Decree No. 282/2026/ND-CP dated July 14, 2026 on elaboration and guidance on implementing Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 of the National Assembly on the development of Vietnamese culture

• Official number: 282/2026/ND-CP
• Legislation Type: Decree of Government
• Organization: The Government
• Signer: Pham Thi Thanh Tra
• Issued Date: 14/07/2026

THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM -------	THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom – Happiness ---------------
No: 282/2026/ND-CP	Hanoi, July 14, 2026

DECREE

ON ELABORATION AND GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTION NO. 28/2026/QH16 DATED APRIL 24, 2026 OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAMESE CULTURE

Pursuant to Law on Government Organization No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 dated April 24, 2026, of the National Assembly on the development of Vietnamese culture;

At the request of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

The Government hereby issue a Decree on elaboration and guidance on implementing Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 dated April 24, 2026, of the National Assembly on the development of Vietnamese culture.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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This Decree elaborates Clauses 1 and 2 of Article 4; Clause 3 and Point c of Clause 4 of Article 5; Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of Article 6; Clause 2 and Clause 4 of Article 7; Article 8; Article 9; Article 11, and provides for guidance for implementing Clause 1 of Article 7 and Clause 2 of Article 10 of Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 dated April 24, 2026 of the National Assembly, on the development of Vietnamese culture.

Article 2. Regulated entities

This Decree applies to Vietnamese organizations, individuals, enterprises, and local communities within the country and abroad; foreign organizations and individuals participating in the development of Vietnamese culture; and other relevant organizations and individuals.

Article 3. Principles for applying some specific and superior mechanisms and policies in the field of culture

1. Ensure consistency with Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 dated April 24, 2026 of the National Assembly; and unity and synchronization with the viewpoints, objectives, tasks, and solutions in Politburo Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW dated January 7, 2026, on the development of Vietnamese culture.

2. Comply with pilot principles linked with summarization and evaluation as a basis for review and decision on legislation; ensure publicity, transparency, thrift, and efficiency; prevent and combat corruption and wastefulness; and prevent negative behaviors and group interests in implementation.

3. Link accountability and effectiveness in state management; and intensify the oversight of the National Assembly, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and the whole of society during the process of implementation.

Article 4. Term interpretation

For the purpose of this Decree, the terms below shall be construed as follows:

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2. Cultural industry ecosystem refers to the closely linked network among subjects, intermediary organizations, start-up incubators, creative elements, products, and the distribution and consumption of cultural industry products and services.

3. Traditional arts include Tuong (classical drama), Cheo (traditional operetta), Cai Luong (reformed theater), Bai Choi (folk singing game), puppetry, folk-song opera, folk-song drama, traditional fine arts, traditional music, and other traditional folk performance art forms of the various ethnic groups.

4. Creative activity in the field of culture refers to the process of using creative thinking, knowledge, professional skills, and forms of creative labor to create and perfect works, pieces, programs, and cultural, literary, and artistic products, including activities of composition, adaptation, sketching, design, construction of fine art works, staging, rehearsal, presentation, performance, production organization, and other professional activities directly serving the formation and perfection of cultural, literary, and artistic works, pieces, programs, and products.

5. Creative activity in traditional arts refers to the process of inheriting, applying, and developing the values, materials, aesthetic norms, techniques of expression, and cultural identity of traditional arts, in order to create, revive, or renew artistic works, products, and forms of expression to preserve and promote the value of traditional arts in contemporary life.

Chapter II

CREATIVE-CULTURAL INDUSTRY PARKS/CLUSTERS, CREATIVE CULTURAL COMPLEXES

Article 5. Creative-cultural industry parks/clusters and creative cultural complexes

1. Creative-cultural industry parks/clusters as prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 4 of Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16, include:

a) A creative-cultural industry cluster, which is a concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives, business households, groups of creators, artists, designers, producers, training institutions, professional practice facilities, and other subjects linked along the product/service value chain, with a high degree of specialization within the cultural industries;

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2. A creative-cultural industry parks/clusters shall perform the following functions and activities:

a) Leasing, operating, and using premises for the construction and development of creative space, and for the production and business of common working space, performance space, and space for display, exhibition, and experiencing cultural products, and for supporting the transfer of cultural arts technology;

b) Providing technical infrastructure, digital infrastructure, creative space, support services, and other necessary conditions for organizations and individuals operating in cultural industries;

c) Connecting creation, research and development, testing, production, distribution, operation, and commercialization of cultural products and services;

d) Supporting training, refresher training, and the incubation of talent, start-up enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises in the fields of culture, art, and entertainment;

dd) Promoting the application of science, technology, high technology, digital transformation, and innovative business models within the cultural industries;

e) Providing support services on legal matters, intellectual property, design, communications, advertising, marketing, distribution, trade promotion, and talent training and development;

g) Connecting enterprises, training institutions, research organizations, investors, the creative community, and innovation centers within the cultural industries, and connecting to domestic and international markets;

h) Organizing cultural, artistic, and creative events, creative weeks, fairs, exhibitions, and presentations of cultural products and services, and combining these with the development of trade, cultural tourism services, cuisine, entertainment, experiential education, and other ancillary services appropriate to the objectives of cultural industry development.

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4. The formation and development of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters to form a cultural industry ecosystem must be consistent with the laws on planning, land, and urban and rural planning; must ensure national defense and security; and must satisfy the criteria prescribed in Article 6 of this Decree.

Article 6. Formation of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters and creative cultural complexes

An organization may propose the formation of a creative cultural industry park/cluster, or a creative-cultural complex if the following criteria are satisfied:

1. Having a location, boundary, scale, area, and a plan for land use, works, premises, or assets appropriate to the nature, objectives, and functions of operation; of which a creative-cultural industry park must have a minimum area of 05 hectares, a creative-cultural industry cluster must have an area of from 02 hectares to under 05 hectares, and a creative-cultural complex must have a minimum usable floor area of 2.000 m² for buildings or works undergoing renovation, redevelopment, or repurposing. For creative-cultural industry parks/clusters incorporating an experiential or cultural tourism subdivision, at least 10% of the usable floor area must be reserved for public activities, display, and cultural interaction.

2. Having a plan for investment in, renovation, upgrading, construction, repurposing, or operation of technical infrastructure, digital infrastructure, service infrastructure, creative space, and the conditions necessary to ensure operation; ensuring telecommunications infrastructure, data storage and processing, cybersecurity, and data security appropriate to the scale and nature of operation.

3. Having a feasible, effective, safe, public, and transparent plan for organization, management, and operation; and having a management and operating apparatus and a mechanism for cooperation with relevant agencies and organizations.

4. Having financial resources and a plan for lawfully mobilizing financial resources for investment, operation, and maintenance of activities, including owner's equity of at least 15% of total investment capital for a creative-cultural industry park/cluster, or a creative-cultural complex.

5. Satisfying requirements on environmental protection, fire safety, security, order, social safety, occupational safety, protection of cultural heritage, protection of intellectual property rights, and other conditions in accordance with law.

6. Having a plan for managing intellectual property assets and for securing creative data, and having established criteria for evaluating operational effectiveness appropriate to the model of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster, or creative-cultural complex.

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8. Having the capacity to connect to the system of technical infrastructure and social infrastructure works, and having the capacity to attract human resources and mobilize resources for the development of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster, or creative-cultural complex.

