporting signal-receiving equipment, radio-video devices and auxiliary equipment for community activities of villages, remote communes in poor rural districts and border guard stations.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Information and Communications

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and other Ministries

Centrally-run provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- State budget (central and local)

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses, ministerial agencies in the field of information and communication; sponsored from organizations and individuals at home and abroad.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Develop cultural life in the National Targeted Programme on New Rural Construction period 2010-2020

Context of the measure:

INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Develop a system of cultural facilities such as community-based cultural houses and community learning centers for the people in rural areas.

- Enrich the cultural life of the community by ensuring the equal accessibility and enjoyment of the people in cultural activities at the grassroots level.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The National Target Programme on New Rural Construction is a comprehensive program on socio-economic, political and national security development; in which culture is both target and means of sustainable development, especially in rural areas. With the development of the cultural infrustructure and cultural community activities, local people are able to express their culture including the preservation of traditional culture and promotion of contemporary cultural expressions, and to strengthen community solidarity.

The National Target Program for New Rural Construction consists of two main components including the support for the construction and development of cultural infrastructure and cultural activities in rural areas.

- The first component develops the system of cultural and sports facilities at the grassroots level, including districts, communes and villages. This institutional system addresses local needs in rural areas in organizing community- based cultural activities, community sports activities and provides a place the community to meet and share experience. The process of planning and developing the institutions is based on the consultancies with local people about the needs of cultural expression and enjoyment and at the same time encourages the participation of the community in the construction and operation of the institutions and cultural facilities supported by the State.

- The second component enriches cultural and spiritual life of community in rural areas by creating conditions for people to participate equally in community-based cultural and sports actitivies. These activities are planned and implemented in consultation with the community in the spirit of the State and the people working together. Community-based cultural activities range from preserving features of traditional culture, customs and traditions to the creating youth-oriented creative cultural and sports activities. Those activities should be in compliance with the socio-cultural conditions of the locals and the desires of the community members.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Make sure all the communities in the rural areas have facilities to serve cultural and creative activities of its people. Furthermore, the formation of a network of cultural facilities to the village level should get the participation of people during the process of planning, implementation and monitoring.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Steering Committee of the National Target Programme on New Rural Construction

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Capital investment for the National Target Programme on New Rural Construction consists of the State capital and social mobilization capital.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

Local

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The process of developing the cultural life of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction period 2010-2020 has helped develop infrastructure network to the grassroots level. Especially, the remote communes with special difficulties have been prioritized to receive the funding support from the State for the construction and renewal of the cultural system at the commune and village level. Cultural houses at village level are assigned to the village management and use based on the actual needs of the people. Cultural activities such as the program of cultural activities in groups and community clubs and cultural exchanges between localities have also been developed with the cooperation between the State and the community.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

The impact indicators include: (i) 100% of the villages have cultural houses and sports centers (ii) 100% of the villages maintain the activities of the club, the cutural and art and sports activities; and cultural exchanges activities are among localities.

❭ EMERGING TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: Resolution 5.CP 9b

Developing target programme in information technology industry to 2020, vision to 2025

Context of the measure:

EMERGING TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: Resolution 5.CP 9b

b. Key objectives of the measure:

By 2025, the information technology industry will become the economic sector with rapid sustainable, high revenue, and large export value growth; Viet Nam is capable in developing and producing IT products and services meeting the demands of domestic and international market, creating foundation for the development of knowledge economy, contributing to control all information systems and ensure information security and nation digital sovereignty.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

Developing target programme in information technology industry to 2020, vision to 2025 (Prime Minister’s Decision No. 392 / QD-TTg dated 27/03/2015) set a guideline to give priority to the development of software industry, digital content production, IC design and manufacture, provide information technology services that Viet Nam has competitive advantage and export potential.

This program is expected to be one of the key factors to ensure successful implementation of the project to put Viet Nam soon become a strong country in information and communications technology, accelerate the application, develop information technology to strongly support creative activities, manufacture, distribution and enjoyment of cultural and art products and services for people. This programme outlines 6 key tasks to be taken to achieve targets, specifically including:

- Support capacity and competitiveness of organizations and enterprises

- Develop key IT products

- Develop IT services

- Develop IT parks

- Develop IT human resources

- Promote investment, trade and market development

To accomplish these tasks, the program established a system of specific solutions on policy, supporting the development of information technology in a number of key areas and measures of financial resource allocation.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Growth rate is at least 15% per year in the field of software, digital content and IT services; attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in key sectors, in which electronic hardware sector attracts $ 5 billion of FDI in the period 2015-2020.

- Enhance competitiveness and maintain the position as one of the top 10 countries to provide software production services and digital content. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi maintain their position in the group of the most 10 attractive cities to global software production.

- Develop Vietnamese brand products in the field of hardware - electronics, software, digital content and IT services, ensure to meet the needs and strive to increase the proportion of procurement of Vietnamese brands in annual procurement budget of governmental agencies, enterprises and society.

- Develop various types of professional IT providing services to meet the needs of governmental agencies; increase the proportion of procurement of leasing IT services over the total of IT procurement budget of the ministries, branches and localities.

