Cultural development in the market economy and global integration drew
the attention of communists from both Vietnam and China at a
workshop underway in Vietnam.
To Huy Rua,
Politburo member, Secretary, Head of the Information and Education
Commission and Chairman of the Theory Council of the Communist Party of
Vietnam Central Committee, led a Vietnamese delegation to the three-day
workshop, that opened in the central city of Da Nang on September 8.
The Chinese delegation was led by Liu Yunshan,
Politburo member, Secretary in the Central Secretariat and Head of the
Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
In his opening speech, Rua said the topic of cultural development
drew great attention from the two parties as it bore both theoretical
and practical significance, affecting both immediate and long term
interests of the two economies which have much in common.
“Vietnam is developing a socialist-oriented market economy while
China is speeding up the construction of a socialist market economy,”
said the CPV senior official, explaining the similarity of the two
economies.
He said the two ruling communist
parties should share experiences gained during their leadership in order
to help each other solve emerging problems.
For
his part, the Chinese head delegate said culture is the spiritual
flagship of a Party and State and developing a socialist culture should
be based on Marxism.
Liu called for consistent efforts to be made to advance towards a civilised culture.
He emphasised the socialist value of cultural development and the
need to build a cultural bridge capable of uniting people for further
development.
“The fundamental purpose of cultural
development is for the people and its power should be based on the
people,” the Chinese senior communist said.
People
should be put as the root of the cultural development cause, which
should meet people’s cultural demands as much as possible, Liu added.
He expressed a desire to learn from Vietnam’s successful policies
in culture and pledged to work together with the south-eastern Asian
neighbour, which shares not only a common borderline but also cultural
similarities with China, in boosting cultural cooperation./.
