MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE ******** NGUYEN TAT HAO BUILDING CULTURAL LIFE IN COUNTRYSIDE OF NGHE AN PROVINCE Scientific majo[.]
MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE ******** NGUYEN TAT HAO BUILDING CULTURAL LIFE IN COUNTRYSIDE OF NGHE AN PROVINCE Scientific major of thesis: Cultural management Code: 9229042 SUMMARY OF THE DOCTORAL THESIS CULTURE MANAGEMENT HANOI, 2022 The dissertation was completed at: HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM Scientific Supervisors: Assoc Prof Dr Dinh Thi Van Chi Reviewer 1: Assoc Prof Dr Pham Duy Duc VietNam Cultural Foundation Reviewer 2: Assoc Prof Dr Dang Hoai Thu Ha Noi University Of Culture Reviewer 3: Assoc Prof Dr Pham Lan Oanh Vietnam National Institute Of Culture and Arts Studies The dissertation will be defended at University level Doctoral Dissertation Assessment Committee at Ha Noi University of Culture 418 La Thanh street, Dong Da, Ha Noi On:… , day… month … , 2022 The dissertation can be found at: - The National Library of Viet Nam - Library of Ha Noi University of Culture INTRODUCTION Reason for choosing the topic Building cultural life in countryside is suitable with the progress of the country and it is an urgent requirement nowday To catch the guiding spirit of the Party and State, Nghe An province has promptly implemented the cultural life building in countryside and has received attention, leadership and coordination from Party committees, authorities, branches and unions at all levels; all classes of people in countryside enthusiastically participated in responding strongly, the appearance of culture life in countryside has had an important change However, compared with the general level of development of social life, cultural life in countryside of Nghe An is still too diffirenent from the city Starting from the actual problems, we need to study solutions to promote the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province, I have chosen the topic: "Building cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province" as my doctoral thesis Research purpose and mission 2.1 Research purposes On the basis of the actual analysis the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province and related theories, the thesis points out the difficulties and inadequacies in the building activities of cultural life in countryside and suggest effective solutions for the building activities in countryside in general and Nghe An province in particular 2.2 Research mission - Overview of research on the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province - Clarifying the basic theoretical issues related to the cultural life building in Vietnam’s countryside in general and Nghe An province in particular - Assess the current status of building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province - Analyzing the impact of these factors on the building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province - Proposing solutions to ensure the sustainable development in building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province in the coming time Objects and scope of research 3.1 Objects of research Building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province 3.2 Scope of research The thesis limits research in countryside of Nghe An province (Anh Son district, Do Luong district and Nghi Loc district) The thesis limits the research time frame from 2008 to the present (August 5, 2008, Resolution No 26-NQ/TW on agriculture, farmers and countryside was approved at the 7th plenum of X Party Central Committee meeting) Research questions and scientific hypotheses 4.1 Research questions - What is the role of actors in the building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province? - Solutions to improve the effectiveness of the role of actors in building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province? 4.2 Scientific hypothesis The building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province has not met the demand of the people for cultural enjoyment Therefore, it is necessary to have specific solutions to promote the roles and responsibilities of the actors in the building activities of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province in the coming time Methodology and research methods 5.1 Methodology The thesis is based on the principles of Marxism - Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought; role theory, research from the perspective of cultural management; conceptual systems such as: cultural life, cultural life building, farmers, countryside The thesis is based on the viewpoints, guidelines and lines of the Party, policies and laws of the State; directives and resolutions of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Nghe An province 5.2 Research Methods The research methods include: actual survey method, secondary document analysis method, synthesis method, comparative method Scientific and practical significance of the thesis The thesis is a research work on the theory, cultural life building and the system in a basic, scientific basis on the cultural life building in countryside On the basis of the actual situation of the cultural life building in countryside, the thesis proposes groups of solutions suitable to the reality of Nghe An province and the general development trend of the country on the cultural life building in countryside Thesis layout In addition to the introduction, conclusion, references, appendices, the thesis consists of chapters: Chapter Research overview, theoretical basis and overview of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province Chapter Activities to build cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province in countryside of Nghe An province Chapter Improving the efficiency of building cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province Chapter RESEARCH OVERVIEW, THEORETICAL BASIS AND GENERAL ABOUT CULTURAL LIFE IN COUNTRYSIDE OF NGHE AN PROVINCE 1.1 Study overview 1.1.1 Researches in our country There are many theoretical studies on the cultural life building, practical studies on the cultural life building, countryside building in general and besides that, there