Conferences to promote conservation of UNESCO-recognised intangible culture heritages
A chain of conferences to assess the management, protection and promotion of the value of Vietnam's intangible cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO, is scheduled to take place in April 2021, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Gong performance in the Central Highlands (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A chain of conferences to assess themanagement, protection and promotion of the value of Vietnam's intangiblecultural heritage recognised by UNESCO, is scheduled to take place in April2021, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
These events aims to review the State management inprotecting and promoting the values of the three heritages: the culturalspace of gong in the CentralHighlands, the “don ca tai tu” art form (southernamateur singing) in the southern region, and Vietnam’s traditional practice of “Tho Mau Tam Phu” (theWorship of Mother Goddesses).
Ways to improve personel capacity and management efficiency for Vietnam’s UNESCO-recognised heritages,and enhance coordination among agencies, localities in protecting heritages, willbe under discussion.
Participants tothe conferences will focus on assessing the current situation of heritage management,and the building of projects to protect heritages.
They will alsoshare experience in heritage management and preservation and difficultiesfacing localities in the works, as well as proposed solutions to those issues.
As planned, representatives from localitiesboasting the heritages, experts, cultural researchers and those from relevantdepartments and sectors will gather together at the conferences./.
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Gong performance in the Central Highlands (Photo: VNA) 
