(VOVworld)- The Vietnam Arts and Literature Association convened its 9^th Congress in Hanoi on Saturday.

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong attends the 9th Congress of the Vietnam Arts and Literature Association

In his address, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong praised Vietnamese writers and artists for greatly contributing to national development. Trong emphasized their important roles in enhancing the Party’s ideological and cultural work. He urged the artists, through their artistic and literary works, honestly reflect the lives of the Vietnamese people and inspire national pride, patriotism, and trust in the Party’s guidelines.