The 2021–2025 period marked a turning point for Vietnam’s cultural industries as film, music, cultural tourism and video games surged into a new era of scale and sophistication, delivering billions of US dollars in revenue and while projecting a more confident, compelling vision of Vietnamese soft power to the world.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 inaugurated the Photography Street, a new outdoor public art space along Dong Khoi Street and Chi Lang Park, marking the first project of its kind in Vietnam and a concrete step in promoting the city’s creative and cultural industries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has outlined three strategic directions to harness the endogenous strength of its culture and people, turning this internal strength into a foundation for rapid and sustainable development in the new era, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung said.

Vietnam has issued a new strategy for cultural industries development to 2030, with a vision to 2045, signaling robust government backing to elevate the sector as a cornerstone of economic growth and a tool to boost the nation's global brand and influence.

VOV.VN - Vietnam closed 2025 with notable cultural milestones, underscoring a growing recognition of culture as a central pillar of sustainable development.

VOV.VN - As digital transformation, digital technologies and artificial intelligence accelerate a global shift from resource-based growth toward knowledge and creativity-driven economies, cultural industries are increasingly seen as a sector capable of generating high value added, with broad spillover effects and close links to social life.

As the cultural industries emerge as a new growth engine for many economies worldwide, Vietnam’s recent release of a Strategy for the Development of Cultural Industries to 2030, with a vision to 2045, holds significant importance.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang plans to establish itself as a national key center for cultural industries by 2030, with the sector contributing over 13% of the city’s GRDP.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving the Strategy for the Development of Vietnam’s Cultural Industries to 2030, with a Vision to 2045.

VOV.VN - A seminar in northern Ninh Binh province on October 30 highlighted the need for strong investment in modern cultural infrastructure to bring the country’s cultural industries into a new era.