Provincial People’s Committee Deliberates on Pivotal Cultural Heritage and Educational Policies

On the afternoon of June 4, Mrs. Phung Thi Kim Nga—Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor of the Provincial People’s Committee—chaired a high-level conference to review the draft resolution formulated by the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. This statutory draft outlines the investment support mechanisms for the restoration, conservation, and rehabilitation of certified historical relics across the province during the 2026–2030 strategic cycle. Attending the session were executive leaders from relevant provincial departments and sectors.

Vice Governor Phung Thi Kim Nga delivers her concluding executive directives to seal the conference.

According to the draft resolution, the targeted beneficiaries of the funding package are all certified historical relics classified within the provincial territory, spanning Special National Relics, National Relics, and Provincial-Level Relics. To qualify for public capital allocations, restoration and rehabilitation projects must be compiled, appraised, and approved in absolute compliance with statutory frameworks governing cultural heritage, public investment, construction, and related legislations.

The draft resolution explicitly establishes strict preservation principles to safeguard legal conformity, maximize the retention of original constituent elements of the relics, and uphold their architectural, cultural, scientific, and artistic values. Top-tier priority will be directed toward heritage structures suffering from severe degradation or facing immediate risks of collapse and structural destruction.

Regarding the financial subsidy frameworks: For Special National Relics, the provincial budget combined with capital allocations from National Target Programs will provide 100% of the funding required for restoration, conservation, and rehabilitation in accordance with projects approved by competent authorities. For National and Provincial-Level Relics, the provincial budget and National Target Programs will cover 85% of the total cost to restore and conserve original architectural elements based on approved project blueprints; the remaining financial balance will be guaranteed by the respective commune-level municipal budgets.

During the panel debate, delegates scrutinized the regulatory scope, eligible beneficiaries, selection criteria for vulnerable relics, and capital disbursement channels. Several experts requested a thorough real-world audit of local heritage sites to establish a precise hierarchy of investment priority, particularly for landmarks possessing exceptional historical value that are experiencing acute degradation.

Furthermore, delegates urged a clear definition of local government accountability concerning the timely allocation of matching counter-funds, alongside the strict monitoring of restoration pipelines to guarantee public investment efficiency.

Concluding this segment, Vice Governor Phung Thi Kim Nga re-affirmed that engineering a structured financial support mechanism for heritage preservation is an absolute necessity to conserve the locality’s priceless cultural assets, while creating a strong catalyst to drive tourism and macroeconomic growth.

She directed the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to fully absorb the feedback from line departments, fine-tuning the draft to secure absolute feasibility and alignment with real-world provincial resources. The revised draft must map out localized coordination and accountability mechanisms before being formally submitted to the Provincial People’s Council for legislative enactment.

Continuing the agenda, the Vice Governor and delegates deliberated upon the draft resolution establishing the merit scholarship frameworks for students enrolled in specialized high schools and gifted academies across the province.

Under this policy, the monthly stipend granted to an eligible student will be computed at three times the baseline tuition fee used as the benchmark for tuition exemptions at public high schools within the same jurisdiction at the time of appraisal.

Concurrently, the conference reviewed the resolution stipulating the baseline tuition fees used to calculate state-funded tuition exemptions for preschool children, public school students, and continuing education learners across public, non-public, and private educational facilities. Regarding the resolution stipulating the baseline tuition fees used to calculate state-funded tuition exemptions for preschool children, general education students, and continuing education learners across public, non-public, and private educational institutions within the province: For the 2026–2027 academic year, the monthly tuition rates per learner for preschool and primary education levels are established at 120,000 VND in Zone 1, 130,000 VND in Zone 2, and 150,000 VND in Zone 3. For lower and upper secondary education levels, the corresponding monthly tuition rates are fixed at 140,000 VND, 160,000 VND, and 180,000 VND per learner across Zones 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

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