- Support the construction of minimum of 7 centralized IT zones.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Information and Communications takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and other Ministries

Provinces and centrally-run cities

Relevant associations

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State Budget and social mobilization capital from the private sector, foreign direct investment

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CURRENT UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY: GENDER EQUALITY

Women’s Innovation Day

Context of the measure:

CURRENT UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY: GENDER EQUALITY

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Motivate, inspire the spirit and creativity of Vietnamese women in all fields;

- Praise and honor the typical creativity of women in all fields and share creative experiences of women;

- Search and sponsor the innovative proposals that are potential in increasing economic right and capacity of women;

- Raise awareness of the society about the role of women in creative activities.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

Women's Innovation Day, which is held every two years since 2011, is an initiative of the Women's Union of Viet Nam, in collaboration with several ministries and a numbers of international organizations (World Bank, UN agencies for gender equality and empowerment of women (UN women) in Viet Nam), co-sponsored by a number of international organizations such as the International Development Agency of Australia, Development Agency of Ireland, International Development Agency of American, and Unilever. Women of all provinces across the country can register for this program through the Viet Nam Women's Union.

In 2013, 30 creative ideas and 38 innovative products were selected to attend the exhibition of the Program. In 2015, 90 innovative products were introduced in the exhibition "Women and innovation 2015" at the Viet Nam Women's Museum. Many ideas and products associated with the creation of excellent cultural products such as handicraft products (weaving, mat, embroidery), interior design and household products (rattan), cultural and tourism product design (souvenirs made of paper and rags,...), art design (gemstone paintings), ... This initiative clearly shows the priorities of the state and private institutions and society in the creative capacity and its role to contribute to the development of economy, culture and society of Vietnamese Women with the spirit of the Convention 2005 of UNESCO.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Raise awareness of Vietnamese women about their roles and capacities in the fields of innovation and business

- Raise public awareness about the role and capacity of women in the innovation and culture and art business

- Increase investment for women's initiatives (from state agencies, businesses and civil society organizations)

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Women's Union of Viet Nam

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Women's Union of Viet Nam

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses; sponsored by organizations and individuals both locally and abroad.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The events organized every two years have contributed to ensure gender balance and encourage creativeness of Vietnamese women in all the fields of the social life..

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The number of annual initiatives

- The number of funded initiatives for implementation

- Activities of the exhibition, showcasing initiatives

- The diversity of women's groups (age, profession, local)

❭ YOUTH

Start-up Program

Context of the measure:

YOUTH

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Provide knowledge about setting up a business for young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Strengthen entrepreneurial spirit for young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Support the realization of ideas, business projects of young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Contribute to the establishment of young entrepreneurs from young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Improve the reputation of the sponsors and oganizers

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The program was initiated in 2003 and organized annually with many activities such as:

- Training on business start-up for young participants in a number of localities with the participation of senior lecturers from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and successful businesses.

- Portal start-up with the bank of registered projects over the years to help project owners to introduce their projects and look for investment opportunities.

- Initiatives Fair to introduce and call for investment for projects

- Start-up Fund Program was established in 2007.

- Publish books for start-up activities.

- Start-up clubs play the role as a bridge between sponsors and project owners. The club opens classes and tutorials on searching and navigating investors. As for the businesses, the clubs will be the source for business leaders to find new creative ideas.

Since 2013, the program aims to enhance the realization of the project through the development of business start-up network, promote joint training, consulting, investment ... contributing to building a team of knowledgeable and skilled entrepreneurs. This is one of the most typical activities that Viet Nam implemented effectively over the years. Annually, this progamme attracts many students from universities and colleges across the country with many creative and feasible ideas (108 projects in 2014, 412 projects in 2015), of which many project ideas related to the field of cultural industry, such as “Restore and develop Luy Lau ancient pottery line” of the group of authors from the University of Foreign Trade and Agricultural Institute (2015), Lovie project – a love for Viet Nam’s brand from the Viet Nam Academy of Finance, National Economics University, the University of Red Star (2015)... The awarded projects will receive an investment from the program and technical support from businesses, so this is an effective and real platform with high support for Vietnamese young creative people to strongly express creativity and reach the opportunity to start their business.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Encourage creativity and entrepreneurship spirit of young generation of Viet Nam

- Attract business investment with initiatives of the youth

- Improve creative capacity, entrepreneurial skills of Vietnamese youth.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vietnam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Defence

Business Forum News (VCCI), International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC), Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI)

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses; sponsorship from organizations and individuals locally and abroad

g. Name of NGOs and/or private companies engaged in the implementation of the measure, if any:

Name:

Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC)

Type of Involvement:

Co-host the program

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The Program encouraged and practically supported yougn entepreuneurs to start-up their own business, contributing to the national socio-economic development in Viet Nam.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The number of annual participation initiatives

- The number of funded initiatives for implementation

- Activities of the exhibition, showcasing initiatives

- The diversity of youth's groups participating in the annual Programme (age, profession, local)

Civil Society

Parties

Have you taken initiatives involving civil society in activities to:

Promote the objectives of the convention through awareness raising and other activities:

Yes

Please explain how:

In the last four years, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has collaborated with the UNESCO Hanoi Office and a number of international organizations, such as the Asia Pacific Regional Office of the International Organisation of La Francophonie, in organizing awareness and capacity building workshops on the implementation of the Convention in Viet Nam with the participation of concerned institutions from sectors and ministries at all levels. Among the participants were representatives from Hanoi, Hue, civil society organisations and individuals in the field of culture and creativity. In 2015, two workshops were organized to strengthen the importance of promoting cultural expressions, in which the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism delivered a comprehensive presentation on the Convention. In February 2016, UNESCO Hanoi Office in coordination with Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a workshop introducing the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) and provided instructions on how to apply for the fund. At the workshop, representatives from civil society organizations also had the opportunity to learn about the UNESCO 2005 Convention. In addition, the translations of Convention text and associated materials, such as the Operational Directives, Questions and Answers were widely disseminated through the Internet to civil society organizations and individuals for consultation.

