To implement the working plan for Culture, Sports, and Tourism sector in 2026

Comrade Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and Comrade Pham Van Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, attend the conference at the provincial bridge point.

At the provincial bridge point, it saw the presence of: Comrade Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrade Pham Van Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of provincial departments and agencies.

In 2025, the culture, sports, and tourism sector continues to make substantial contributions to economic growth, strengthen the spiritual foundation of society, and spread Vietnamese cultural values. During the year, the sector advised on the issuance of a lot of new, specific legal documents and policies, contributing to the construction of a legal framework, creating mechanisms, policies, and resources for the sector's development; persistently building a healthy cultural environment, promoting cultural and sports movements and activities in a practical and flexible manner, focusing on the grassroots level and the people; concentrating on building culture within each family, community, village, neighborhood, agency, unit, and corporate culture; the entire sector has strived for "Culture as the foundation - Information as the guiding thread - Sports as the strength - Tourism as the connecting bridge." The system of cultural institutions has received attention and investment from localities to meet the needs of the people. The mass sports movement has been strongly promoted, and high-performance sports have achieved positive results. Creative activities in literature and art are increasingly vibrant, rich in content, and diverse in methods of expression. Digital transformation and the application of modern technology are receiving attention, boosting innovation in creative thinking, production methods, performance, and promotion of literature, art, and film. The cultural industry is becoming a trend and is identified as an important and sustainable part contributing to the country's growth. Tourism activities continue to experience the outstanding growth. In 2025 alone, the number of international tourists to Vietnam is estimated to reach 21.5 million, seeing an increase of 21% compared to the same period in 2024; domestic tourists are estimated to reach 135 million, seeing an increase of 22.7% compared to the same period in 2024. Total revenue from tourism is estimated to attain approximately 1 trillion VND.

With the overarching goal and mission of "Strongly fostering patriotism, national self-reliance, and the aspiration for a prosperous and happy nation," in 2026, the culture, sports, and tourism sector will continue to make breakthroughs in creating a space for the development of culture, sports, and tourism, actively contributing to the country's achievement of socio-economic development goals and tasks in 2026 and the 2026-2030 period.

Delegates attend the conference at the provincial bridge point.

At the conference, delegates discussed several issues related to building grassroots cultural life; developing cultural institutions, tourism activities, digital transformation, etc.; and also put forward proposals and recommendations to contribute to improving and developing the culture, sports, and tourism sector in the coming time.

In his directive speech at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the achievements of the entire culture, sports, and tourism sector in 2025. He requested that in 2026, the entire sector continue to do a good job of advising on the issuance of guiding documents, gradually perfecting the legal framework and specific policies to mobilize resources and create momentum for the development of the sector in the new context; maximizing the mobilization of resources, especially social resources, to contribute to the development of culture, sports, and tourism; persistently building a healthy cultural environment, which is a solid foundation for building Vietnamese people imbued with the spirit of "self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strength, and national pride"; focusing on comprehensive digital transformation, forming a data platform for the sector to serve management, development, and innovation; promoting campaigns to advertise Vietnamese tourism to many key markets, spreading the image of Vietnam as a safe, friendly, and attractive country. To continue to vigorously promote the movement "All people practice physical training following the example of the great President Ho Chi Minh," creating a vibrant, widespread, and practical activity from the community level; identify and replicate good models and effective methods, creating a solid foundation for high-performance sports to achieve breakthroughs...