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As a member of the creative city in the field of design, in 2024, Hanoi entered the 5th year since joining the UNESCO creative city network. The art works that have appeared in recent years have brought more brilliant new vitality to this thousand -year -old city.
In the premises of Gia Lam train factory, nearly 60 years ago, in 1955, Uncle Ho visited and encouraged workers to work hard, produce, no one could have expected, on the backgrounds. Production workshops – where the imprint of industrial development for hundreds of years, such as being “transformed” with exhibitions, art performances, seminars, extremely attractive talks.

Although these are activities held within the framework of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023, these activities are definitely good suggestions, so that the heritage of the factory will probably be continued, re -being Born, becoming a new cultural and creative space of the city.

If the UNESCO Creative City Ranking Applicant time in 2019, Hanoi has only 2 pedestrian street spaces, Hoan Kiem and Trinh Cong Son, so far, 4 other spaces have been developed, including 4 other spaces including 4 other spaces including : Walking streets and flower streets in the space of Bac An Khanh urban area, Son Tay Citadel Walking Street, Night Food Street and Jade Island – Ngu Xa Island, Tran Nhan Tong Walking Street – Thong Nhat Park.

In 2019, Hanoi was the first city of Vietnam and one of the three capitals of Southeast Asian countries to be honored to become a member of UNESCO’s creative city network (UCCN) in the field of design. . Since then, although there have been 2 years of influence of Covid-19 epidemic, many activities have been delayed, the city has had many activities to concretize commitments to build creative cities.

Notably, for the first time, the resolutions, mechanisms, policies and plans have been promulgated by the City Party Committee and City to promote the construction of creative cities. For example, Resolution No. 09 -NQ/TU dated February 22, 2022 of the Party Committee on “Development of cultural industry in the capital in the 2021-2025 period, orientation to 2030, vision to 2045 ” – One of the two thematic resolutions was determined during the term. This is considered a breakthrough in the development of the Capital’s culture, in order to ensure harmony between conservation and cultural development, making an important contribution to promoting economic growth, increasing the proportion of contributing to the GRDP of  city.

Or plan No. 102/KH-UBND dated April 1, 2022 on deploying initiatives to participate in the Network of Unesco’s creative cities by 2025; Resolution No. 23/2022/NQ-HDND dated December 8, 2022 of the Hanoi People’s Council, stipulating the remuneration and support regime for “People’s Artists”, “Meritorious Artists”; Typical artisans and clubs in the field of intangible cultural heritage of Hanoi city.

The city also maintains and develops international cooperation relations more and more practical, efficient, strengthening and expanding foreign relations, cultural diplomacy, cooperative exchanges with cities and capitals of other countries. , cities are members of Unesco’s creative cities … and are active members in linking and cooperating with provinces and cities throughout the country.

 

 

 

 

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