This year’s awards winners also included Impacto, a non-governmental organisation founded in Mexico; and Asama, a non-profit organisation established in 1995 in Burkina Faso.

Painter Vu Duc Hieu, director of the Muong Cultural Space Museum.

Hieu and the two other finalists stood apart from thirty-nine applicants from 27 countries on six continents, who triumphed through a challenging selection process as all applicants demonstrated good practice for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage with both courage and a lofty spirit.

According to the organising board, the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of the Muong community, one of minority groups of Vietnam, has a strong social impact on the entire society.

The activities of Vu Duc Hieu’s Museum of Muong Cultural Space could be considered as model activities for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of minority people, resulting in assisting minority groups to affirm their cultural identity and promoting the establishment of the harmonious cultural diversity of the nation.

The winners will be honoured at an award ceremony which will be held online on Youtube on August 15 due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The awards, sponsored by the Republic of Korea’s Jeonju city, aims to encourage model safeguarding practices of intangible cultural heritage in the global community regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, race, age, gender, or any other political, social, economic or cultural orientation.

Photo contest highlights cultural heritage and cultural creativity in Vietnam

UNESCO in partnership with the German Embassy in Hanoi recently launched the Vietnam Photo Expression 2020 under the theme “Showing we care, Sharing our vision on Culture Diversity”, aiming to highlight the beauty of cultural heritage and creativity in Vietnam.

Tan Yen promotes heritage value in combination with tourism development

(BGO) - Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) has long historical, cultural and revolutionary traditions, with many historical relic sites and landscapes. With these advantages, the district has been focusing resources to promote heritage value and tourism development.

Vietnam’s world cultural heritages honoured through Ao Dai

Twenty-one collections of Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress), which featured world cultural heritages of Vietnam, were introduced to the public at a programme held at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) on June 28.

Ca Mau’s traditional sauce recognised as national cultural heritage

The traditional craft of making ba khia (three-striped crab) sauce in the southern province of Cà Mau has been officially recognised as the National Intangible Cultural Heritage

Tour launched to invite visitors to the heritage lands of Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa

A tour entitled ‘Travelling to the Heritage Lands of Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces’ was launched in Sam Son city, Thanh Hoa province on June 25 as a joint initiative of the two provinces’ tourism sector.

Source: NDO