Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the contributions made by intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists to national defence and development, and pledged favourable conditions for their development.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) addresses the event (Photo: VNA) Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the contributions
made by intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists to national defence and development,
and pledged favourable conditions for their development.
The
PM made the remarks at a meeting in Hanoi on July 30 with 203 delegates representing
more than 6.5 million intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists
nationwide.
He
stressed that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in every
historical period, Vietnamese intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists
have dedicated their work, talent and brainpower to the cause of national
defence and construction.
The
Government leader affirmed the policy of developing the contingent of intellectuals,
scientists, writers and artists in both quantity and quality, noting that many
mechanisms and policies have been issued to ensure the freedom to creativity.
According
to him, the education and popularisation work is one of the three pillars of
Party building, which is extremely important in building the national unity,
thus bringing success for the country.
PM
Phuc noted that the intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists should
strive harder to meet the increasing demand of the cause of national industrialisation
and modernisation in the context of international integration. He said Vietnam
still lacks outstanding scientists and experts who can lead international and
national research projects and programmes. In the fields of culture and arts,
there have been few works of high value on the country’s historical achievements
and the cause of Doi Moi and international integration.
As
the country is moving towards the 13th National Party Congress, the
PM urged the intellectuals, scientists, writers and artists to make recommendations
to the Party and State in the process of building and implementing policies for
socio-economic development and improvement of the people’s spiritual and
material life.
Delegates
at the meeting presented proposals on building development strategies for the
country’s spearhead scientific and technological sectors in the next 20 years
and further. They also asked for incentives, including improvement to the
working environment, to persuade overseas Vietnamese scholars and scientists to
return to the homeland to work./.