are also related research works on the building of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province in particular 1.1.2 Researches on oversea Many research works on the building and development in countryside; the problem of attracting labor in countryside to joint to in industrial production activities; material and spiritual life of people in countryside; building a cultural life fund 1.1.3 Some evaluations of research results related to the topic and issues raised for further research 1.1.3.1 Some evaluations of research results related to the topic First: Clarifying the concept, characteristics, and role of cultural life, build cultural life, farmers, countryside, the subject of building cultural life - Second: Assessment of the actual situation of the building cultural life, building new countryside in some areas; several locations across the country - Third: Assess the current situation, mechanisms and policies for development of agriculture, farmers and countryside in some countries around the world; analysis of potential factors affecting the building new countryside - Fourth: Clarifying the role of farmers in building the countryside; ways of mobilizing capital and resources in countryside building and development - Fifth: Assessment of the economic, social and cultural situation of Nghe An province; status of cultural life building in mountainous areas in Nghe An province 1.1.3.2 Issues raised for further research - First: Find out the current status of the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province, the role of the actors in the cultural life building; assess the current status of the cultural life building in Nghe An province - Second: From the theoretical basis and the actual situation of the builiding of cultural life in countrysdie of Nghe An province, propose solutions to make the cultural life building in Nghe An province countryside effective and sustainable development 1.2 Theoretical basis related to the thesis topic 1.2.1 Theoretical basis and application of the thesis topic Derived from the practice of thesis research, the researcher chooses role theory as the theoretical basis to apply in the implementation of research on the topic from the perspective of cultural management Role theory mainly delves into the role expectations of organizations or individuals associated with certain positions or positions in society The role of the subject of Culture and Sports at all levels in the cultural life building in countryside is very important and it is directly expressed through specific roles, such as: Orienting, advising, organizing , inspection, examination, supervision, synthesis The role of the people in the cultural life building in countryside is also important and it is expressed directly or indirectly through specific roles, such as: Responding, implementing, monitoring, self-management 1.2.2 Some basic concepts 1.2.2.1 The concept of cultural life Cultural life is the activities of the people associated with the process of enjoying, creating, preserving and spreading cultural values in daily life 1.2.2.2 Farmer concept Farmers are the people who live in countryside and agricultural production, besides, there is a small percentage of people who work in both agriculture, service business, and traditional occupations 1.2.2.3 Countryside concept Countryside is the living and working area of the local community, in which the agricultural production people have a big percentage compare with the people doing business in agricultural services, traditional occupations 1.2.3 Content of building cultural life Building cultural life is a combination of activities of specific cultural life’s subjects such as: (1) Propaganda and awareness education on cultural life building, (2) building a system of management documents and action plans activities, (3) mobilizing resources for implementation, (4) implementing cultural activities and (5) inspecting, inspecting and monitoring implementation in the cultural life building These five activities are considered by the thesis as an analytical framework to apply and assess the current situation of cultural life building activities in countryside of Nghe An province 1.3 Overview of the countryside in Nghe An province 1.3.1 Some characteristics of the countryside in Nghe An province 1.3.1.1 Geographical and natural features With very specific natural conditions, the countryside of Nghe An province is divided into three distinct ecological regions: mountainous, midland and coastal plains, of which mountainous areas is 83% of Nghe An province 1.3.1.2 Population characteristics The majority of the population of Nghe An province is lived in countryside, where many ethnic people live, the labor is large in quantity but not in high quality due to the lack of skilled and profession workers, limited endurance, not good in management skills 1.3.1.3 Cultural features Nghe An is an ancient land, organically linked with the long development process of the nation's history Nghe An culture is associated with the nation's struggle to build and defend the country, which has been summed up by the wisdom and blood of generations, over thousands of years of history For a long time, the Nghe An people have builded up a unique indigenous culture, which has attracted the attention of many researchers 1.3.2 Overview of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province The cultural life of Nghe Land in general and the countryside of Nghe An province in particular are abundant in identity, in addition to selectively absorbing cultural quintessence from the outside to enabundant their culture, the countryside residents in Nghe An province also have a high sense of preserving and promoting the values of various cultural forms of Nghe Land go beyond their area Nghe An has a abundant and diverse folklore treasure; Folk songs, dances, voices and customs of Nghe An people are also very abundant Festivals in Nghe An are diverse such as folklore, beliefs, culture, and revolutionary history The movement performing activities in countryside continues to be improved in quality and abundant in category Sports activities in countryside are growing strongly, meeting the requirement of