Please explain how:

In the years 2011-2013, Viet Nam participated in the data collecting for the Culture and Development Indicator Suite initiated by UNESCO. During the process, a number consultation workshops were organized with participation by concerned line ministries and sectors, such as the General Statistics Office, Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Information and Communication. During the consultations, officers responsible in the fields of statistics and culture exchanged and discussed the difficulties and advantages in the collecting of statistic data of their sectors, especially those related to economic values of culture.

During the preparation of National Strategy for the development of cultural industries in Viet Nam by 2020, with a vision to 2030, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized many workshop in sharing experiences and in consultation of national and international experts and organizations. In particular, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented the draft National Strategy and requested for feedback at the 6th ASEF Experts’ Meeting & Public Forum: Creative Economy in Asia and Europe - Emerging Pillar of Economic Growth & Development in Hanoi from 4 to 5 December 2013. Another consultation was conducted at the Expert facility workshop on strengthening capacity in culture governance in developing countries in Brussels, Belgium on 5 June 2015. The feedback and contributions from these two workshops enabled the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism finalize the national strategy, taking into account of international standards and reflecting global tendencies in the planning and governance of cultural industries.

Provide spaces where ideas of civil societies can be heard and discussed while developing policies:

Yes

Please explain how:

According to Viet Nam’s procedures in policy planning, a new policy by a line ministry has to go through a public consultation by publishing its draft on the website of the concerned agency before approval. However, for policy advocacy with support by international organizations, especially the United Nations agencies and organizations, consultation workshops are often organized to collect feedback from civil society organizations, synthesise them and submit to the concerned line ministries. This is a good model for the ministries to practise when preparing new policies. However, owing to limitations in financial resource and timeline for each policy, the process of consulting the multi-faceted opinions and contributions from the civil society has not been maximised.

During the implementation of the programme of Technical Assistance to Strengthen the System of Governance for Culture in Developing Countries in 2013-2014 initiated by UNESCO with financial support by European Union, one of the most important activities implemented was a series of consultation workshops and meetings with creative civil society organizations and individuals. The workshops aimed to collect evaluative views on the effectiveness of current cultural policies, the visions on future development of cultural industries. Thanks to these events, with contributions and consultation by many civil society organizations of cultural industries such as Creative Entrepreneur Club, TPD, Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC), Craftlink, Center for Research, Support and Development of Culture (A&C), Doclab, Nhà San Collective, San Art, Zero Station, Zone 9,... the framework for the National Strategy for the development of cultural industries by 2020, vision to 2030 was established and the strategy later submitted to the Prime Minister in 2016 for approval. The precise and critical feedback by the civil society organizations and individuals helped elaborate a cultural strategy program more realistic and specific than any other cultural programs existed before.

Implement Operational Guidelines

Other

Is Civil Society contributing to this report?

Yes

Civil Society

Has the civil society taken initiatives to:

Promote the principle and the objectives of the Convention locally and internationally:

Promote ratification of the Convention and its implementation by governements:

Bring the concerns of citizens, associations and enterprises to public authorities, including vulnerable groups:

Yes

Please explain how:

In addition to the active participation of a number of non-government organizations in support of creativity in arts and culture activities in Viet Nam in the past years, such as the Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC), Recording Industry Association of Vietnam (RIAV), Vietnam Literary Copyright Center (VLCC), Vietnam Reproduction Rights Organization (VIETRRO), the Viet Nam Association for Protection of Music Artists Rights (APPA) was established in December 2015. This civil organization provides support to music artists and to the promotion of music development in Viet Nam.

The organization will protect the rights of its members, take action against infringements in the concerned area, and provide support in the publication of their works. The association also sets its missions to promote copyrights, to provide consultancy in copyrights and related policies with government agencies, to cooperate with similar international organizations in the field of music performance. This significantly reflects the increasing roles of civil societies in Viet Nam in promoting change in policy making, in building awareness of governments at all levels and the communities of the values of creativity in socio-economic development through the protection of author rights and related rights, and in encouraging creative talents to develop and to have easy access to markets with protection. The association currently has 130 members and is expected to increase the membership in order to maximise its support to creative activities of music artists in Viet Nam.

