The Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations of Vietnam (Liên hiệp các Hội Văn học nghệ thuật Việt Nam) is the senior official body representing all the culture associations in Vietnam.

History It was founded 1957–1958 as the bodies beneath it were also founded.Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary Vietnam 1945-1965 2002 - Page 156 "Between 1957 and 1958, a series of congresses founded the Writers' Association, the Artists' Association, the Cinema Artists' Association, the Journalists' Association ..."Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo The Ironies of Freedom: Sex, Culture, and Neoliberal Governance in ... 2008 - Page 318 "“Nghị quyết của ban chấp hành hội liên hiệp văn học nghệ thuật Việt Nam” [Resolution by the Executive Committee of the Association of Arts and Letters]." The organization has is also known in English as the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations (VULAA). It has undergone several name changes throughout its existence: Vietnam Literature and Arts Association (1948 – 1957), Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations (1957 - 1995), Union of Vietnamese Literature and Arts Associations (from 1995).

VULA is a member of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

Notable members

Presidents

1957-1984: 1984-1995: Huy Cận 1995-2003: Nguyễn Đình Thi March 2003 - November 2003: Trần Hoàn 2004-2010: Vũ Giáng Hương 2010-2021: 2021-present:

Constituent bodies (Hội Nhà văn Việt Nam) - The association awards its own book prize each year. This is one of the official culture associations in Vietnam. It was founded 1957 under the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations in Vietnam.Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary Vietnam 1945-1965 2002 - Page 156 "Between 1957 and 1958, a series of congresses founded the Writers' Association, the Artists' Association, the Cinema Artists' Association, the Journalists' Association ..." The association awards its own book prize each year: the . (Hội Mỹ thuật Việt Nam)

and Vietnamese Film Board

Literature and Art Association of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities Vietnam Publishers Association

The body does not include the Vietnam Journalists' Association.

See also

Literature in Vietnam

References