people to practice and enjoy sports Reading activities and internet access of people are growing Business activities and cultural services have popularized and transmitted cultural values to the people Sub-conclusion Scientific works have focused on generalizing, giving definitions and concepts about issues related to cultural life, building cultural life, building new countryside… Countryside of Nghe An province is considered as an important area in the cultural life building Therefore, the work of leadership, direction and implementation of the task of building cultural life in countryside should be organized in accordance with practical requirements Chapter CULTURAL LIFE ACTIVITIES BUILDING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NGHE AN PROVINCE 2.1 Subjects in building cultural life in countrysdie of Nghe An province 2.1.1 Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An province The Department of Culture and Sports is a specialized agency under the People's Committee of Nghe An province, performing the following roles: Orienting, advising, organizing, inspecting, examining …., assisting the Provincial People's Committee in state management of culture and family , sports, in which the role of building cultural life in general and building cultural life in countryside in particular 2.1.2 District Office of Culture and Information The Department of Culture and Information is a specialized agency under the District People's Committee, performing the following roles: Orienting, advising, organizing, inspecting, examining, , assisting the District People's Committee in state management of culture, family, sports , information ; in which there is a role in building cultural life in general and building cultural life in countryside in particular 2.1.3 Social and Cultural Officials of Communes Social and Cultural Officials of Communes is a professional assistant part of the Commune People's Committee, performing the role of State management on culture and society in the locality 2.1.4 The resident communities living in the area The resident communities living in the area have the following roles: Responding, feedback, implementation, self-management… promoting the building and sustainable development of cultural life in countryside 11 reaching 100% of the approved plan, distributing tapes and discs to serve people in countryside, especially in deep-lying areas, remote areas, borders, islands as planned - Organizing cultural service activities State management of cultural activities, cultural services in general and karaoke activities in particular have been focused and increaseed Business establishments have been conscious in the implementation of the State's regulations, have made significant investments in improving service quality and equipment, meeting the requirement of users Cultural service activities have basically implemented well the regulations of the State and complied with the law - Organizing festival activities Nghe An has many festivals under the management of provinces, districts and communes The management and organization of the festival basically ensured compliance with regulations and went into order Many forms of folklore activities in festivals have been restored Especially, folk festivals of ethnic minorities have been restored, enabundanting festival cultural values 2.2.4.2 Organize cultural value creation activities - Organizing cultural and art activities for the populace The populace culture and art movement in Nghe An province has promoted the cultural life building in general and the cultural life building in countryside in particular mass art teams operate regularly; fostering cultural and artistic cores as the core of the movement in the population community organize cultural performances, festivals, cultural exchanges and mass performances every year - Organizing mass sports activities Mass sports activities in the whole province of Nghe An are vibrant, plenty and diverse, the percentage of people participating in regular sports practice is high, schools are guaranteed physical education activities - Organize club activities Through club activities, the cultural life of the people is raised, the content of the activities of cultural and sports institutions always closely 12 follows the people's requirment for cultural enjoyment Moreover, the sports clubs, mass art teams participating in the activities have brought the guidelines of the Party, policies and laws of the State into life, contributing to the cultural life building and preserving and promoting national cultural identity 2.2.4.3 Organizing activities to preserve and spread cultural values - Organizing and managing religious and belief activities In general, religious organizations in the province have built a way of operation in accordance with the law, gathered believers in the great unity of the whole people, and built a "good life and good faith" With the motto "living a good life, a beautiful religion", harmony between the church and society - Organize activities to build cultural titles of cultural families and villages The movement of all people unite to build cultural life with the focus on building cultural families and villages has achieved many encouraging results, appearing many advanced examples in labor, production, and learning practice, ethics, lifestyle The movement of all people unite to build cultural life makes an important contribution to attracting a large number of families living and residing in countryside to participate - Organizing social activities, giving gratitude Social activities, gratitude are always interested in, coordinated and effectively implemented by Party committees, authorities at all levels, branches and mass organizations Humanitarian activities are increasingly developing with various forms to support and help disadvantaged and difficult people in life 2.2.5 Inspection, examination and supervision of implementation The Culture and Sports Sector at all levels has presided over and coordinated with relevant departments, agencies and mass organizations to have the role of inspecting, examining and supervising cultural activities in the countryside of the province, helping to Party committees, authorities