Hanoi, July 1 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 1 chaired a meeting of the Government Party Committee's Standing Board to discuss a number of important issues, including a draft scheme aimed at promoting Vietnamese culture globally and absorbing world cultural quintessence. The plan aims to develop a progressive Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, integrated with and absorbing global civilisational values. The meeting focused on the objectives of the plan, new contents compared to previous cultural resolutions, and key policies for achieving its goals.

In his concluding remarks, PM Chinh noted that culture is a big and complex issue, forming a foundational component alongside Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought...