Việt Nam will train 5,000 specialists to develop educational video games on history. — Photo baolamdong.vn

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will train 5,000 specialists to develop educational video games on history in a flagship drive to fuse technology with culture and safeguard heritage in the digital era.

The programme forms part of the action plan to implement Government Resolutions 79 and 80 on national economic and cultural development. It is one of 230 strategic tasks set out under the plan.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Hòa Bình, these tasks are built around four pillars: completing the legal framework, developing high-quality human resources, building strategic infrastructure and establishing targeted preferential policies.

In addition to training 5,000 game developers, Việt Nam will each year send 80 experts and artists overseas for advanced training. At the same time, the Việt Nam Talent Programme (2026–2035) will run alongside major scientific research projects on Vietnamese civilisation to provide content foundations for digital cultural products.

Digitising heritage

Under the plan, the Government will adopt a model described as “each heritage site – one story –one digital product”, digitising the national heritage system and integrating it into a unified cultural data infrastructure.

To mobilise financing, a cultural and arts fund will be established under a public-private partnership model, with budget priorities focused on training, talent incentives and the adoption of new technologies.

On the legislative front, the Government has proposed designating November 24 as Việt Nam Culture Day. New or amended laws will address artistic activities, copyright and the development of cultural industries.

The state budget will allocate at least two per cent of annual expenditure to culture, with a target of building between five and 10 national cultural brands to help drive the culture and tourism sectors. — VNS