at all levels of Nghe An province and the people have a supervisory role 13 The inspection, examination and handling of violations of legal regulations on specialized business activities of cultural and sports services have been implemented seriously and thoroughly The reception and settlement of complaints and denunciations of the people have been organized by the Culture and Sports sector to ensure the process, timely settlement and protection of the people's interests The inspection, inspection and supervision of implementation has had a positive and effective impact on the cultural life building sites in countryside of Nghe An province 2.3 Assessment of the actual situation of building a cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province 2.3.1 Positive Firstly, regularly propagate and educate with plenty, diverse and attractive forms, attracting enthusiastic people, responding to participate in the cultural life building, contributing step by step to the building and development of cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province Secondly, an important legal corridor has been created to direct, invest, support the budget, guide and mobilize resources from the people and economic sectors to participate in the cultural life building in countryside in Nghe An province was effective Thirdly, in addition to the State budget, the mobilization of social resources for the cultural life building in general and the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province in particular has achieved high efficiency Fourth, cultural activities have basically attracted people to participate, contributing to consolidating and promoting existing cultural achievements, enhancing the good traditional cultural values handed down by ancestors Inheritance continues to build cultural life in Nghe An province with more and more sustainable development Fifthly, activities of inspection, examination and supervision of the cultural lifes building implementation are basically organized and implemented in a thorough and effective manner with increasing efficiency 14 2.3.2 Restrict Firstly, in some localities, the effectiveness of propaganda and awareness education on the cultural life building in countryside in particular and the cultural life building in the whole Nghe An province is still low Secondly, the building of a system of management documents and action plans for the cultural life building in the countryside of Nghe An province demand to study mechanisms and policies to overcome difficulties and limitations such as: Planning and building a system of cultural, sports, entertainment Thirdly, the annual state budget investment for the building of national cultural life is still low, have not met with the people's demand for cultural enjoyment Resources for socialization in the cultural life building sites in countryside Nghe An province have not been fully exploited to the full potential of their available resources Fourthly, in some localities, there are still some limitations that need to be overcome such as: Slow to innovate and improve the quality of cultural, artistic, sports and entertainment activities in countryside; recognition of cultural titles; The work on religion, preserving and spreading national cultural identity in the current globalization trend is still not good Fifth, in some localities, the inspection, examination and supervision work has not been closely followed and there is a strict form of handling in the business of cultural and sports services; the recognition of titles of cultural families and cultural villages; the management and use of merit revenue Sub-conclusion: The cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province has been created, organized and implemented in a synchronous and active manner from the provincial to grassroots levels; it is a basis to create favorable conditions in the implementation of resolutions and projects of the Party and State, the directives, programs and plans of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee of Nghe An 15 province on the cultural life building in countryside Through the practice of implementing the cultural life building in countryside, Nghe An province has achieved many encouraging achievements over the past time, thereby partially meeting the demand of people for cultural enjoyment; Besides, there are also some limitations and shortcomings that need to be solved in the future Chapter IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF BUILDING CULTURAL LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NGHE AN PROVINCE 3.1 The basis and influencing factors to determine solutions to improve the efficiency of cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province 3.1.1 Legal basis 3.1.1.1 Building Nghe An cultural people and cultural family to meet the requirements of integration and development, according to the direction determined in Resolution No 05-NQ/TU dated December 14, 2016 of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee 3.1.1.2 Implementation plan of the National Target Program on building new countryside, period 2021 - 2025 and 2022 in Nghe An province, according to the direction determined in Resolution No 08/NQ-HDND dated June 24, 2022 of the People's Council People of Nghe An province 3.1.2 Reality basis 3.1.2.1 Some issues appearance need to be solved The activities of cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province have the following problems that need to be solved: Propaganda and awareness education on the cultural life building ; planning, building a system of cultural and sports institutions, cultural and artistic activities, populace sports; the mobilization of resources to build cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province; a number of cultural activities in some localities need to be renewed and improved in quality; checking, 16 inspection, supervision and handling forms in the cultural life building in countryside 3.1.2.2 Reality conditions of the cultural life building in countryside at 03 selected localities for survey: Some similarities and differences in the the cultural life building of Anh Son district, Do Luong district and Nghi Loc district of Nghe An province 3.1.3 Scientific basis The research results of the thesis are based on the implementation and application of an analytical framework on the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province with 05 contents: (1) Propaganda, awareness education on the cultural life building, (2) building a system of management documents and activity plans, (3) mobilizing resources for implementation, (4) implementing cultural activities, and (5) inspecting, examining and monitoring implementing and on the basis of inheriting scientific achievements from existing research works, to propose groups of solutions to improve the quality of the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province 3.1.4 Factors affect to the cultural life building in countryside of Nghe An province 3.1.4.1 Objective factors Relatively diverse natural conditions of the countryside in Nghe An province have had many positive impacts on cultural life building in the countryside with strengths, making an important contribution to the proactive implementation of the project of cultural life building In addition, it also causes many difficulties in propaganda, mobilization, direction and implementation of the cultural life building, and the access to information is limited Social - economic conditions have created a abundant cultural activities environment, economic, cultural and social infrastructure has been gradually enhanced, spiritual cultural life and the level of cultural enjoyment of the people is increasing In addition, in some localities, the economic life of farmers is still difficult, and the state budget investment in the cultural life building is still low 17 Cultural exchange and international integration have created favorable opportunities for Nghe An province to introduce the image, people, culture and art of the ethnic groups of Nghe An province to the world and selectively absorb the quintessence of the culture worldization In addition, there are also negative impacts that cause difficulties in management, appraisal, circulation licensing, performance organization, moral degradation, social evils, foreign cultural status, the idea of "fond of foreign" in many classes of people The guidelines and policies of the Party and State on the cultural life building have basically ensured conditions for cultural, artistic and sports activities; improve the quality of the movement of all people to unite to build cultural life; step by step perfecting institutions, legal bases, institutional systems and cultural and sports activities in countryside Besides, the State's policies and laws on the development of countryside’s cultural life are still not synchronized, policies to encourage and orient socialization investment in the field of culture are still unclear 3.1.4.2 Subjective factors Psychological, cultural and intellectual characteristics of farmers have created psychological characteristics with the identity of farmers in Nghe An; the spirit of solidarity, community attachment, responsibility of farmers; education level is increasing Besides, it also causes fragmented and scattered thinking; conservatism, cult of experience and contempt for the young The leadership team at the grassroots level has strong political, good moral quality, a sense of organization and discipline and a high sense of responsibility; The professional qualifications, political theory and capacity of the staff of civil servants have been gradually improved Besides, the work of directing, guiding and providing professional assistance to the grassroots is still weak; slow reform of contents and methods of directing and performing the task of building cultural diversity in countryside 18 3.1.5 Experience in cultural life building in countryside in some localities across the country and lessons learned for Nghe An province 3.1.5.1 Vinh Phuc province has issued mechanisms and policies, specifically: Resolution No 40/2011/NQ-HDND dated December 19, 2011 on financial support for equipment procurement for the Commune Cultural Center, wards and towns; Village House of Culture, residential group Resolution No 75/2012/NQ-HDND dated December 21, 2012 on the development of physical training and sports in Vinh Phuc province in the period of 2013 - 2020 3.1.5.2 Long An province issued Decision No 03/2012/QDUBND dated February 6, 2012 promulgating the Regulation on organization and operation of the Center for Culture, Sports and Community Learning in the commune, ward, town 3.1.5.3 Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province issued Decision No 06/2016/QD-UBND dated February 4, 2016 on the establishment of a Community Learning - Culture Center Thereby, there are some lessons for Nghe An province in the cultural life building in countryside, for research and application in the future, including: First, mechanisms and policies to support funding for site clearance and building of a system of grassroots cultural and sports institutions Secondly, the policy of organizing activities to effectively exploit the functions of the grassroots cultural and sports institutional system Third, the policy on personnel arrangement and income regime for personnel participating in the organization and operation of grassroots cultural and sports institutions 3.2 Solutions to build cultural life in countryside of Nghe An province in the coming time 3.2.1 Solution group on propaganda and awareness education about cultural life Firstly, implement the Communication Project on the development of the Movement of Mobility and Urban Development until 2020, with a vision to 2030, thoroughly and effectively ... over and coordinated with other departments, the relevant sectors and organizations have the role of advising and organizing to help the Party committees and authorities at all levels of Nghe An. .. Organizing festival activities Nghe An has many festivals under the management of provinces, districts and communes The management and organization of the festival basically ensured compliance... preserving and promoting the values of various cultural forms of Nghe Land go beyond their area Nghe An has a abundant and diverse folklore treasure; Folk songs, dances, voices and customs of Nghe An