Cultural Resource Management in Vietnam

Abstract

Culture is the spiritual foundation of society, because cultural values are created by humans and accumulated through the process of historical development. Therefore, culture also plays an important role as a resource for national development - a source of tangible and intangible strength, promoting social development towards human happiness and the happiness of the social community. And so, cultural resource management is associated with the state management tasks of central and local governments, which is meaningful in promoting social development management. This study analyzes cultural resource management at the local level with its constituent contents, which are also factors that directly affect cultural resource management, including: Human capital; Indigenous culture; Cultural policy. Based on the theoretical framework, the author surveyed the opinions of 540 managers of 270 government agencies and cultural organizations in Hanoi (North), Da Nang city (Central) and Ho Chi Minh city (South). These are localities with developed economic, cultural and social conditions in Vietnam. The survey results show that managers assess the development of all three factors of human capital, indigenous culture and cultural policy as necessary, but human capital development is important and plays a central role. Because, cultural values are ultimately human capital, created and accumulated by humans through the historical process. From the results of that research, the author discusses the content of innovation in cultural resource management in Vietnam today and in the future.