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Over the past year, the Party and State cared, paid attention to improving the quality of State management civil servants, in which there are cultural management civil servants of Minist

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PREAMBLE

1 Reason of choosing the subject

Our Party determined that culture is both objective and driving

force of developing economy - society The construction and

development of socialist new culture cannot lack the role of cultural

management civil servants (QLVH) According to the President Ho

Chi Minh, “cadre is the root of all work”, “all work is successful or

failed is due to good or bad cadre” (Communist Party of Vietnam,

2016, p 269, p 240) Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality

of cultural management civil servants

Over the past year, the Party and State cared, paid attention to

improving the quality of State management civil servants, in which there

are cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports

and Tourism (Of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) The result

was that the quality of cultural management civil servants was improved

considerably, but there are still some shortcomings, weaknesses In

general, the quality of cultural management civil servants has not

actually met the development requirement in the new period

Therefore, the improvement of quality of cultural management

civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is urgent

issue which must be settled in the current period Originating from

reality requirement, the selection of dissertation subject “Quality of

cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports

and Tourism” is necessary in both argument and reality aspects

2 Objective and duty of research

* Objective of research:

Systemizing and further clarifying the scientific basis on quality

of cultural management civil servants in the process of market

economy development and international integration; analyzing,

evaluating the actual situation of quality of cultural management civil

servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; proposing the

viewpoint and solution on improving the quality of cultural

management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

to 2020, vision to 2030

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* Duty of research:

- Overview of scientific research works relating to the subject announced domestically and abroad, finding out the “gap” which the works left so that the dissertation will continue to research and clarify

- Systemizing and interpreting some issues on argument and

reality experience of the State management on culture and quality of cultural management civil servants

- Analyzing the actual situation, evaluating the strengths, weaknesses and reasons of the weaknesses on quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

in the period of 2011-2016

- Proposing the basic viewpoints and main solutions to improve the quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of

Culture, Sports and Tourism

3 Object and scope of research

* Object of research:

Researching the quality of cultural management civil servants of

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

* Scope of research:

- Scope of space: The dissertation mainly researches the quality

of cultural management civil servants under the State management block

of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

- Scope of time: The dissertation focuses on analyzing the actual

situation of quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry

of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the period of 2011-2016; proposing the viewpoint and solution on improving the quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

to 2020, vision to 2030

4 Main results achieved by the dissertation:

- Overview of research works domestically and abroad relating

to the subject; finding out the “gap” to further research

- Interpreting additionally some basic issues on culture and cultural management; viewpoint, feature and role of cultural management civil servants

3 affecting to the quality of cultural management civil servants;

evaluation criteria and necessity of improving the quality of cultural

management civil servants

- Surveying the experience of improving the quality of cultural

management civil servants of some countries: France, UK, Japan,

China and Singapore and drawing the lessons for Vietnam

- Analyzing the actual situation and drawing the strengths,

weaknesses and reasons of the weaknesses on quality of cultural

management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

in the period of 2011-2016

- Proposing the basic viewpoints and main solutions to improve

the quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of

Culture, Sports and Tourism to 2020, vision to 2030

5 Structure of dissertation:

Entire dissertation is presented in 151 pages In addition to the

preamble, conclusion, list of reference and appendix, the dissertation

includes 4 chapters

Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH WORKS RELATING TO THE

SUBJECT AND RESEARCH METHOD OF THE

DISSERTATION 1.1 Overview of research situation

The overview dissertation of research works both abroad and

domestically which were announced and related to the dissertation

subject, includes: research works on culture, State management on

culture, cultural management civil servants and quality of cultural

management civil servants Thence, the dissertation found out the

issues which announced research works did not research deeply, there

is no research works to find out the “gap” of previous works, putting

forth the duty for the dissertation to research deeply

1.2 Comment on research works

1.2.1 Achieved results

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- On culture and Vietnamese culture:

In general, the research works which were announced both domestically and abroad researched, analyzed rather deeply the basic issues on culture, culture background and socialist culture

- On civil servants quality of cultural management civil servants:

The works also mentioned, analyzed, evaluated rather deeply about the State management civil servants (QLNN) and quality of the State management civil servants There were also works mentioning about cultural cadres and training of cadres in cultural sector

1.2.2 “Gaps” which need further researching

Firstly, the viewpoint on cultural management, cultural

management civil servants and feature of cultural management civil servants at Ministerial level; conception, forming factors, evaluation criteria, effect factors and necessity to improve the quality of cultural management civil servants

Secondly, analyzing the actual situation of evaluating the

strengths, weaknesses and reason of the weaknesses on quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Thirdly, basic viewpoints and main solutions to improve the

quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

1.3 Analysis frame and research method of the dissertation

1.3.1 Research question and analysis frame of the dissertation

1.3.1.1 Research question:

To implement the research objective, duty of the subject, the dissertation needs to clarify the following specific research questions: (1) Scientific basis of quality of cultural management civil servants in the circumstance of market economy and international integration?

