As a creative sector, the cultural industry is less reliant on natural resources. Furthermore, its products — such as films, designs, or handicrafts — often possess high added value and can be reproduced, consumed, and disseminated on a broad scale. This economic model aligns with the trends of sustainable development and international integration.

Viet Nam and Kazakhstan should step up the sharing of experience in developing culture and cultural industries, viewing them as a source of soft power and a decisive driving force for national development, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra told Aida Balayeva, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan.

Not only rich in artefacts reflecting nature, history, culture, and the people of Ha Noi, the Ha Noi Museum is adopting creative methods to let artefacts “escape” from vitrines, with heritage transmission activities that foster community imagination.

Ha Noi is home to numerous theatres and artistic units, including six municipal theatres alongside many centrally-run theatres, private artistic organisations, and traditional art clubs. This presents favourable conditions for developing performing arts into a key pillar of the cultural industry.

An international symposium on the cultural industry, which is considered as a strategic driver for sustainable development, opened in Tokyo on October 17.