Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc onSeptember 21 directed the building of a modern culture imbued with nationalidentities, thus creating a driving force for socio-economic development.

He made the statement during a televised conference in Hanoito review the “All people stay united to build cultural life for the 2000-2018period” campaign.

The PM described the campaign as a major policy towardsconstructing a well-rounded lifestyle for its people, fostering solidarity, anddriving back social evils. He added that it has been welcomed by the people ofall walks of life over the past 18 years with many good examples and deedsbeing honoured.

Admitting that some shortcomings still occurred in theprocess, he said coordination among units concerned remains limited, whilepersonnel for the effort is yet to meet demand and quality of culturalactivities in regions and areas has been uneven.

In order to further spread the campaign, he stressed theneed to build a healthy cultural environment at national and local levels, inresidential areas, and every aspect of society while fighting negative andwrongful phenomena. He also urged authorities and Party units to pool resourcestogether, using collective power for the effort.

According to the Central Steering Committee on the campaign,over 1.2 million exemplary acts and deeds by good people and over 69,000 wardsand villages have been honoured, and more than 19 million households recognisedas cultural families over the past 18 years.

Many outstanding individuals and collectives have also beenhonoured by the Party, State, and Government during the period. -VNA