Spaces of representation play a fundamental role: when popular arts maintain their place within community activities, cultural values can be practiced, observed, learned, and transmitted naturally. Sharing mechanisms, especially those related to community tourism, further encourage the population to perpetuate cultural practices, while intergenerational transmission ensures the continuity of knowledge and skills.
Resolution 80 underlines the necessity for culture to permeate daily life. According to Nguyen Thi Tam, culture truly spreads only when communities themselves practice it and choose how to preserve and promote it in their daily lives.
In Lo Lo Chai, a village of Hmong and Lo Lo ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang province (North), popular arts are practiced in community spaces through rituals and activities welcoming visitors, contributing to the preservation of a living heritage and generating economic benefits for the residents.
In the Hmong community of Then Pa, also in Tuyen Quang, where performance venues are scarce and many young people work outside their community, solutions related to community activities, traditional rituals, and local tourism are considered essential to maintain the presence of popular arts in daily life.
At the same time, documenting, preserving, and disseminating these arts on digital platforms – gradually becoming “digital cultural resources” and “digital cultural spaces” – can support the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in a context of social change.
Culture as an endogenous resource
Pham Van Duong, associate professor and Ph.D. in cultural sciences at the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Warsaw University of Applied Sciences (VASS), stated that the central spirit of Resolution 80 is to make culture both the spiritual foundation of society and an internal engine of sustainable development. This implies a change in perspective: considering culture not only as an element to preserve but also as an active force, integrated into social life, to stimulate development.
A disconnected preservation of daily life – limited to collection, archiving, or symbolic representation – has little chance of a lasting impact. Conversely, when culture is practiced in connection with livelihoods, education, tourism, and social activities, its values are renewed and naturally disseminated.
In this perspective, Pham Van Duong emphasized the role of research in social and human sciences in implementing Resolution 80. Cultural studies must go beyond simple description and clarify how culture operates within communities and how it can become a real engine of development.
In a context of rapid urbanization, labor migrations, and market forces transforming social structures, considering culture as an internal resource becomes increasingly crucial. When given its rightful place, culture can act as the “glue” that unites communities, strengthens identity, consolidates social consensus, and provides a solid spiritual foundation for sustainable development.