Article 7. Authority to decide on the formation of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters and creative-cultural complexes

1. The provincial-level People's Committee shall be responsible for organizing the review, updating, and supplementation of the plan in respect of creative cultural industry clusters and zones and creative cultural complexes, and shall report to the competent authority for review and approval of the plan, and shall organize the assessment and revision of the plan for the formation of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters and creative-cultural complexes, in accordance with laws on land, laws on urban and rural planning, and other relevant laws.

2. The President of the provincial People's Committee shall decide on the formation, adjustment, and revocation of the decision on formation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster and creative-cultural complex within the province/city.

3. Where the decision on formation is revoked and the operation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex is terminated, the provincial People's Committee shall assign a functional unit as the focal point responsible for preparing a plan for handling the land, public assets, works, infrastructure, intellectual property assets, and other assets under state ownership in accordance with law.

4. An organization requesting the formation, revision of the decision on formation, or termination of operation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall be responsible for preparing the application as prescribed in Article 8 of this Decree and sending it to the provincial People's Committee for review and decision.

Article 8. Application for the formation, revision of the decision on formation, or termination of operation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex

1. An organization requesting the formation of a creative cultural industry cluster or zone, or a creative cultural complex shall submit 01 set of the application in person, by post, or online via the National Public Service Portal to the provincial People's Committee. The application shall include:

a) Application form for the formation of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex using Form No. 01 attached hereto;

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c) If the proposal involves the use of land, public assets, public works, cultural or sports institutions, offices, workshops, warehouses, or other state-owned works, or industrial heritage subject to relocation, the application must be accompanied by documents on the legal status, and the plan for management, use, operation, repurposing, and disposal of the assets in accordance with the laws on land, public assets, investment, construction, and other relevant laws;

d) If located within an area containing cultural heritage, a World Heritage protection zone, the landscape of a historical-cultural monument, a valuable architectural work, a monument protection zone, a traditional cultural space, or a related cultural space of the community that is the subject practicing intangible cultural heritage, or an area with national defense or security elements, the requirements of relevant laws must be complied with.

2. For case of revision of the decision on formation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex, the applicant shall send an application for adjustment of the decision on formation in person by post, or online via the National Public Service Portal to the provincial People's Committee. The application for adjustment of the decision on formation of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall use Form No. 03 attached hereto.

3. For cases of termination of operation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex, the applicant shall send an application in person, by post, or online via the National Public Service Portal to the provincial People's Committee for review and decision. The application shall include a plan for handling assets, land, and other assets in accordance with law.

Article 9. Method of infrastructure investment, and procedures for deciding the formation, adjustment, and revocation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex

1. The method of infrastructure investment for a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall comply with laws on the management of industrial parks and economic zones.

2. The procedures and processing time for an application for the formation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall be as follows:

a) Within 35 days from the date of receiving a complete and accurate application as prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 8 of this Decree, the provincial People's Committee shall be responsible for reviewing and deciding the formation of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex.

Where necessary, the provincial People's Committee shall establish an Appraisal Council or organize a meeting with the provincial state advisory agency on cultural industries and relevant agencies to reach agreement on and clarify relevant matters before deciding the formation of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex. The processing time shall not exceed 45 days from the date of receiving a complete and accurate application;

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c) The composition of the Appraisal Council, and its scope, powers, and responsibilities, shall be decided by the provincial People's Committee.

3. The content of the appraisal of the formation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall include:

a) The legal basis for and the necessity of the formation;

b) An assessment of the satisfaction of the formation criteria prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 6 of this Decree;

c) An assessment of the development direction and objectives;

d) An assessment of financial capacity and investment attraction;

dd) An assessment of the solutions, organization of implementation, and management and operation after formation is approved.

4. The review and decision on adjustment of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall be carried out in accordance with Clause 2 of this Article. The time limit for reviewing the application and deciding the adjustment shall be 15 working days from the date of receiving a complete and accurate application.

5. The decision on formation or adjustment of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall cease to be effective and shall be revoked in any of the following cases:

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b) It operates inconsistently with the objectives, nature, functions, scale, scope, or content decided by the competent authority;

c) It fails to maintain the proportion of organizations, enterprises, business households, or individuals, or the area used for cultural industry activities as prescribed in Article 6 of this Decree;

d) The organization granted the decision on formation or adjustment of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex submits an application for operation termination.

6. The provincial People's Committee shall notify, in writing, the organization granted the decision on formation of the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex of the cessation of effect and revocation of the decision in the cases prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article. The organization whose operations are terminated or whose decision is revoked shall dispose of assets and performing other obligations in accordance with the relevant specialized laws.

Article 10. Inspection and assessment of the operation of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters or creative-cultural complexes

1. The central and local state regulatory authorities for culture, sports, and tourism shall be responsible for formulating plans, organizing inspections, and cooperating with relevant agencies to organize periodic or ad hoc inspection and assessment of the operations of creative-cultural industry parks/clusters or creative-cultural complexes.

2. The content of the inspection concerning the organization, operation, management, and operation of a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex must be consistent with relevant laws and shall be carried out no more than once a year, except where signs of violation against the law are detected.

3. The organization managing, operating, and using a creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex shall comply with and cooperate with the state regulatory authority and the inspection team during the inspection process and promptly implement measures to prevent and handle violation against the law within the creative-cultural industry park/cluster or creative-cultural complex upon the request of the functional agency and the inspection team.

Chapter III

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Article 11. Criteria for piloting the cultural heritage urban area model

1. An administrative division selected to pilot the cultural heritage urban area model shall satisfy the following criteria:

a) The urban area contains cultural heritage formed during the process of the administrative division’s formation and development;

b) There is a close relationship between the urban area and the cultural heritage, such that the value of the cultural heritage must constitute part of the value of the urban area;

c) There are at least two tangible cultural heritage sites, or intangible cultural heritage or documentary heritage within the administrative division that have been recognized, ranked, or inscribed by Vietnam or the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the administrative division show good performance in protecting and promoting the value of such heritage in connection with traditional education, which serves as a foundation for socio-economic development and effective development of tourism and cultural industries, contributing to the administrative division’s economic growth; and it disseminates, promotes, and introduces the value of the cultural heritage both domestically and abroad;

d) The administrative division has issued and effectively implemented regulations on the management, protection, and promotion of the value of cultural heritage within its area, ensuring the principles of managing, protecting, and promoting the value of cultural heritage, and preserving the related cultural space of the community that is the subject practicing intangible cultural heritage; ensuring the preservation of the original elements constituting the value of the cultural heritage, the spatial structure, cultural landscape, and architecture, and controlling construction density, building height, architectural form, public space, technical infrastructure, and service extraction activities within the heritage area in accordance with laws on cultural heritage and other relevant laws. The administrative division has programs, schemes, and projects on the management, protection, and promotion of the value of cultural heritage that are being effectively implemented within its area; and has issued and effectively implemented other benefits and policies, consistent with the laws on cultural heritage applicable to artisans;

dd) The administrative division has practical experience in the investment, preservation, restoration, management, protection, and promotion of the value of cultural heritage in accordance with laws on cultural heritage; in the sustainable preservation of cultural heritage and the sustainable development of cultural, economic, social, and environmental factors; has a World Heritage site for which the overall economic value has been appraised and internationally published; and has a museum meeting Class-II standards or higher in accordance with the laws on cultural heritage.