Contribute to the achievement of greater transparency and accountability and accountability in the cultural governance:

Monitor policy and programme implementation on measures to protect and promote diversity of cultural expression:

Build capacities in domains linked to the Convention and carrying out data collection:

Yes

Please explain how:

In October 2015, the Association of film distributors of Viet Nam was established in the face of emerging issues of lack of technological advancedments and infrastructure and the rising competition and dominance of international distributors in the domestic film market. The Association aims to create synergy in the film industry, ensure healthy competition among all actors, guarantee the compliance with existing regulations and protect the lawful rights of its members. Members of the Association includes SMEs in the production and distribution of films such as Galaxy, BHD, Sai Gon Communication and Cinema, Studio A Viet Nam, National Cinema Company, Co Loa studio and provincial film distributor in Ha Noi, Da Nang, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh. The objectives of the Association are expected to further promote the principles of diversity of expression of the 2005 Convention in the film industry.

Create innovative partnerships with the public and private sectors and with civil society of other regions of the worlds:

Achievements and Challenges

Describe main results achieved in implementing the Convention:

- The most prominent result of the Convention during 2012-2015 is raising the society’s awareness towards the role and position of cultural industries in socio-economic growth. Stemming from this realization, the 9th Resolution of the 11th Party Central Executive Board regarding the establishment and development of Vietnamese culture and people, meeting the requirements of the nation’s sustainable development (2014) set clear and specific goals in exploiting cultural values for the country’s sustainable development, making culture as important as politics, social and economics. Culture should no longer be a sector which needs to be fully backed by the State, but must become a sector which can stand on its own and produce economic benefits to the country. In particular, building a healthy culture market, promoting the development of cultural industry in order to exploit and develop the potential and unique values of culture, increasing the promotion of Vietnamese culture to the world. The Ministries and provinces has implemented their own plans to elaborate the Resolution, thus deepening the awareness about development of cultural industries in various levels and sectors in Viet Nam.

- The second result is strategic commitment of the Government on building the National Strategy of the Development of Cultural Industries to 2020, vision 2030 in order to accelerate the realization of an appropriate policy-making environment and facilitate sustainable growth of these industries in Viet Nam. This Strategy comes with action plans that related agencies shall implement in order to realize the goals of developing cultural industries mentioned in the Strategy.

- The third result is the innovation and adjustments in state management (revisions of legislations and regulations) and development programs related to the preservation of traditional art forms, supporting freedom of cultural expressions of creative individuals from different fields and the wide, equal and easy approach to artistic cultural values for all sector, communities and social groups.

Challenges encountered or foreseen to implement the Convention :

- The system of policy mechanisms related to cultural industries has not truly kept up with the pace of actual development of domestic culture market and our demand for joining the world’s culture market in recent years as well as the enforecement of these regulations has not been thorough.

- Due to levels of legal literacy and management competency, rightholders are not actively implementing measures stipulated by law to protect their legal rights. The system of collective representative organization is in the process of improvement to operate professionally, publicly and transparently. The enforcement system is lacking in manpower, scattered and low in efficiency. The exploitation and use of digital works poses many challenges and opportunities in legal protection, copyright and related rights.

- Another challenge is to preserve and promote the diversity of cultural expressions is the poor quality of expert training and entrepreneurship. This leads to the insufficient supplies of capable creative workers to the fast and strong growing market of creative industry, with capabilities not only in their field of expertise, but also capable in entrepreneurship, have access to capital, diversified investment and access to domestic and international markets.

- Poor data, with the absence of national baselines and limited data on local and regional sector profile and performance, mean that evidence-based investment is limited. There is an urgent need to develop detailed mapping of the profile and dynamics of the cultural industries at all levels – so that in Vietnam we can excel at evidence-based policy making and so that we can benchmark to international standards. Better data and intelligence will also enable us to innovate in developing new business models across the cultural industries and in facilitating R&D activities.

Solutions found or envisaged to overcome those challenges:

In order to overcome these big challenges while carrying out the commitments of the Convention, in the upcoming time, Viet Nam should propose and implement a number of feasible measures, close to the actual development of creative cultural arts in the country, especially the following solution groups:

- Developing and perfecting mechanisms and policies, creating an appropriate and favorable legal environment for cultural and creative activities, production, distribution and enjoyment of cultural artistic values, in particular updating, innovating and promoting effective implementation of legal provisions regarding intellectual property, tax incentives, regulations for censorship and evaluation of artwork distribution.

- Carry out timely and realistic commitments and intervention for domestic creative cultural activities: establish capital support mechanism for new talented individuals and enterprises in all creative fields, introducing mechanisms to support the introduction and promotion of creative services overseas, facilitating the enhancement of export values of domestic creative enterprises.

- Promote the application of training programmes across the cultural industries within universities and colleges towards attaining regional and international levels; developing comprehensive and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills across business, management and technology, enforcement of copyright and related rights; strengthening resource training in domestic art schools, overseas training programmes.

- Develop synchronized data collection system for overall assessment of resources and the state of development for creative industries in Viet Nam as a scientific and practical foundation of renovations and innovations in state management policy.

- Upgrade infrastructure, especially IT infrastructure, apply modern digital technology to support and enhance creative capabilities, management, business, production and access to creative products and services for all individuals in the country.

Steps planned for the next 4 years:

In the upcoming 4 years, Viet Nam shall prioritize the following activities in order to achieve certain results in regards to the continued implementation of commitments in the spirit of the 2005 Convention:

- Approve and put into practice action plans of National Strategy for the development of cultural industries in Viet Nam toward 2020, with vision to 2030

- Integrate issues of cultural development and cultural creativity in national target programmes and international development cooperation programs (in economic, education and training development, poverty eradication, environmental protection, etc.)

