The congress outlined key tasks for 2016-2021 with a view to boosting creativity in artworks that will help nurture Vietnamese people’s soul, by focusing on the values of sound morality, personality and lifestyle. In his address, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong praised Vietnamese writers and artists for greatly contributing to national development. The Party chief emphasized their important roles in enhancing the Party’s ideological and cultural work.
He urged the artists, through their artistic and literary works, honestly reflect the lives of the Vietnamese people and inspire national pride, patriotism, and trust in Party guidelines.It approved a 25-member presidium for the VULAA in the 2016-2021 tenure with poet Huu Thinh re-elected as the chairman.