2. A cultural heritage urban area model piloted in administrative divisions shall be entitled to investment and subsidies for the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of monuments, for implementation of programs, schemes, and projects on the preservation and promotion of the value of cultural heritage, and for the implementation of the preferential or favorable incentives and policies prescribed in Articles 12 and 13 of this Decree to ensure the following criteria:

a) Having an ensemble of urban or rural architecture, a place of settlement, an urban or rural area, or an industrial work, containing architectural works and a historical-cultural space of value representative of one or more periods in the development of history, architecture, art, and tangible cultural heritage in accordance with laws on cultural heritage, together with the intangible cultural heritage space of the subject community or a human cultural tradition that currently exists or once existed;

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c) Having sites and areas below ground or underwater where monuments or relics have been discovered, or where there are signs of the preservation of monuments and/or relics or sites where traces relating to human activity of historical, cultural, or scientific value have been discovered, protected and promoted in accordance with laws on cultural heritage;

d) Having a natural landscape, environment-ecology, and natural physical landscape space containing historical, cultural, scientific, and aesthetic value together with a related tangible cultural space and intangible cultural heritage of importance in forming the value of the cultural heritage, preserved and promoted in a manner connecting the tangible cultural heritage space, the intangible cultural heritage, and the space for practicing intangible cultural heritage with the subject community.

3. The President of the provincial People's Committee shall decide the determination of the scope and area for implementing the cultural heritage urban area pilot within the province/city under their management, ensuring the criteria prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

4. A cultural heritage urban area shall be determined within the plan in accordance with laws on urban and rural planning and approved by the competent authority.

Article 12. Preferential or favorable incentives on land

1. An administrative division implementing the cultural heritage urban area pilot model shall decide:

a) The provincial People's Council shall decide: land use quotas, in addition to the quotas already allocated under the national land use plan, within its management for investment projects in the fields of cultural heritage and cultural industries; and additional land use quotas to be updated into the land use planning, plan and scheme for the subsequent period as prescribed;

b) The provincial People's Committee shall decide, after obtaining the unanimous opinion of the provincial People's Council, the level of application of the incentive mechanism for the land rent unit for each specific type of space, ensuring that the maximum level does not exceed 50% of the applicable prescribed level for implementing investment projects in service and tourism business, public investment-private management projects, and public-private partnership investment projects in the field of cultural heritage, and for implementing schemes on the exploitation of heritage economy and the development of cultural industries in accordance with the planning and scheme approved by the competent authority within the area of a historical-cultural relic, scenic landscape, or World Heritage site (hereinafter collectively referred to as a "monument"), provided that this does not affect the original constituent elements and cultural landscape of the monument in accordance with laws on cultural heritage and is consistent with the planning, the regulations on management of planning and architecture, the requirements for protecting the landscape and architectural space, and the load-bearing capacity of urban infrastructure in accordance with other relevant laws.

2. The content prescribed at Point b, Clause 1 of this Article shall not be used to determine the balancing supplementary allocation from the central government budget to the local government budget.

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An administrative division implementing the cultural heritage urban area pilot model may decide the preferential or favorable incentives on fees and charges as follows:

1. The provincial People's Council may decide to issue the rate for service fees at monuments, and charges outside the list of fees and charges prescribed by laws on fees and charges.

2. The local government budget shall retain the entirety of the revenue from fees and charges issued by the People's Council outside the list of fees and charges prescribed by laws on fees and charges.

3. Fees for visiting scenic landscapes, historical-cultural relics, cultural works, and museums within the cultural heritage urban area, after deduction of the portion retained for the public service provider to cover the operating costs of the fee-collecting service provider in accordance with laws on fees and charges, must be remitted in full to the state budget for restoration, preservation, rehabilitation, and promotion of the value of cultural heritage within the administrative division or to the local government budget for allocation of investment corresponding to the amount of visiting fee revenue remitted to the state budget, for investment in the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of monuments within the administrative division.

4. The revenues prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article shall not be used to determine the percentage (%) for sharing revenues between the central government budget and the local government budget, or the balancing supplementary allocation from the central government budget to the local government budget.

Chapter IV

COMMISSIONING AND FIXED FUNDING FOR CULTURAL CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY THE STATE BUDGET

Article 14. Commissioning the creation and popularization of cultural, literary, and artistic works and productions of high ideological, content, and artistic value

1. The State shall commission agencies, units, organizations, and individuals to create and disseminate cultural, literary, and artistic works and productions of high ideological, content, and artistic value. The determination of a cultural, literary, or artistic work of high ideological, content, and artistic value shall be made by selection of the Professional Council specified in Article 17 of this Decree.

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3. The creative activities for the works and productions of high ideological, content, and artistic value specified in Clause 1 of this Article include:

a) Creation of film scripts of the following types: feature films, animated films, documentary films, and science films, of high ideological, content, and artistic value, selected by the Professional Council. The supported film scripts are not among the subjects for which expenditure is covered by the State under Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

b) The creative activities of titles/positions as prescribed by the laws on royalties;

c) Creation of literary works by authors who are Vietnamese citizens, selected by the Professional Council in accordance with laws on encouraging the literature development, including:

The remuneration for creative work calculated according to the number of days of creative work at a daily rate equivalent to the salary of a Rank-II public employee, Step 1, Class A2.1. Within a maximum of 120 working days, the author shall complete the written work and the literary composition and submit it to the competent authority in accordance with the laws on encouraging the literature development. During this period, the author shall receive remuneration.

The meal and lodging costs of selected authors participating in writing camps or literary creation camps organized in accordance with laws on encouraging the literature development shall follow the meal and lodging allowance for participants in writing/literary creation camps as prescribed;

d) Creation of fine art and photographic works:

The remuneration for creative work calculated according to the number of days of creative work at a daily rate equivalent to the salary of a Rank-II public employee, Step 1, Class A2.1 for a maximum of 120 working days.

The meal and lodging costs of selected authors participating in creative camps organized in accordance with the law on fine arts activities shall follow the meal and lodging allowance for participants in creative camps as prescribed.

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4. The popularization of literary works and productions of high ideological, content, and artistic value specified in Clause 1 of this Article that subsidized by with State include:

a) Popularization on the digital platform and digital library managed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a period of 3 years, with encouragement to publish and disseminate on other platforms on the basis of agreements consistent with the laws on copyright;

Popularization through publication of a maximum of 1.000 printed copies, with distribution costs for free distribution to the public library system and Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad;

b) Delivery of literary works abroad for competitions or introduction in accordance with the laws on encouraging the literature development. A literary work shall be eligible for subsidization when it simultaneously satisfies the criteria prescribed in the laws on publication and the laws on encouraging the literature development;

c) Translation, at the fixed funding rate, of Vietnamese-language text into foreign languages in accordance with the Decree on  guidance on implementation of Resolution No. 197/2025/QH15 dated May 17, 2025 of the National Assembly, on some special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in law-making and law execution organization.

Article 15. Assurance of funding for some creative activities in field of culture

1. Creative activities funded by recurrent state budget expenditure include:

a) Creative activities producing cultural products aimed at preserving and promoting the value of traditional culture and art, and serving vulnerable groups in border areas, islands, and areas with particularly disadvantaged socio-economic conditions, in the fields of: cinematography, fine arts, photography, performing arts, journalism, and publication;

b) The production of films serving national political tasks of ministries, central and local authorities in accordance with the laws on cinematography, the laws on royalties, and other relevant laws;

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2. The performing arts programs prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be subsidized by the State with the following specific subsidies:

a) Annual subsidies for organizing the performance of at least 10 performing arts programs for the purpose of free public performance, ensuring each program includes at least 05 performances with priority given to border areas, islands, remote and isolated areas, and pupils and students. Subsidies for travel, accommodation, and prop transport costs; and rehearsal and performance policies at the rates set out in the Decree prescribing occupational preferential allowances and the rehearsal and performance policies applicable to public employees and workers with specific occupational duties within public service providers performing arts units and performing arts units affiliated to the armed forces and other relevant laws.