(2) How is actual situation of quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at present?

5 cultural management civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and

Tourism at present?

(3) Solutions on improving the quality of cultural management

civil servants of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism?

1.3.1.2 Analysis frame of the dissertation:

Source: Self-summary of author

1.3.2 Research method

On the basis of methodology of dialectical materialism historical

materialism, the dissertation uses generality of main research methods

of political economics such as: scientific abstraction method; method

of going from abstract to concrete things; combination of historical and

logic methods, analysis and summary; systematic research method;

Culture, State management on culture

and cultural management civil servants

(conception, feature, role)

Quality of cultural management civil

servants

(Content, evaluation criteria and effect

factor)

Actual situation of quality of

cultural management civil

servants of Ministry of

Culture, Sports and Tourism

World experience on improving the quality to cultural management civil servants

Viewpoint, solution on improving the

quality of cultural management civil

servants

of Ministry of Culture, Sports and

6 primary data Especially, the dissertation used the actual investigation survey method and processed such data scientifically to clarify, improve the quality of cultural management civil servants of Ministry

of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Chapter 2

ARGUMENT BASIS ON QUALITY OF CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS AND EXPERIENCE ON IMPROVING QUALITY OF CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL 2.1 Overview of State management for culture and cultural management civil servants in the condition of market economy and international integration

2.1.1 Culture and role of culture

2.1.1.1 Conception on culture

Culture means all material and spiritual values of the society created by the human through reality activity of the human, it is social relation showing the social development level in certain historical periods

2.1.1.2 Role of culture for socio-economic development

- Culture keeps the role of spiritual background of the society

- Culture contributes to improving the quality of human

resources for the society

- Culture is driving force of socio-economic development

- Culture is objective of socio-economic development

- Culture contributes to promoting international integration

2.1.2 State management on culture in market economy and international integration

2.1.2.1 Conception of State management on culture in the condition of market economy and international integration

State management on culture is the activity with awareness, organization of the State through the general use of measures, tools,

7 international integration impacting on cultural activity, aimed at

stabilizing and developing the culture according to the determined

objective

2.1.2.2 Objective of State management on culture in the condition of

market economy and international integration

The objective of State management on culture is to make every

cultural activity develop healthily, stably in strict accordance with the

determined cultural development strategy of the nation, create the

background, driving force, objective for quick and sustainable

socio-economic development strategy in the condition of market economy

and increasingly deep and wide international integration

2.1.2.3 Content of State management on culture in the condition of

market economy and international integration

- Promulgating the law, mechanism, policy on culture

- Building organizational apparatus of cultural management

- Organizing the implementation of cultural development

- Supervising, checking, inspecting and treating the violations

2.1.2.4 Method and tool of State management on culture

To manage the cultural efficiently, the State management

authority on culture can use in harmonious coordination with

management methods such as: administrative management method;

organization method; propaganda, education, persuasion method;

economics method; supervision, checking, inspection method, etc

Together with the selection, diversified use of management

methods, the State management on culture is also implemented through

the selection, general, diversified use of cultural management tools

such as: law system of the State on culture; strategy, planning, plan on

cultural development, finance policy, training, treatment; economic

tool, science and technology; etc

2.1.3 Conception, feature and role of cultural management civil

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servants

2.1.3.1 Conception on cultural management civil servants Cultural management civil servants mean cultural management

civil servants who directly manage in cultural field according to the

documents, law on culture

Cultural management civil servants include: cultural management civil servants at Ministerial level (central government level) and cultural management civil servants at levels of department, office (local level)

2.1.2.2 Feature of cultural management civil servants

Cultural management civil servants have following separate

features:

- Cultural management civil servants have wide knowledge about culture and have specialized knowledge about legislation and regulation.

