Hanoi strives to complete 8 targets of building a Creative City by 2025
The city strives to fulfill 8 targets: Building Hanoi Creative Design Center; Building a network of Innovation Centers to districts with diverse and effective investment, management, exploitation and operation models, combined with strengthening public-private partnership. Completing pilot and interactive connection from 3-5 centers…
UNESCO’s Network of Creative Cities was established in 2004, with the goal of strengthening cooperation among recognized creative cities as a strategic element for sustainable development in various fields. economic, social, cultural and environmental sectors. The network’s cities come from all continents and regions with different incomes and populations, working together towards a common mission, putting creativity and the creative economy at the core of development. urban development to move towards safe, integrated and sustainable cities, realizing the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
An art performance at the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2022
The Creative Cities Network covers seven areas: Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Food, Literature and Music. Currently, there are 246 cities participating in this Network, of which Southeast Asia has more than 10 creative cities, working towards a common goal: Putting creativity and cultural industries at the heart of cities. development plans at the local level and actively cooperate at the international level. In 2019, Hanoi became a member of the creative cities network (Design Sector).
New Creative Idea Award (Public Art Design Competition)
Implementing the contents as committed with UNESCO, in 2022, Hanoi has successfully organized many activities: contests “Designing Hanoi Public Art 2022”, “Designing a Dream House”, “Designing a Dream House”, Hanoi “creative” ; Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2022…In particular, the “Hanoi Public Art Design Contest 2022” received 104 entries from students and young designers across the country. According to the evaluation of the Jury, the contest plans clearly show the ideas, the volume of illustrative dossiers shows the enthusiastic and serious research spirit of the young creative groups. The “Dream House Design” contest received 114 entries from architects and architecture students across the country, of which 55 were in the professional category and 59 were in the professional category. Professional Sale. According to the Jury, this year’s entries are of good quality. Professional category meets the competition criteria, works are cared for, creative solutions follow modern architectural trends, promote new approaches to functionality, on the basis of inheriting values. Traditional, combined with the exploitation of technology and new materials, the house is really a place of safety – peace – personality. The semi-professional category is much better, showing uniform quality, students are serious and professional in their performance.
Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports Do Dinh Hong worked with Mr. Christian Manhart – UNESCO Representative in Vietnam and Mr. Thierry Vergon – Director of the French Institute in Hanoi on exchanging opportunities for cooperation in activities. Creative City.
In particular, the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2022 is held on the largest scale ever, bringing together 25 creative art spaces with nearly 50 activities to visit, experience and interact under the image. exhibitions, exhibitions, installations, talks, seminars, art performances… Along with that, there are nearly 50 artists participating in exhibitions, installations and exhibitions; nearly 300 artists participated in performances; nearly 50 creative units, organizations and communities; nearly 30 speakers participated in seminars, in-depth seminars… and millions of interactive approaches on mass media channels. Besides, in order to honor, promote and arouse creative design resources in Hanoi, within the framework of the festival, the Organizing Committee launched a number of creative design contests for creative designers. young people, in order to encourage young people’s participation in the construction of the future city space, such as: Dream House Contest; Quick Design contest – Preserving and promoting factory heritage; Photo contest for young people and teenagers “Hanoi from a different perspective”…
According to Plan No. 102/KH-UBND dated April 1, 2022, of the Hanoi People’s Committee on implementing initiatives to join UNESCO’s Network of Creative Cities by 2025, Hanoi will implement many programs. content of implementing initiatives to join UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. The city strives to complete 8 targets: Building Hanoi Creative Design Center; Building a network of Innovation Centers to districts with diverse and effective investment, management, exploitation and operation models, combined with strengthening public-private partnership. Complete pilot and interactive connection from 3-5 centers; Develop and select creative ideas; Support start-ups and implementation of ideas that are effective and of cultural, social and economic significance; transformed into the Hanoi Creative Talent TV Program; Organize Hanoi Creative Design Festival once a year/01; Organize the Southeast Asia Creative Cities Network forum in Hanoi; Building a Network of Young Creative Designers; Training and fostering developing human resources for the “Creative City”; Expand the model of transformation, renovation, re-enactment and development of cultural heritages (industrial heritage, urban heritage, architectural heritage, memory heritage, cultural institutions…) creative cultural spaces.
According to the plan, Hanoi also implements three initiatives at the international level, including the Hanoi Creative Design Festival, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network forum in Southeast Asia, the network of designers and designers in Southeast Asia. young creative designer. Regarding the Hanoi Creative Design Festival, the City identifies this as an annual event, gathering a series of events, thematic activities, honoring programs, and cultural exchanges highlighting innovations in creative design. Created in the capital as well as in domestic and global provinces and cities… For the task of forming a network of young creative designers, the city assigned the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Youth Union. … coordinating with relevant domestic and international units and organizations to implement the Project “Mobilizing cultural resources and the participation of young people to turn Hanoi into a Creative Capital”, including activities conservation and restoration of cultural heritages, restoration of craft villages and support for creative spaces to nurture young talents of Hanoi…
In addition, Hanoi also defined its tasks as a member of the Creative Cities Network, including: Establishing the Hanoi Creative Cities Coordination Committee; attend conferences, networking forums in Southeast Asia, Asia and globally under UNESCO’s programs; develop a membership monitoring report required by UNESCO on a regular basis as well as promote communication and awareness raising about the Creative Cities Network, initiatives and forward-looking goals of Hanoi. Building a creative city based on cultural resources and cultural creativity for sustainable socio-economic development, in line with UNESCO’s goals and programs.