Based on the capacity to balance the budget, the administrative division shall decide subsidization level and subject matter for the venue, travel, accommodation, prop transport, stage set-up, sound and lighting equipment, LED screens, projection equipment, and other related logistical items;

b) Subsidies for broadcasting performing arts programs, based on the local government budget's capacity to provide balanced funding.

3. The organization of exhibitions of fine arts and photography works as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be subsidized by the State with the following specific subsidies:

a) Publication and popularization of fine arts and photography exhibitions on the digital platform managed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a period of 03 years, and encouragement of publication and popularization on other platforms on the basis of agreements consistent with copyright regulations;

b) Subsidies for travel, accommodation, and work transport costs, and costs for curators and the Arts Council in accordance with other relevant laws.

4. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall:

a) Perform national tasks, tasks assigned by the competent authority, and tasks within its own authority;

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c) Cooperate with administrative divisions in organizing the implementation of the content prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article.

5. Provincial local governments shall, based on their capacity to balance the budget, decide the content and expenditure level for subsidies for the matters prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article.

Article 16. Piloting the fixed funding mechanism for a number of activities of creation of cultural products aimed at preserving and promoting the value of traditional culture and art, serving vulnerable groups in border areas, islands, and areas with particularly disadvantaged socio-economic conditions, or films or performing arts programs serving national political tasks of ministries, central and local authorities

1. Final product-based fixed funding with al funding from the state budget allocated to creation of cultural products aimed at preserving and promoting the traditional cultural value of ethnic minorities, including:

a) Folk performing arts (folk songs, folk dances, and folk music of ethnic minorities);

b) Traditional festivals (at the commune level);

c) Traditional handicrafts, including: the practice of handicrafts using knowledge, skills, and artistry, together with tools and materials, in order to create products bearing the cultural identity of ethnic minority communities;

d) Folk knowledge, including: knowledge of labor, production, cuisine, costume, and other folk knowledge;

đ) Folk literature of ethnic minorities;

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2. Partial fixed funding by content for implementing activities of creation of cultural products aimed at preserving and promoting the value of traditional culture and art, serving vulnerable groups in border areas, islands, and areas with particularly disadvantaged socio-economic conditions, or films or performing arts programs serving national political tasks of ministries, central and local authorities shall apply to the following expenditure contents, except for expenditures for the purchase of assets, outsourcing for which no cost norm/standard yet exists, and delegations traveling abroad:

a) Expenditure on labor and remuneration for performing the activities of creation of cultural products, including: rehearsal and performance benefit expenditure, at the rates set out in the Decree prescribing occupational preferential allowances and the rehearsal and performance policies applicable to public employees and workers with specific occupational duties within public service provider performing arts units and performing arts units affiliated to the armed forces; and expenditure for creative authorship positions at the fixed funding rate prescribed by laws on royalties;

b) Expenditure for hiring domestic and foreign experts;

c) Expenditure for raw materials, fuel, tools, spare parts, low-value and short-lived items, energy, documents, data, reference books, newspapers, and journals, and consumable supplies serving the creative activity;

d) Expenditure for field surveys;

dd) Expenditure on the general management of the creative activity producing the cultural product at the unit receiving the fixed funding;

e) Expenditure for the premiere and launch/introduction event in the case of feature films produced using the state budget.

3. The method for determining the fixed funding for activities of creation of cultural products shall be as follows:

a) The fixed funding level shall be based on the budget estimate for activities of creation of cultural products and the applicable cost norms/standards or unit prices, service prices, or the statement figures of the immediately preceding year for a similar event, taking into account any expected fluctuations in input cost factors;

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4. The conditions for fixed funding shall be as follows:

a) A commitment by the recipient organization or individual regarding the product and output quality;

b) The assessment result of the Professional Council, as prescribed in Article 17 of this Decree, in respect of activities of creation of cultural products

5. Funding for implementing activities of creation of cultural products shall be disbursed in a single payment or according to the progress of task implementation.

6. For final product-based fixed funding, the commitment to the final product shall serve as the basis for evaluating the results upon conclusion, and for the statement of the activities of creation of cultural products. The organization or individual receiving the fixed funding may decide, within their  authority, to adjust between expenditure items and expenditure content, and to decide on using funding from the labor expenditure item to hire experts at an agreed funding rate; they are not required to make a detailed statement for each expenditure item or content, but shall settle the total funding for implementing the task under the lump-sum expenditure item, based on the evaluation result of the final product.

7. For partial fixed funding, adjustments may be made within each expenditure content as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, and the recipient may decide to use funding from the labor expenditure item to hire domestic and foreign experts at an agreed funding rate.

8. The organization or individual receiving the fixed funding shall have autonomy and decide the use of the fixed funding, ensuring that the funding is used for the correct purpose, effectively, and thriftily; shall retain vouchers and be responsible for providing explanations when requested by the functional agency.

9. The organization or individual granting the fixed funding shall be responsible for organizing the determination of the fixed funding content and level; monitoring implementation progress and conducting ad hoc inspections when necessary; evaluating the acceptance results based on the committed product; and handling violations in accordance with regulations where the recipient organization or individual fails to complete the task.

Article 17. Professional Councils

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2. The Council shall be established for a term of up to 03 years, applicable to art forms with regular or periodic creative activity, or shall be established on a case-by-case basis. If a work or piece is of large scale, of a specific nature, or interdisciplinary, additional members may be invited to join the Council, as proposed by the President of the Council and decided by the competent authority that established the Council. The opinion of such a member shall carry the same value as the opinion of a Council member.

3. Based on the actual situation, the person with authority to establish the Council shall decide on the number and membership of the Council, which must be an odd number and no fewer than 05 persons, comprising:

a) The President of the Council, who shall be a representative of the leadership of the agency deciding on establishment within its authority;

b) The Vice President of the Council, who shall be a representative of the leadership of the professional unit with the work or piece of culture, literature, or art of high ideological, content, and artistic value, or the creative activity producing the cultural product;

c) Members, who shall be experts, scientists, or reputable art critics within the field being appraised, or artists and specialists who have received national or international awards or who have 15 or more years of working experience in the corresponding field.

4. The Council shall operate based on the principles of independence, objectivity, and honesty, and shall be accountable to the law and to the agency that established the Council for the appraisal results. Council members shall keep confidential the information and individual comments made throughout the appraisal process.

5. A Council meeting shall be valid only where at least 2/3 of the total number of Council members under the establishment decision is present. The Council shall decide by secret ballot. A work or piece shall be selected where at least 3/4 of the total number of Council members present vote in favor. The results of the Council's work must be recorded in Minutes, signed by the President of the Council and the Meeting clerk.

6. The Council shall carry out the appraisal of the work based on criteria issued by the President of the Council for each specific task, after approval by the person who decided to establish the Council.

7. The Minutes of the Council shall serve as the basis for the competent state authority to approve the commissioning plan or the assignment of the creative task funded by the state budget.

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Chapter V

DISSEMINATION, PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET FOR THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

Article 18. Policies to support and promote the promotion of Vietnam's image

1. he State shall organize Vietnam Culture Week; art exchange programs held abroad by central agencies to commemorate the establishment of diplomatic relations with countries and important partners of Vietnam around the world, serving the external affairs activities of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and State leaders abroad; and art exchange programs abroad organized by localities in sister cities/capitals abroad (hereinafter referred to as "events"), with expenditures including:

a) Renting venues and appropriate spaces for holding events at theaters, museums, exhibition halls, squares, or convention centers;

b) Designing and setting up the stage, exhibition space, or screening space;

c) Renting equipment, sound, lighting, and technical services serving performances or exhibitions in the host country;

d) Transporting musical instruments, props, costumes, exhibition artifacts, and cultural products from Vietnam to the event venue and back;

dd) Copyright fees for works used at the event, as prescribed; media and promotional activities in the press, media, and social networks;

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g) Hiring experts, collaborators, and volunteers in the host country to assist with organization, interpretation, and guidance;

h) Remuneration for artists participating in the event.

Funding for sending a delegation abroad to carry out the event prescribed in this Clause shall be in accordance with regulations on sending cadres on short-term business trips of the State.

Vietnamese representative agencies abroad shall, within their jurisdiction, provide information and guidance on related procedures; connect with host-country agencies, organizations, and the Vietnamese community abroad to cooperate the organization of activities promoting Vietnam's image.

2. Teaching and performing traditional arts abroad

a) The State shall subsidize a part of funding for organizing classes to teach and introduce traditional Vietnamese art abroad held by Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad or by organizations and associations proposed by Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad, including: funding for purchasing and transporting musical instruments and traditional costumes to the location where the class is held and funding for organizing classes and performances;

b) The State shall commission or provide subsidies to Vietnamese associations and foreign universities with a Vietnamese studies department to organize classes and performance of traditional Vietnamese art abroad;

c) A People's Artisan, Artisan of Merit, People's Artist, or Artist of Merit sent abroad to teach or perform shall receive expert remuneration as prescribed by the competent authority;

d) The State shall subsidize a part of funding for developing a system of electronic lectures and multilingual instructional videos (subtitled or dubbed) for traditional art disciplines for popularization to Vietnamese communities abroad;

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e) The State shall have a commendation policy for individuals and organizations with outstanding achievements in teaching and performing traditional arts abroad.

3. Teaching Vietnamese language

a) The State shall develop Vietnamese language teaching curricula suited to the administrative division, age group, and offline and online learning formats. The State shall provide free standard Vietnamese language textbooks, digital learning materials, and cultural guidance materials to Vietnamese Cultural Centers abroad, educational institutions, cultural clubs, and weekend or after-school community classes of the Vietnamese community abroad that register to teach and learn Vietnamese;

b) The State shall subsidize a part of funding for organizing online or offline pedagogical training and professional development courses for teachers and volunteers teaching Vietnamese abroad; and s subsidize the development of an online teaching platform, a digital learning material repository, and online Vietnamese classes for the Vietnamese community abroad;

c) The development of online Vietnamese teaching and learning models, applying artificial intelligence, digital platforms, digital libraries, and multimedia learning materials serving Vietnamese people abroad, especially the younger generation of overseas Vietnamese is encouraged.

The State shall subsidize a part of funding for organizing Vietnamese language classes abroad. The Ministry of Education and Training shall take charge of the professional/pedagogical aspects of teaching Vietnamese, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall take charge in organizing the teaching of Vietnamese abroad through Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

4. Replicating the "Vietnam Town" and "Vietnam Village" models, and models of cultural clubs, traditional martial arts, Vietnamese cuisine, and Vietnamese language learning in countries with large Vietnamese communities living and working

a) For the "Vietnam Town" and "Vietnam Village" models, the State shall subsidize a part of funding for designing architectural perspectives, gateway arches, signs, and distinctive cultural symbols to create unity in the identification of the national cultural brand; shall support the provision of artifacts for decorating shared spaces, including: heritage images, representative handicraft products, and materials introducing the country and people of Vietnam; and shall prioritize including the "Vietnam Town" and "Vietnam Village" models in the list of promotional destinations in national tourism promotion programs and international economic forums;

b) For the cultural club, traditional martial arts, and cuisine models, the State shall provide free curricula and documentary films guiding traditional martial arts techniques, and standardized recipes for representative Vietnamese dishes; shall provide subsidies for martial arts uniforms, training mats, and martial arts competition equipment; culinary demonstration equipment and traditional costumes for club activities; and shall subsidize a part of funding for organizing martial arts competitions, Vietnamese culinary contests, and regional or global traditional arts festivals to connect the clubs;

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The Ministry of Education and Training shall cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies in replicating effective Vietnamese language learning models in countries with large Vietnamese communities living and working, in connection with the implementation of the Scheme on "Ngày Tôn vinh tiếng Việt trong cộng đồng người Việt Nam ở nước ngoài" ("Day of Honoring the Vietnamese Language in the Vietnamese Community Abroad"), promoting the development of an environment for learning and using Vietnamese within the community. The Ministry of Education and Training shall take charge of the professional/pedagogical aspects of teaching Vietnamese, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall take charge in organizing the teaching of Vietnamese abroad through Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

Article 19. Policies to support enterprises in promoting and exporting Vietnam's representative cultural products abroad

1. An enterprise carrying out a program to promote, introduce, and export representative cultural products in the fields of performing arts, fine arts, photography, or cinematography selected by the Specialized Council shall be partially subsidized by the State. The subsidization level shall not exceed 50% of the following costs:

a) The cost of registering intellectual property protection and copyright in foreign markets;

b) The cost of hiring consulting experts for market orientation, and for designing packaging and labels appropriate to the culture of the host country;

c) The cost of translation, subtitling, dubbing, and technical format conversion serving the export of the cultural product.

2. An enterprise satisfying the following criteria shall be eligible for subsidies:

a) Having a dossier on a cultural product promotion and export project approved by the competent authority;

b) The cultural product exported does not violate intellectual property regulations or other relevant laws, has export potential, and is owned by the trader;

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3. Procedures for subsidization shall be as follows:

a) In the first quarter of the year preceding the plan year, the competent authority prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article shall formulate a plan to support enterprises in carrying out programs to promote, introduce, and export Vietnam's representative cultural products abroad and announce it on the mass media and on its website;

b) Within 40 days from the date the competent authority announces the plan, an enterprise apply for subsidies shall prepare a Scheme for promoting, introducing, and exporting Vietnam's representative cultural products abroad, using Form No. 04 attached hereto and submit it in person, by post, or online via the National Public Service Portal. If the Scheme does not comply with the requirements stated in the announcement, within 05 working days from the date of receiving the Scheme, the supporting competent authority shall respond to the enterprise in writing, clearly stating the reasons;

c) Within 30 days from the date of closing receipt of Schemes under the announcement, the competent authority shall decide the selection of Schemes through the Professional Council prescribed in Article 17 of this Decree and notify the enterprise of the selection result.

d) Based on the selection result, the competent authority shall supplement funding for the subsequent plan year in accordance with laws on the budget and organize implementation of the plan in accordance with law.

4. Competent subsidizing authority

a) The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall cooperate with relevant agencies in providing subsidies for national programs on the promotion and export of Vietnam's representative cultural products abroad.

b) The provincial People's Committee shall providing subsidies for local programs on the promotion and export of the local representative cultural products abroad.