- Effect regulatory change to enable NGOs in culture and the arts sector to formalise as legal entities. Currently most NGOs in culture and the arts sector are facing severe difficulties in fund raising, thus restricting their capacity to support to creative talents in a secure environment. Such NGOs are also vulnerable to licensing issues which limit the scope and diversity of their preferred cultural programming.

- Build a national baseline and data collection system for cultural industries in Viet Nam, as a part of the activities of the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam. This should also focus on market trends and the relationship between commercial and not-for-profit activities.

Name of the designated official signing the report

Title:

Family Name:

DANG

First Name:

THI BICH LIEN

Position:

Deputy Minister

Organization:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Resolution 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Meeting of the Party Central Committee of the 11th tenure on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people meeting the demand for national sustainable development

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Complete the mechanism, legal framework and cultural institutions to build and develop culture and people in the period of promoting industrialization, modernization and international integration.

- Build a sound cultural market, enhance cultural industries and increase the promotion of Vietnamese culture.

- Gradually narrow the gap of cultural enjoyment between the urban and rural areas, regions and social classes.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

This is a comprehensive renovation policy of the Party in culture, covering many fields of the cultural and social life of Viet Nam. It provides orientation and has effects on the establishment of cultural products and services satisfying the requirements for sustainable development for all fields. To implement this Resolution, the Government proposed a detailed action programme requiring the participation of multi-ministries, sectors, agencies, social organizations and cities/provinces. Programme resources come from the state budget, sponsorship, donation. After releasing the resolution, some ministries, sectors, agencies have prepared and implemented projects, plans to assist many fields, including copyrights and related rights, changes of financial mechanisms to support the development of culture and the arts, forming funds for development and assistance for creation of culture and the arts, incentives for artists, incentives for cultural enjoyment, revision and enactment of related laws, building foundations for renovation in terms of mechanisms, policies and favourable working environment for cultural and arts creativity for individuals, enterprises and creativity groups.

The development the cultural industries is linked with the completion of cultural market put forward by the Resolution and supported by the following activities:

- Develop cultural industries to exploit and develop the potentials and unique values of Vietnamese culture, encouraging the cultural products export to promote of Vietnamese culture to the world.

- Provide incentive mechanisms for investments in infrastructure, technical equipment and modern technologies to improve the quality of cultural products. Create favourable conditions for cultural enterprises, arts, sports, tourism, attract social resources for development.

- Renovate, complete the mechanism, create favourable legal environment for building and developing the cultural markets and industries.

- Raise awareness and capacity building in enforcement of copy rights and related rights.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Central-level People’s Committees

Party Central Committee of Propaganda and Education

Viet Nam Central Fatherland Front, Federation of Vietnamese associations of literature and arts and affiliate members

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Annual state budget secures the implementation of the action plan of the Resolution

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

National Strategy for the development of Vietnamese cultural industries to 2020, with a vision to 2030, submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in 2016

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

To 2020:

Complete the mechanisms, create uniform legal framework, enhance the management capacity and enforcement capability of copyright and related rights, create favourable environment for the sustainable development of cultural industries in Viet Nam.
Strive to increase income and contribution of the cultural industries to GDP at 3 % and create more jobs for the society.
Focus on developing some sectors with advantages and potentials: cinema, performing arts, advertising, handicrafts, software and entertaining games, television and radio.
Train and build capacities for staffs, managers, businessmen of sectors with advantages and potentials.

To 2030

Cultural industries become an important component of the national economy, creating more jobs for the society. Income from cultural industries is targeted to account for 7% of GDP.
Strongly develop the cultural market, widen international integration, enhance export of cultural goods and services.
Mobilize investment to establish 3 centres of cultural industries in Ha Noi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city and some heritage centres at UNESCO heritage sites.
Develop the network of domestic and foreign enterprises, forming some strong enterprises in cultural industries with advantages.
Improve the quality of the human resources with high professionalism and business management skills, satisfying the demands for competition and international integration.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Other ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, People's Committees of the centrally-run provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Build the pool of high-quality artistic and cultural creativity people, with good business skills and accessibility to markets in the regional and international levels

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Improve the quality and broaden the scope of the system of cultural and artistic schools in Viet Nam. Complete the master-plan on network of cultural and artistic schools, ensuring the appropriateness of training scope, professional structure, levels of training, allocation of regions and specialties of the training professions.
Improve the capacity of training institutions of arts and culture, striving to bring some cultural and artistic, as well as professional training facilities to the regional level and approach to the world level, contributing to the gradually international tintegration of artistic and cultural training process.
Create fundamental changes in the quantity and quality of lecturers, artists, students and creators of culture and arts, forming the leading force that plays the key role in activities of literature and the arts, and culture as a whole in the next generation .
Improve the quantity and quality of creative talents in the fields of culture and the arts through the construction of a specific training and refreshment program and incentives for these talents.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

