This is among the activities suggested by the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in response to the International Museum Day.

Visitors to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

The agency called on museums nationwide to diversify their introduction and exhibition of intangible cultural heritage and to organise more cultural events.

The museums should increase coordination with the educational sector to introduce cultural heritage, especially intangible ones, to students, it said.

They were suggested to step up communications activities, focusing on those going via websites, social networks and mobile apps.

The International Council of Museums chose the theme “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition” for this year’s International Museum Day.

The Cultural Heritage Department said the theme aims to promote museums’ role in joining hands with the community to preserve and bring into play values of cultural heritage.

There are 162 museums in Vietnam at present, including 126 owned by the State and 36 non-State ones, keeping nearly 3 million objects.

Central region sets up cuisine museum

The Quang Nam Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has just set up a Quang Region Cuisine Museum to honor local noodle dishes.

 

Museum devotes room to portraits of heroic Vietnamese mothers

The Southern Women’s Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1 inaugurated a room dedicated to heroic Vietnamese mothers in the southern region, with 70 portraits and 60 objects on display. 

 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits national arts museum

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts on October 28.

 

More than 1,000 artefacts and documents donated to Hanoi Museum

The Hanoi Museum received 1,017 artifacts and documents donated by 37 individuals and organizations at a ceremony held in Hanoi on September 12.

 

Discovering Mid-Autumn traditional toys at Museum of Ethnology

Visitors, especially children, in Hanoi will have an opportunity to discover the traditional toys of the mid-autumn festival through the “Discovering Mid-Autumn toys” programme held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology at 9 am, on September 15.

 

Source: VNA