Article 20. Development and organization of thematic exhibitions of collections of representative value relating to Vietnamese cultural heritage at reputable museums around the world, serving political tasks and promoting the image of Vietnam and Vietnamese people

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a) The selected artifacts in the collection must have representative historical, cultural, and scientific value; priority shall be given to artifacts that are national treasures, or rare antiquities reflecting the cultural characteristics of historical periods, regions, or cultural heritage of Vietnam;

b) The artifacts in the collection must have a clear origin and provenance and must be under the lawful ownership or management of the State of Vietnam or of an organization or individual in accordance with laws on cultural heritage;

c) The artifacts in the collection must be assessed by the central state regulatory authority for cultural heritage as being in a physical condition suitable for transport and exhibition. The valuation of the artifacts shall be carried out as a basis for purchasing insurance and preparing a plan for strict protection and preservation throughout the entire process from the time they leave storage until they are returned to Vietnam in accordance with laws on cultural heritage;

d) The collection must be developed around a scientific theme with a rigorous and engaging exhibition outline linked to the objective of promoting the national image and consistent with the external relations orientation of the CPV and the State and be approved by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

2. Criteria for selecting reputable museums around the world for cooperation in organizing the exhibition:

a) The museum receiving the thematic exhibition must be a reputable cultural organization with positive influence in the host country or globally; must have a stable number of visitors and high potential for media reach;

b) It must fully satisfy international standards on security, safety, and fire prevention and fighting, and the technical parameters of the exhibition environment (temperature, humidity, and lighting) appropriate to the preservation requirements for each type of material of the Vietnamese artifacts;

c) The partner museum must sign a written cooperation agreement, committing to ensure Vietnam's ownership rights over the artifacts; and to comply with international regulations on immunity from judicial seizure and with the customs and transport procedures of both parties;

d) Priority shall be given to museums in administrative division of key importance for external relations, and major cultural centers of the world to optimize political and cultural objectives and the development of tourism and cultural industries.

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a) The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries and central authorities in organizing a survey delegation and signing cooperation agreements for organizing exhibitions introducing Vietnamese cultural heritage at reputable museums around the world;

b) Researching and developing the content, developing the list of artifacts in the collection proposed for exhibition, the exhibition outline, and compiling the exhibition explanatory content; translating materials serving the exhibition and promotion and submitting them to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism for review and approval;

c) Organizing the overall exhibition design, exhibition graphic design, technology application design, and other designs serving the promotion and introduction of the exhibition;

d) Organizing the transport of artifacts, including specialized packaging, international transport, and temporary storage abroad; hiring experts to supervise transport and preservation, accompanying the collection throughout the transport and exhibition process;

dd) Determining the monetary value for purchasing insurance for the artifacts, and purchasing international insurance for the entire artifact collection;

e) Organizing the installation of the exhibition at the exhibition venue; installing security equipment and specialized display cases at the exhibition site;

g) Organizing educational activities on tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and media activities linked to the exhibition content;

h) Organizing the opening ceremony of the thematic exhibition, and media and introduction activities for tangible and intangible cultural heritage at the foreign museum.

4. Funding from the state budget shall fully subsidize the development and organization of the thematic exhibition and shall be allocated to cover the content and tasks prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article; the content and expenditure norms shall comply with laws on cultural heritage.

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CULTURAL AND ARTS FUND

Article 21. Cultural and arts fund

1. The State shall pilot the establishment of the Cultural and arts fund (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund") at the central level and in a number of administrative divisions. The central Fund shall be established by the Prime Minister, and the local Fund shall be established by the President of the provincial People's Committee. The pilot period shall be 05 years from the time the Fund is established, up to a maximum of the end of 2035.

2. Legal status of the Fund: The Fund shall operate under a model decided by the competent authority.

3. Capital sources of the Fund: The Fund shall be allocated charter capital from the central or local government budget, provided as a lump-sum payment together with contributed capital and may receive donation and mobilize other lawful capital sources in accordance with laws on the state budget and other relevant laws.

4. The expenditure tasks of the Fund aim at funding, subsidizing, and investing in:

a) start-up enterprises in the field of culture and arts with a creative business model, capable of rapid growth and market scale expansion based on the effective application of technology, intellectual property rights, breakthrough ideas, or new business models;

b) Cultural and arts programs and projects of breakthrough creativity with market potential and commercial viability and the capacity for spillover and social impact that are not funded by the state budget, in the fields of: cinematography, fine arts, photography, museums, and performing arts.

5. The person with authority to establish the Fund shall decide the ratio of capital contribution from the state budget and the total level of state capital within the Fund's charter capital appropriate to actual conditions and the capacity to mobilize investors to participate in establishing the Fund; the organizational structure, functions, and tasks of the Fund; the Fund's capital sources, ensuring consistency with the law on the state budget; the operating mechanism; the management mechanism; and shall issue the Fund's charter and investment regulations.

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OTHER BREAKTHROUGH MECHANISMS AND POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE

Article 22. Exemption and reduction of land rent, house rent, and rent for assets attached to land that are public assets

1. A publisher shall be exempt from, or entitled to a reduction of land rent, house rent, and rent for assets attached to land that are public assets in respect of the area used directly for publishing activities, the distribution of publications, the organization of book introduction and exhibition activities, libraries, and the development of a reading culture.

2. A publisher eligible for exemption from land rent, and reduction of house rent, and rent for assets attached to land that are public assets in respect of the area of use prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be entitled to the level of incentive decided by the provincial People's Committee within its authority and in accordance with law.

3. Exemption or reduction shall not apply to areas used for business, leasing, joint ventures, associations, or other activities not falling within Clause 1 of this Article.

4. A documentary and scientific film production facility wholly owned by the State (100% of charter capital) shall be entitled to exemption or reduction of land rent, house rent, and rent for assets attached to land that are public assets in accordance with applicable law.

5. The provincial People's Committee shall decide the list of publishers and the area for each publisher within its province/city, ensuring publicity, transparency, alignment with the objective of supporting cultural development, and preventing the loss of public assets.

Article 23. Timely allocation of funding to promptly bring back to the country national treasures and valuable rare antiquities of Vietnamese origin located abroad as prescribed by laws on cultural heritage

The timely allocation of funding to bring back to the country national treasures and valuable rare antiquities of Vietnamese origin located abroad as prescribed by laws on cultural heritage (hereinafter collectively referred to as "national treasures and valuable rare antiquities") shall be carried out as follows:

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2. After the Prime Minister has approved in principle the purchase or auction bid and the bringing of the item back to Vietnam in accordance with laws on cultural heritage, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall prepare an application and send it to the Ministry of Finance for the allocation of funding for implementation. The application includes:

a) An application form from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

b) The written approval in principle from the Prime Minister;

c) Documents evidencing the historical, cultural, and scientific value of the artifact and its Vietnamese origin, including appraisal documents, detailed photographs, and historical materials;

d) Information on the auction or purchase agreement, including the auction dossier, a principle contract, or a quotation document from the foreign party;

dd) A detailed budget estimate, including: the purchase price, the cost of ownership transfer, auction fees, legal service fees, insurance costs, packaging and international transport costs, temporary storage costs, the cost of the security and safety assurance plan, and the cost of transporting the national treasure or valuable rare antique to Vietnam

3. After receiving the application prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, the Ministry of Finance shall submit it to the competent authority for review and allocation of funding from the state budget, so that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism may carry out the purchase or auction bid for the national treasure or valuable rare antique and bring it back to Vietnam.