Renew the training structure; develop and complete the network of training institutions in culture and the arts in the whole country; increase investment and supplement research and training equipment, investments for new training facilities.
Renovate and develop programs, curricula and training methods associated with the practical needs and gradually approaching international standards. Add training programmes for new artistic professions to meet social requirements, such as: Directors of music programmes, Artistic Directors, Performance Conductors, composers of traditional theatres, fashion models, cabaret performances actors, stuntmen, sound and lighting technicians…
Renew and expand training methods to maximize every resource to focus on training activities for culture and arts.
Renovate the planning, utilization, training and retraining of trainers, teachers and managers to build and develop a team of lecturers, teachers with good qualifications, skills and qualities to meet urgent needs for the period of industrialization and modernization of the country.
Actively expand international cooperation in education to attract financial resources and technology transfer, contributing to improving the quality of training.
Renovate cultural and artistic training establishments, strengthening decentralization and improving autonomy and self-responsibility of the educational institutions in the fields of culture and arts; stepping up inspection activities, inspection, review and evaluation of the quality of training.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Planning and Investment

People's Committees of provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State and local budgets

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Project to strengthen management skills and effective enforcement of copyright and related rights for the collective management organizations of copyright and related rights in Viet Nam to 2015 (Decision No.649/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on 01 May 2012

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Total estimated budget: 12 billion VND (approximately 563.000 USD)

- Funding sources: State budget and other legal fund-raising sources of organizations, individuals; funds from other socio-economic development programmes.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The Reproduction Right Association has the membership of 1748 individuals and 167 legal entities.

- Association for Protection of rights of music performers Vietnam (APPA) was officially launched on 25 February 2016 with 130 members.

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Circular 12/2015/TT-BVHTTDL dated 11 December 2015 on amending some articles in Regulations on film censorship and distribution permit

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Facilitating the management of film production and distribution in Vietnam via a system of film classification according to specific criteria of ages.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

P films should be suitable for audiences.

C13 films are generally prohibited for children aged under 13.

C16 films are generally prohibited for audiences aged under 16.

C18 films are generally prohibited for audiences aged under 18.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Viet Nam Cinema Department

Provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism nationwide

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Viet Nam Cinema Department, Viet Nam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

- Film distributors are in charge of paying for film censorship fees in accordance with the regulations of Viet Nam Cinema Department.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Strategy to develop Vietnamese film industry to 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 2156/QĐ-TTg dated November 11, 2013)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Film distribution and exhibition: Increase the exhibition rate of Vietnamese films in cinemas, number of cinemas and audience size/diversity.

By 2030, film exports should reach 30% of the total number of films produced each year, co-production films with foreign partners to increase 25% per year.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Information and Communications, Viet Nam Television, Viet Nam News Agency, The Voice of Viet Nam

Provincial and Municipal People’s committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Financial resources: From the State’s budget and other legal donations from individuals and institutions. The State’s budget is allocated annually in accordance with the current regulations.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

- The system of State management regulations and documents of Vietnamese cinema is gradually completing.

- The socialization of cinema activities has helped revive the Vietnamese cinema and develop with diversified genres and styles in both State-owned and private sectors.

- Young talented film makers with expertise and entrepreneurial skills have increasingly grown.

- Vietnamese overseas directors came back to Viet Nam to make films, creating more human resources and generating new film making experiences.

- More foreign investment and cooperation in film production and exhibition in Viet Nam.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- By June 2015, there were 368 film facilities, 533 screens, and an average number of 110-130 films imported in Viet Nam per year.

- The 2014 admission of some cinema training institutions exceeds their targets in the Strategy and Development Plans for Vietnam Cinema.

- Equitizing 4 out of 5 film production companies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (except for the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio)

- About the market share of Vietnamese films:

+) The number of Vietnamese films produced and distributed accounted for only 18% of the total films in cinemas.

+) Revenue of Vietnamese films accounted for 30%, in which the revenue of a Vietnamese film was double than that of a foreign film.

- The number of ticket buyers in 2015 increased about 14% compared with 2014 (39,640,000 and 35,710,000 respectively).

- Revenue of Vietnamese films and imported films in 2015 increased about 21% compared with 2014 (2,290 billion VND and 1,890 billion VND respectively).

- The rate of Vietnamese people going for a film in the cinema per year has substantially increased: 2015 with 0,57 film per person vs. 2014 with 0,53 film per person.

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Innovating the State’s approach to investment in the film industry via public-private partnership policies

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Innovating the State management mechanism on commission policy of cinema works

- Attracting more investors from the private sectors and foreign businesses in the film production and distribution.

- Increasing the number and quality of cinema products and services in Viet Nam.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Department of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Vietnam Cinema Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Financial resources: from the State’s budget and other investment in production and distribution of individuals and businesses in Vietnam and abroad in the film industry.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Master plan for visual arts development toward 2020, vision 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision 1253/QĐ-TTg dated 25 July 2014)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Construction

Provincial and municipal people’s committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Decree No. 113/2013/ND-CP dated 2 Oct 2013 on visual art activities

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Regulations on visual art activities, including visual art competition and exhibition, display, trading, copy, auction, examination of artworks; statues, panorama paintings; and sculpture camps.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

regulatory

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Strengthening the effectiveness of state management in the field of visual arts

- Creating visual art market in Viet Nam

- Strict implementing regulations on intellectual property rights in the field of visual arts

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism gives guidance to execute some articles (Articles 4, 9, 11, 12, 26, 29, 30 and 31) of this Decree