- Have capacity of summarizing, evaluating the reality, discovering the shortcomings of legal normative documents on culture

to consult the building, amendment, supplement or replacement

- Have deep knowledge on international public law, private law

in the field of culture, and have ability to forecast and determine the foreign affair strategy on culture

- Cultural management civil servants have deep knowledge

about national culture and have ability to approach the world advanced culture trend

2.1.2.3 Role of cultural management civil servants

i) The cultural management civil servants are the main force to change the cultural development policies, guidelines of the Party into the for cultural development law, mechanisms and policies of the State; ii) are the force to deploy, guide the implementation of law, mechanisms and policies of the State on cultural development; iii) are

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in the context of development of the socialist-oriented market economy

and international integration; iv) are the major force to contribute to

the implementation of international cultural integration; v) are the

decisive force for the success or failure of the cultural development

career of the country

2.2 Some basic issues about the quality of cultural management

civil servants

2.2.1 Concept and factors constituting the quality of cultural

management civil servants

2.2.1.1 Concept of the quality of cultural management civil servants

The quality of cultural management civil servants is the

dialectical unity between the state, characteristic, political quality and

professional qualifications of the civil servants, shown in the task

completion result of the cultural management civil servants.

2.2.1.2 Factors constituting the quality of cultural management civil

servants

The quality of civil servants is constituted of three factors:

Firstly, health, physical strength

Secondly, professional qualifications, occupational skills

(intellectual strength)

Thirdly, moral quality, professional style (mental strength)

2.2.2 Quality evaluation criteria for the quality of cultural

management civil servants

- Evaluation criteria for health, physical strength):

No of civil servants type X

Rate (%) of health type: X = x 100

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10 Where: X is the health type (A, B, C)

- Evaluation criteria group for professional qualification, professional skills (intellectual strength)

No

of civil servants level X + Educational level (%) X = x 100 Total No of civil servants Where: X is the educational level (graduated from the high school)

No of civil servants level X + Professional level (%) X = x 100 Total No

of civil servants Where: X is the professional level (Elementary, intermediate, college, university and postgraduate)

No of civil servants level X + Scale level of civil servant (%) X = x 100 Total No of civil servants Where: X is the scale level of civil servant (specialist, main specialist, senior specialist)

No

of civil servants level X + Foreign language level (%) X = x 100 Total No of civil servants Where: X is the foreign language level (certificate, intermediate, college, university)

No

of civil servants level X + Informatics level (%) X = x 100 Total No

of civil servants Where: X is the informatics level (certificate, intermediate, college, university)

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In addition, there are also criteria for professional skills,

professionalism, evaluation of work result, quality and prestige of the

leader, evaluation of moral quality, professional style

2.2.3 Factors affecting the quality of cultural management

civil servants

- Mechanisms and policies of the State for cultural management

civil servants

- Cultural development and international cultural integration

- Planning and development plans for cultural management civil

servants

- Recruitment, use, evaluation, treatment for cultural management

civil servants

- The development level of the education system and the

awareness of the cultural management civil servants for improving

professional qualifications

- The development level of the health system and health

self-exercise, care of cultural management civil servants:

2.2.4 Necessity for improving the quality of cultural management

civil servants

- Due to the demand for incessant development of culture in the

process of developing the socialist-oriented market economy

- Due to the actual situation that the quality of cultural

management civil servants of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and

Tourism in our country at present is still limited

- Due to the requirements of international integration process

that is more and more deep and wide

2.3 Experiences of some countries in improving the quality of

cultural management civil servants and lessons learned for Vietnam

12 quality of cultural management civil servants of France, UK, Japan, China and Singaporean, the author learned 08 experience lessons that can be applied to Vietnam:

- Consider the cultural management civil servants as a factor that plays a decisive role in building and developing the country’s culture

- Promulgate synchronously the legal documents on regulations, regimes and mechanisms for operation and management of the cultural management civil servants

- The civil service examination must be considered as the most basic factor in the recruitment work for cultural management civil servants

- The use, arrangement, position, job of the cultural management civil servants must be right person, right job

- The training and improvement for civil servants is a regular task and an important condition for improving the quality of civil servants

- The promotion for leading civil servants of the cultural sector must be careful, considerate and practical

- Regularly implement the examination and evaluation regime for civil servants in an objective manner

- Propose appropriate treatment regimes for civil servants, with

special attention paid to civil servants’ income

Chapter 3 ACTUAL SITUATION OF THE QUALITY OF CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE MINISTRY OF

CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM 3.1 Overview of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is a government agency, implements the State management function about the culture, family, physical training, sports and tourism nationwide; State

13 management for the public services in the fields of culture, family,

physical training, sports and tourism according to the regulations of law

The organizational structure of the Ministry of Culture, Sports

and Tourism is composed of 22 state management units (02 General

Departments, 01 equivalent, 08 Agencies, 11 Departments and

equivalent), 63 subsidiary non-business units and 06 enterprises with

100% state capital

Chart 3.1 Organizational structure of the Ministry of

Culture, Sports and Tourism

3.2 Actual situation of the quality of cultural management civil

servants of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

3.2.1 Actual situation about the gender, ethnic group and age

structure of cultural management civil servants

The total number of cultural management civil servants of the

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is 736 persons at present The