Article 24. Priority in the use of services and investment in upgrading facilities at public service provider operating in traditional culture and arts

1. When organizing national or international events and art programs serving central and local political tasks, priority shall be given to the participation of elements from traditional art forms appropriate to the content of the event or program.

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Article 25. Ensuring broadcast time for programs on culture, arts, folk and traditional arts on the radio and television system

1. A radio program channel or television program channel specified in the radio broadcasting license or television broadcasting license, in cases of broadcasting cultural and arts news programs, must satisfy the following:

a) Transmission/broadcast duration: at least 60 seconds per transmission/broadcast;

b) Frequency of new transmission/broadcast: at least 01 time per day; specifically, in November each year, 03 times per day;

c) Time of transmission/broadcast: within the daily news segments.

2. A radio program channel or television program channel specified in the radio broadcasting license or television broadcasting license, in cases of broadcasting programs on culture, folk arts, and traditional arts, must satisfy the following:

a) Transmission/broadcast duration: at least 15 minutes per transmission/broadcast;

b) Frequency of new transmission/broadcast: at least 01 time per week; specifically, in November each year, at least 03 times per week;

c) Time of transmission/broadcast: within the time slot from 18:00 to 22:00 from Monday to Friday each week; and within the time slots from 08:00 to 12:00 and from 18:00 to 22:00 on Saturdays and Sundays each week.

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4. For a domestic radio program channel or domestic television program channel whose mandate and purpose are to serve children, ethnic minority compatriots, and external relations tasks, the broadcast time for programs on culture, folk arts, and traditional arts shall be at least 2% of the total daily broadcast time of the radio program channel or television program channel.

5. For other domestic radio program channels and domestic television program channels, the broadcast time for programs on culture, folk arts, and traditional arts shall be at least 1% of the total weekly broadcast time of the radio program channel or television program channel.

6. Responsibilities of press agencies engaging in radio and television broadcasting

a) Carry out transmission and broadcasting in accordance with Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Article;

b) A press agency engaged in radio and television broadcasting at the provincial or centrally affiliated city level shall arrange for the production, transmission, and broadcasting of programs featuring the local representative culture;

c) Formulate an annual plan for implementing the production, transmission, and broadcasting to meet the requirements for disseminating culture, folk arts, and traditional arts;

d) Proactively propose or arrange sufficient funding for production, transmission, and broadcasting, in accordance with this Decree.

7. Responsibilities of the governing press agency

a) Direct press agencies engaging in radio and television broadcasting to operate in accordance with the mandate and purpose stated in the issued license and in accordance with the agency's annual program and plan;

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Article 26. Recruitment policy for talent and specialized occupational personnel in the fields of culture, arts, and sports

1. A public service provider in the field of culture, arts, or sports may apply the form of direct receipt into a public employee position for the cases prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. For a person trained and having graduated domestically or abroad in the field of culture, arts, or sports, at a training level meeting the requirements of the job position applied for, and with professional achievements, such person may be received where they satisfy one of the following conditions:

a) Holding a diploma with an excellent classification, or a diploma with a good classification and having a specialized subject academic result, or a thesis, project, scheme, work, graduation program, graduation examination, or graduation composition assessment result of an excellent classification or an assessment score of 9,0 or higher. Where the diploma does not indicate a classification, the overall course average score must be at least 8,0 for a diploma requiring a "good" classification, or at least 9,0 for a diploma requiring an "excellent" classification, or converted to an equivalent level as prescribed;

b) Holding a diploma in a rare field or specialization specific to culture, arts, or sports, where the specialized subject academic result, or the thesis, dissertation, project, scheme, work, graduation program, graduation examination, or graduation composition assessment result, is of an excellent classification or has an assessment score of 9.0 or higher, or is converted to an equivalent level as prescribed;

c) Holding a doctoral degree.

3. For a person with a training level meeting the requirements of the job position for which recruitment is sought, who has achieved one of the individual medals or awards at a national, regional, continental, or international specialized competition, festival, exhibition, or tournament appropriate to the job position for which recruitment is sought, such person may be considered for recruitment. To be specific:

a) In the field of sports: A person who has won 02 Gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), or 01 Silver or Gold medal at the Asian Games (ASIAD), or has secured an official berth to compete at the World Games (Olympics, Youth Olympics), or has won 03 Gold medals at the Southeast Asian championship for a given sport, or 01 Gold medal at the Asian championship for a given sport, or 01 medal at the world championship for a given sport;

b) In the field of cinematography: a person who has received 02 or more excellence awards at one of the following festivals, competitions, or awards: The Vietnam Film Festival; an international film festival or international film award held domestically or abroad with a minimum of 50 countries or territories submitting films for participation; or screenwriting competitions organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The work submitted to the film festival or award must have been licensed for distribution by the competent state agency before participation. The excellence awards must have been received at different festivals, competitions, or awards; an "excellent individual award" means the highest award granted for each creative field or cinematic specialization, as announced by the Organizing Committee;

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d) In the fields of fine arts, photography, and exhibitions: a person who has received 02 First Prizes (or Gold Awards) or equivalent or higher at the following competitions, festivals, or exhibitions: the National Young Fine Arts Festival, the Young Photography Festival, the National Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, the Vietnam Fine Arts Competition and Exhibition, the National Applied Fine Arts Competition and Exhibition, the Vietnam Art Photography Competition and Exhibition, the 10 ASEAN Countries Graphic Art Competition and Exhibition, or the International Photography Festival organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

4. The standards, conditions, dossier, procedures, and authority for receiving a person into a public employee position shall comply with applicable laws on the recruitment, management, and use of public employees.

5. A person recruited under this Article shall be entitled to the policy on attracting and making good use of talented persons working in agencies, organizations, and units of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations. To be specific:

a) Persons prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article shall be entitled to the regime applicable to students who graduated with excellent results;

b) Persons prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article shall be entitled to benefits applicable to experts, scientists, and persons with high professional qualifications in strategic, key, and important sectors and fields.

Article 27.  Retraining for public employees in the fields of traditional arts, circus, and dance once they reach the end of their performing career age

1. Public employees in the following fields shall be provided training on transition to a new job position upon reaching the end of their performing career age:

a) Traditional arts;

b) Circus;

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2. Public employees prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be determined to have reached the end of their performing career age in accordance with the following criteria:

a) They no longer satisfy requirements for health, physical fitness, motor skills, flexibility, professional reflexes, performance quality, or stage performing roles after 15 years or more (continuously or cumulatively) directly practicing and performing in their profession;

b) The employing unit assesses that they are no longer suitable to continue performing, but eligible to be assigned, trained, and employed in another position;

c) They have a wish to be trained in order to transition to a more suitable job position within the culture and arts sector, or to a professional support position within the unit.

3. The State shall provide funding support for retraining, refresher training, and career conversion for public employees prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article including:

a) Tuition fees and training/refresher training costs under a program approved by the competent authority;

b) Costs of documents, textbooks, learning materials, and necessary study equipment;

c) Travel and accommodation costs during concentrated training periods outside the place of work (if any);

d) Funding for testing, evaluation, and issuance of certificates or confirmation of completion of the training program;

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4. Job positions after retraining

Public employees who have completed retraining shall be considered for assignment to a suitable job position including:

a) Director, trainer, or instructor;

b) Choreographer, stage director, assistant director, or artistic assistant;

c) Performance management, program production organization, or artistic coordination;

d) Preservation, restoration, and transmission of traditional arts;

dd) Research, documentation, digitization, archiving, communication, and arts education;

e) Other job positions suitable to the needs of the unit.