Ministers, Leaders of ministerial level agencies, Leaders of Governmental agencies, Chairmen of provincial and municipal people’s committees, relating organizations and individuals

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

The Master Plan for the Development of Performing Arts to 2020 with the vision to 2030 (Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1456/QĐ-TTg dated on 19/8/2014)

Context of the measure:

CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The Plan emphasizes essential and urgent issues that require attention for development in the period of 2015-2030 as follows:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Target to 2020:

Target to 2030:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Socializing fund: enterprises, local and international individuals and organizations in obligation with regulations of Vietnamese Law.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Viet Nam National Strategy on international relations culture to 2020, vision to 2030

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Export Vietnamese cultural products and services to foreign countries, develop market shares for Vietnamese cultural industries in international markets.

- Promote human resource training for international relations culture. Cooperate with other countries to train and refresh the artistic and cultural talents; train highly-qualified staffs.

- Create favourable conditions for countries, international organizations, cultural and tourism agencies of foreign countries to promote their country, people, culture and tourism in Viet Nam;

- Enhance people-to-people exchange activities.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes the leading role

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Information and Communications

Viet Nam Television, ministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies, international relations people’s organizations, central-level People’s Committees

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget and socialized resources

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

For other targets, it takes a certain time to see the effectiveness and make proper evaluation after a period of synchronous implementation of relevant solutions and policies.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Negotiate and sign international treaties, agreements in the fields of arts and culture

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Improve the professional capacity of artists and experts working in the fields of culture and of cultural agencies participating in cooperative programmes.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

legislative

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Create a cooperative mechanism between the government agencies in charge of culture of the two countries to promote cultural exchange activities between the two countries.

- Improved capacity to formulate policies, the state management of the cultural and artistic managers and administrators of Viet Nam

- Develop partnerships between cultural and artistic institutions of the two countries

- The public audience and creative individuals, enterprises in the country have more opportunities to gain access to new forms of artistic and cultural consumption trends in the world of arts.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Viet Nam-Denmark development cooperation programme in the field of culture in the period of 2011-2015

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

The overall objective of the programme is to support Vietnamese people to have access and participate in diversified cultural and artistic activities.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (International Cooperation Department)

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Fund from the Danish Embassy and counter-fund from the State budget

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Intensive training program on arts management provided by DeVos Institute, USA with the sponsorship from the Government of Norway through the Transposition project

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Improve management capacities for cultural and arts organizations, meeting the demands of the market.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Participants who are lecturers at national arts and cultural training institutions can cultivate knowledge and practical insights of arts management to update the lectures for students.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- 25 participants of the Programme were awarded certificates on arts management capacity building.

❭ INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

Build the brand “Ha Noi International Film Festival”

Context of the measure:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- To attract the attention of the public audience to cinema, creating new vitality and impetus to develop Vietnam cinema towards industrialization, modernization and international integration;

- Create opportunities to expand Vietnamese film market to the world, bringing Vietnamese films into international film markets;

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Increase the proportion of cinema-goers, the rate of Vietnam public audience having access to excellent works of world cinema

- Filmmakers and cinema practitioners in Viet Nam can exchange, improve expertise and professional competencies

- Encourage and foster young talents

- Find the sources of investment for film projects

- Introduce and export Vietnamese films into overseas markets

- Increase cooperation and service projects for foreign films

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Cinema Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The quality of films in competition and those selected for Vietnamese and foreign film screening shows received appreciation from the professional experts, the media and the public.

The scale of the festival is expanding, attracting many excellent films from various countries and territories; professional activities within the framework of the festival are increasingly rich.

The festival has contributed to the promotion of the culture brand of the capital Hanoi, the national images and tourism promotion.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

Participation in building ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

Context of the measure:

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Realize an ASEAN Community that is people-oriented and socially responsible through the formation of a common identity and building a sharing and caring society.

Promotion of cultural creativity and cooperation in cultural industries is a strategic objective in the formulation of ASEAN identity and linkage.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

Regional

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Enhance the status of ASEAN in international arena;

- Expand market and audience for products and services of cultural and creative industries among ASEAN Member States;

- Improve the professional and expertise quality as well as management and business capacity of the creative individuals, students, managers, researchers in the fields of culture and the arts;

- Establish public-private partnership in the development of cultural industries.

- Establish network of the creative enterprises, management agencies in the filed of cultural industries in ASEAN Community.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

The Government of Viet Nam is responsible for the participation of Viet Nam in relevant programmes and projects

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Vietnamese State budget.

- Funding from organizations and other countries in ASEAN region.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

Cultural cooperation in the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between Viet Nam and European Union

Context of the measure:

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

b. Key objectives of the measure:

Promote cultural diversity and increase cultural understanding between parties involved

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

Regional

International

c.2. the nature of the measure:

legislative

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

Viet Nam is supported by EU to implement the UNESCO Convention 2005 including the policy dialogue and specific projects in the development of cultural industries in Viet Nam.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Government of Viet Nam

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

The cooperation is expected to receive funds from State budget, EU funding and other sources from private sector as soon as the the Agreement is ratified.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

National target programme on disseminating information to mountainous areas, remote areas, border and island areas in the period 2012-2015

Context of the measure:

INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Investing in new establishment and upgrade at least 1,370 radio stations in mountainous, remote areas, border and island areas.