(0 Minister 0 Deuty Ministers)

State management

block

- 3 General Departments

and equivalent

- 9 Departments

- 8 Agencies

- 1 Office

- 1 Inspectorate

- 3 organizations

Enterprise block

6 units with 100%

state capital

Non-business block

- 63 units under the Ministry

- 29 units under the General Department, Agencies, Ministry Office

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up 53.9%); 260 persons are female civil servants (make up 46.1%); The number of cultural management civil servants in the non-business block is 171 persons (make up 23.3%); In which, the male civil servants are 124 persons (make up 72.5%), the female civil servants are 47 persons (make up 27.5%)

3.2.2 Actual situation about the health, physical strength of the cultural management civil servants

The civil servants with good health (type A) tended to increase over the years The number of cultural management civil servants of the state management block in 2011 was 385 persons (make up 72.9%), increased to 419 persons (make up 74.1%) by 2016, increased

to 1.2% compared to 2011 The civil servants with weak health (type C) tends to decrease, from 21 persons (make up 3.9%) in 2011, to 18

persons (make up 3.1%) by 2016

3.2.3 For professional qualifications, professional skills of civil servants

3.2.3.1 Actual situation about the scale of cultural management civil servants

In the period 2011-2016, the scale of main specialist and specialist tended to increase: the scale of main specialist increased from 32.5% in 2011 to 40.6% in 2016; the scale of specialist 48.6% in

2011, decreased 41.8% in 2016 (decreased 6.8%); the scale of civil affairs 3.8% in 2011, decreased to 2.7% in 2016; the scale of employee also decreased from 10.6% in 2011 to 10.1% in 2016 However, the scale of senior specialist and equivalent accounted for a low and stable density, kept at level from 4.1 to 4.6% over the years

3.2.3.2 For professional training level

In the period 2011-2016, the number of cultural management civil servants with postgraduate level has more and more increased The civil servants with PhD level increased from 6.1% in 2011 to 8.8%

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in 2016; the civil servants with master level increased from 28.2% in

2013 to 37.7% in 2016

3.2.3.3 For political theory level

The bachelor level and intermediate level for the Political theory

of the cultural management civil servants are increasing The bachelor

level increased from 1.1% in 2011 to 2.4% in 2016; the intermediate

level increased from 23.1% in 2011 to 25.1% in 2016 However, that

increase level was unequal and unstable through 2011 to 2016

3.2.3.4 For the state management level

The number of cultural management civil servants who are

trained in the state management knowledge has more and more

increased In 2011, only 75.8% of civil servants with state management

knowledge, that figure was 89.9% in 2016 It is noteworthy that the

number of highly qualified and equivalent civil servants increased

from 7.9% in 2011 to 11.9% in 2015 and to 12.9% in 2016 Especially,

the number of civil servants with main specialist and equivalent level

increased quite highly: from 29.6% in 2011 to 50.6% in 2016

3.2.3.5 For informatics level

The informatics level of the cultural management civil servants

has also increased incessantly, especially the number of civil servants

with intermediate informatics level and higher If in 2011, only 19

(make up 9%) of civil servants with intermediate informatics level and

higher, in 2016 increased 38 civil servants (make up 21%)

3.2.3.6 For foreign language level

The English level of the cultural management civil servants is

constantly increasing In 2011, only 80.4% of civil servants having

English language, and in 2016 that number rose to 87% Of which, the

university level and higher made up to 13.4% (English was 10%, other

foreign language was 3.4%)

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3.2.4 For moral quality, occupational style

In the past years, besides building the team planning, improving the professional level, professional skills, intensifying the physical strength and spirit of the cultural management civil servants, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism must also pay attention to the propaganda, education and exercising work for moral quality, professional style and sense of cultural management civil servants The method of implementation is to integrate and diversify the forms of education and exercise; combine to integrate the departments, organizations, unions, the Party, unions and trade unions in the Ministry’s agencies

The sense of observing the rules, regulations and organizing the discipline in working hours, quality and efficiency during working hours at the agency and unit; Conforming to the regulations on clothes, courteous, modern, industrial style of the cultural management civil servants is also more and more improved

3.2.5 For the task implementation result of cultural management civil servants

In the period 2011-2016, the cultural management civil servants advised and coordinated to advise, build and draft to submit to the Politburo, Secretariat, Party Central Executive Committee, Government and Prime Minister for promulgating 118 legal normative documents Draft 134 documents guiding the implementation organization for Laws, Resolutions, Instructions, Decrees issued of the

