Vietnam has played an active role in implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003 Convention) in both international and national scales, stated Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of UNESCO and Secretary of the 2003 Convention Tim Curtis.
(BGO)
– With precious cultural heritage, the Party, authority and competent agencies
at all levels in Bac Giang province have paid due attention to preserving and
promoting the heritage in associated with tourism development.
Artisans from 13 cities and provinces nationwide, will perform 15 UNESCO-recognised cultural heritage genres to the public, during a festival which will take place in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho province, from April 21 to 24.
The authorities of Bac Ninh and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on April 7 co-organised an event on learning about the northern province’s charming features, which gathered close to 150 foreign and domestic diplomats and representatives of foreign organisations and business associations in Vietnam.
The knowledge on growing and processing tea in the Tan Cuong area in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen has been inscribed on the list of national intangible cultural heritages.
(BGO) - "In 2019, when my mother suffered serious
illness, she held my hands tightly and reminded me of trying to preserve and
teach Quan ho (love duet) songs to as many people as possible. I only knew to
hug my mother and cried," said Quan ho artisan Dam Thi Bui in Noi Ninh
village, Ninh Son commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province.
(BGO) – The Department of Science and Technology has had a
working session and surveyed condition to propose science and technology task
at the provincial level. It aimed to make proposal to recognize the Folk
singing festival of Luc Ngan’s ethnic groups as intangible cultural heritage
starting from 2024.
Hanoi has set the target that by 2025, the cultural industry will contribute 5% of the city's GRDP. With the advantage of relics, heritage and craft villages, Hanoi will focus on exploiting heritage values to develop cultural industries.