- Supporting infrastructure, equipment and facilities for local information and communication activities.

- Supporting signal-receiving equipment, radio-video devices and auxiliary equipment for community activities of villages, remote communes in poor rural districts and border guard stations.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Information and Communications

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and other Ministries

Centrally-run provinces and cities

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- State budget (central and local)

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses, ministerial agencies in the field of information and communication; sponsored from organizations and individuals at home and abroad.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Develop cultural life in the National Targeted Programme on New Rural Construction period 2010-2020

Context of the measure:

INTEGRATION OF CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AT NATIONAL LEVEL

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Develop a system of cultural facilities such as community-based cultural houses and community learning centers for the people in rural areas.

- Enrich the cultural life of the community by ensuring the equal accessibility and enjoyment of the people in cultural activities at the grassroots level.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Steering Committee of the National Target Programme on New Rural Construction

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

Capital investment for the National Target Programme on New Rural Construction consists of the State capital and social mobilization capital.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

Local

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

❭ EMERGING TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: Resolution 5.CP 9b

Developing target programme in information technology industry to 2020, vision to 2025

Context of the measure:

EMERGING TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: Resolution 5.CP 9b

b. Key objectives of the measure:

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

- Support capacity and competitiveness of organizations and enterprises

- Develop key IT products

- Develop IT services

- Develop IT parks

- Develop IT human resources

- Promote investment, trade and market development

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Support the construction of minimum of 7 centralized IT zones.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Ministry of Information and Communications takes the leading role

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and other Ministries

Provinces and centrally-run cities

Relevant associations

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

State Budget and social mobilization capital from the private sector, foreign direct investment

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

❭ CURRENT UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY: GENDER EQUALITY

Women’s Innovation Day

Context of the measure:

CURRENT UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY: GENDER EQUALITY

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Motivate, inspire the spirit and creativity of Vietnamese women in all fields;

- Praise and honor the typical creativity of women in all fields and share creative experiences of women;

- Search and sponsor the innovative proposals that are potential in increasing economic right and capacity of women;

- Raise awareness of the society about the role of women in creative activities.

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Raise awareness of Vietnamese women about their roles and capacities in the fields of innovation and business

- Raise public awareness about the role and capacity of women in the innovation and culture and art business

- Increase investment for women's initiatives (from state agencies, businesses and civil society organizations)

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Women's Union of Viet Nam

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Women's Union of Viet Nam

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses; sponsored by organizations and individuals both locally and abroad.

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The events organized every two years have contributed to ensure gender balance and encourage creativeness of Vietnamese women in all the fields of the social life..

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The number of annual initiatives

- The number of funded initiatives for implementation

- Activities of the exhibition, showcasing initiatives

- The diversity of women's groups (age, profession, local)

❭ YOUTH

Start-up Program

Context of the measure:

YOUTH

b. Key objectives of the measure:

- Provide knowledge about setting up a business for young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Strengthen entrepreneurial spirit for young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Support the realization of ideas, business projects of young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Contribute to the establishment of young entrepreneurs from young generation: the youth, students, young soldiers, employees, engineers...

- Improve the reputation of the sponsors and oganizers

c. What is:

c.1. the scope of the measure:

National

c.2. the nature of the measure:

financial

institutional

c.3. the main feature of the measure:

The program was initiated in 2003 and organized annually with many activities such as:

- Training on business start-up for young participants in a number of localities with the participation of senior lecturers from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and successful businesses.

- Portal start-up with the bank of registered projects over the years to help project owners to introduce their projects and look for investment opportunities.

- Initiatives Fair to introduce and call for investment for projects

- Start-up Fund Program was established in 2007.

- Publish books for start-up activities.

d. Does it specifically target individuals and/or social groups as defined in Article 7 of the Convention?:

Yes

e. What are the results expected through the implementation of the measure?:

- Encourage creativity and entrepreneurship spirit of young generation of Viet Nam

- Attract business investment with initiatives of the youth

- Improve creative capacity, entrepreneurial skills of Vietnamese youth.

f.1 Name of agency responsible for the implementation of the measure:

Business Forum News (VCCI), International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC), Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs

f.2 Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

- Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI)

- Mobilizing contributions from businesses; sponsorship from organizations and individuals locally and abroad

g. Name of NGOs and/or private companies engaged in the implementation of the measure, if any:

Name:

Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC)

Type of Involvement:

Co-host the program

h. Was this measure introduced or revised in order to:

h.1. Implement the provisions of the Convention?:

Yes

h.2. Support/nurture policy discussion inspired by the Convention?:

Yes

h.3. Other reasons unrelated to the Convention?:

Yes

i. Has the implementation of the measure been evaluated?:

YES

i.1 At what level the evaluation was conducted?:

National

i.2 What were the main conclusions?:

The Program encouraged and practically supported yougn entepreuneurs to start-up their own business, contributing to the national socio-economic development in Viet Nam.

i.3 Which indicators were used to determine impact?:

- The number of annual participation initiatives

- The number of funded initiatives for implementation

- Activities of the exhibition, showcasing initiatives

- The diversity of youth's groups participating in the annual Programme (age, profession, local)