17 central levels signed for promulgation by the Minister from

2011-2016 07 old documents were found to be inadequate, outdated and

must be corrected, added The whole country now has more than

40,000 monuments, including 72 special national monuments, 3,308

national monuments and 7,535 monuments at provincial level; 22

cultural heritages are honored by UNESCO, of which 10 heritages are

honored The museum system continues to be consolidated and

expanded with 149 museums; Store nearly 3 million documents,

objects Complete well the Standing tasks of the Organization

Committee at national level for the great public holidays of the

country Implemented exceeding the level for the norms on production,

publication and dissemination of films The cultural and performance

movement has developed quite strongly By 2016, there have been 922

public art teams at provincial level; 2,418 teams at district level;

20,623 teams at commune level Handed the documents and issued

20,061 copyright registration certificates; Handed and solved 101

complaints and denunciations about the copyright infringement

Organized 550 inspections; the administrative violation punishment

was 10.7 billion VND, warned 50 organizations Organized the

anti-corruption inspection groups at the units under the Ministry

3.3 Quality assessment of cultural management civil servants by

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

3.3.1 Strengths

The plan of the civil servants force was done rather well; the

health, physical strength are ensured; the professional qualifications

and skills are basically to the satisfaction of the assigned tasks; the

moral qualities, the professional behaviour are rather good; the task

was well completed

3.3.2 Weaknesses

18 The plan work of the civil servants force has not yet been reviewed, adjusted, supplemented on a regular basis; the health, physical condition of part of the civil servants are not yet secured in fact; the professional qualifications and skills of some civil servants are, in fact, not yet satisfied the requirements; the moral qualities, awareness and professional behaviour of a part are of low level; the result, task completion in some fields are restricted

3.3.3 The causes of the weaknesses

Some regimes, policies applicable to the cultural management civil servants are still unreasonable; the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has not yet paid sufficient attention to the training, improvement of the cultural management civil servants; the recruitment, employment, evaluation and treatment to the cultural management civil servants are still restricted; a part of the civil servants are still lack of determination, endeavour to better themselves; the income of the civil servants are low, not sufficient to cover the normal demands of their lives; the management of the civil servants is with restricts, together with the impacts, reverses of international integration

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Chapter 4 VIEWPOINT, SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS BY

MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM

4.1 The basis to determine the viewpoint and solutions to improve

the quality of the cultural management civil servants

4.1.1 The viewpoint of the Party on Vietnamese cultural

development

i) Culture is not only the spiritual foundation of the society but

also the motive for socio-economic debelopment; ii) The cultural

background that we are building is the advanced culture of Vietnam

with full of national identity; iii) Vietnamese culture is a unified

cutural foundation that is diverse in the community of Vietnamese

ethnic groups; iv) The cultural building and development is the cause

of the entire people which is led by the Party, managed by the State

and people are the creator and the intellectuals pay the important roles;

v) Culture is a battlefield; the culture buidling and development is the

long term revolutionary cause of the entire Party, people which require

the revolutionary will and the patient and prudence.

4.1.2 Forecasting the cultural development trend of Vietnam in the

context of international integration in the coming time

- Vietnam undertakes the policy of deeper and wider

international integration actively in term of culture In the international

cultural integration there will inevitably have the "flow of culture"

from the outside to infiltrate, including the "good wind" and "harmful

wind" We need to actively welcome the "good winds", prevent the

"harmful wind" in order to enrich the cultural values of the Vietnamese

people At the same time, we must introduce and bring Vietnamese

20 culture to the world in order to contribute to diversify and enrich the cultural values of the humanity

- Developing Vietnamese culture in the context of international integration must become a strategic breakthough, together with the three breakthough in socio-economic development, to become the

synergy for quick and sustainable development of the country

4.1.3 The development strategy for cultural management civil servants

by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism by 2020 and vision to 2030

* Regarding the target: To build a professional, responsible, active civil servants team to the satisfaction of the requirements on the improvement of the validity, effectiveness of State’s management on culture in the context of international integration and the

socio-economic development strategy of the country

* Regarding the missions and solutions: i) Improve the legal

system of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the management and use of civil servants; ii) Implement and deploy the scheme on employment position and structure of civil servant ranks and structure of civil servant titles; iii) Renovation of the stages in the management and employment of civil servants

4.2 The viewpoint, target of improving the quality of cultural management civil servants of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

4.2.1 Viewpoints to improve the quality of cultural management civil servants

i) The quality management for cultural management civil servants must originate from the requirements for sustainable cultural development in the context of deeper and wider international integration ii) must comprehensively improve the physical condition,