5. The level of support shall be determined based on the training program, training duration, requirements for career conversion, and budget capacity in conformity with sufficient conditions for public employees to participate in genuine and effective retraining.

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6. Implementation procedures

a) The employing unit shall review and compile a list of public employees who have reached the end of their performing career age and require retraining;

b) Evaluate capacity, health, wish, and the feasibility of job placement after training;

c) Develop a plan for retraining, refresher training, and career conversion;

d) Submit the plan and cost estimate to the managing authority for approval;

dd) Provide training, evaluate results, and arrange suitable job positions after training.

7. Responsibilities of the employing unit

a) Assess and develop retraining plans for public employees who have reached the end of their performing career age;

b) Arrange suitable employment for public employees in the fields of traditional arts, circus, and dance who have reached the end of their performing career age;

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Article 28. Funding support for the training and refresher training for high-quality human resources for cultural industries; personnel specializing in innovation, digital transformation, and digital cultural content creation; and curators and appraisers of cultural and artistic works and cultural heritage

1. Learners, civil servants, public employees, employees, specialists, and individuals working in the fields of culture, arts, and cultural heritage shall be considered for and provided funding support for training and refresher training domestically or abroad in one of the following cases:

a) High-quality human resources for the cultural industries;

b) Personnel specializing in innovation, digital transformation, and digital cultural content creation; management of intellectual property assets in the digital environment;

c) High-quality human resources for creating cultural, artistic works and cultural heritage;

d) High-quality human resources for appraising cultural, artistic works and cultural heritage.

2. Subjects prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be supported when fully satisfying the following requirements:

a) They are assigned, nominated, or selected by a state competent authority, public service provider, training institution, organization, or enterprise in relevant field to participate in a training or refresher training program or course under a scheme, plan, task, project, or cooperation program approved by the competent authority;

b) The training or refresher training program shall comply with the list of priority fields and specializations issued or announced by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism within their authority;

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d) They commit to working, participating in professional activities, and transferring or applying the results of the training or refresher training as required by the program, scheme, or task funded by the state budget.

3. Forms of support include:

a) Being sent for training or refresher training under the plan of the authority or unit;

b) Support under a program, scheme, project, or commissioned training/refresher training;

c) Cooperative training or refresher training with domestic and foreign training institutions, organizations, or experts;

d) Support for study, professional practice, internships, professional exchange, and updating of technology, digital skills, administration, intellectual property, and other specialized knowledge for development of cultural industries.

4. The training or refresher training period shall be from 01 to 06 months for short-term development courses; from 01 to 02 years for master's degree programs; and from 04 to 05 years for doctoral programs including internship periods at domestic or overseas major museums, exhibitions, research institutes, and functional establishments.

5. Approval authority:

a) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall approve programs, schemes, and tasks led by the Ministry, or subjects under the Ministry's management;

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c) The head of a public service provider may only decide to send personnel for short-term development and to provide funding support within the assigned budget estimate when delegated or authorized by the competent authority.

6. The person receiving support is responsible for reporting on their study results and submitting degrees, certificates, products, and transfer reports. In cases where the training support period is 03 months or more, the person must commit to serving or participating in professional activities as required by the authority, unit, program, or scheme for a minimum period equal to twice the training period, unless otherwise provided by laws.

7. The implementation shall funded by the state budget as decided by the competent authority that sends the person for training.

Article 29. Policies on priority development of talent in the fields of culture, arts, and sports

1. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall develop, approve, and organize the implementation of a scheme for developing talent in the fields of culture, arts, and sports, and a scheme for organizing specialized competitions for domestic and foreign talents on a 10-year periodic basis in the fields of culture, arts, and sports in order to train, and provide performance and competition opportunities for the development of high-quality human resources.

2. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall develop, approve, and organize the implementation of a scheme to ensure conditions regarding physical facilities, equipment, and specialized healthcare in service of performance, training, and research in a synchronized and modern manner in accordance with regional and international standards, and objectives and tasks of cultural and cultural-industry development.

Article 30. Digitization of cultural heritage that has been ranked at the national level or the special national level by Provincial People's Committees

1. The state budget for carrying out the digitization of cultural heritage classified as national relics or special national relics shall be allocated from regular public services, or from funds for science and technology, digital transformation, and innovation in accordance with the laws on the state budget, public investment, and cultural heritage.

2. The content of state budget funding shall cover the following activities:

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b) Digitizing scientific dossiers, documents, images, drawings, maps, films, audio recordings, and other data related to cultural heritage;

c) Carrying out photography, 2D drawings, 3D drawings, and building digital models and digital databases for relics, artifacts, antiquities, national treasures, and other elements constituting the value of cultural heritage;

d) Building and upgrading technical infrastructure, application software, data storage systems, data backup, data security systems, and platforms for managing, exploiting, and sharing digital data on cultural heritage;

dd) Connecting, integrating, and sharing data with the national database system on cultural heritage and specialized cultural databases;

e) Training and developing human resources to serve digital transformation and cultural heritage data administration;

g) Ensuring information safety, cybersecurity, confidentiality, and long-term storage of digital data on cultural heritage.

3. Provincial People's Committees are responsible for:

a) Developing a roadmap and allocating resources for carrying out the digitization of cultural heritage in local areas;

b) Managing and updating digital cultural heritage data in an accurate, complete, and safe manner;

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d) Mobilizing organizations and individuals to participate in investment, sponsorship, and provision of technology solutions for digital transformation activities in the field of cultural heritage as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article and in accordance with the laws.

Chapter VIII

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 31. Implementation

1. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall:

a) Decide on intensive, specialized concentrated training programs in culture, arts, and sports;

b) Inspect the implementation of functions and tasks prescribed in this Decree, and providing guidelines on the implementation of periodic reporting regimes as prescribed by laws;

c) Preside over and cooperate with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other ministries, ministerial authorities, other central authorities, and local authorities in organizing the implementation of this Decree; conducting interim reviews, and reporting to the Government on the results of implementing regimes and policies prescribed in Resolution No. 28/2026/QH16 and this Decree after 05 years from the effective date of this Decree, or within a time limit as required by the competent authority.

2. Relevant ministries and central authorities, within their tasks and powers, shall cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in implementing this Decree.

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a) Organize the implementation of regulations in this Decree within local areas;

b) Based on local socio-economic development conditions and the local government budget's balancing capacity, Provincial People's Councils may decide on support policies for foreign organizations and individuals carrying out filming and film production activities using local settings in order to promote the image, culture, and tourism of the local area and of Vietnam in accordance with the laws on the state budget. Provincial local governments, based on budget-balancing capacity and expenditure levels as prescribed by laws, shall provide support for: costs of renting locations and filming settings in the local area; costs of using infrastructure, premises, and public works to serve filming activities; costs of promotion, communication, and film distribution associated with promoting the local image; and costs of organizing film production, logistics, accommodation, transportation, and other activities directly serving the filming process in the local area.

Article 32. Effect

This Decree comes into force from the date on which it is signed.

Article 33. Implementation

Ministers; heads of ministerial authorities; Presidents of Provincial People's Committees; relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for the implementation of this Decree.

ON THE BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Pham Thi Thanh Tra

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