One year after being recognised as part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage, Vietnamese quan ho (love duet) has strongly developed in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. In the regions, nearly 50 villages have their own clubs where senior artists provide lessons to the young generation. — VNA/VNS Photo Anh Tuan
HA NOI (VNS)— Viet Nam is making important efforts in implementing UNESCO conventions, especially those relating to the country’s commitment to preserving and promoting its cultural and natural heritages, UNESCO experts said at a forum held in Ha Noi yesterday.
“Viet Nam has made concrete contributions to demonstrating the role of culture as both the driver and enabler for sustainable development,” stressed Sun Lei, UNESCO representative to Viet Nam, during the forum discussing the 10-year implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
“Viet Nam’s diversity of cultural expression is clear in the activities of its communities, who show great respect for their history and the cultural treasures from ancestors,” she said.
“Through the vivid practice of Xoan singing and the worship of Hung Kings in Phu Tho, Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) in Hai Duong, Ha Noi and the gong culture in the Central Highlands, we see the commitment all societies make that deepen the roots of development and share its benefits.
“Within a community, memories and intangible cultural heritage are visibly sustained by the public commemoration of people. I am very glad to acknowledge the educational programmes taking place in the provinces that are aimed at raising the awareness of the general public, in particular young people, according to Article 14 of the Convention.”
Addressing the forum, Pham Cao Phong, secretary general of the Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO, said Viet Nam had been recognized seven times for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, which proved that the country possessed a diversified culture.
This recognition had also brought with it a chance for the country to advertise its unique cultural values and to use them in furthering the development of tourism in order to make more effective contribution to the socio-economic development of localities, he said.
Participants at the forum, who are from concerned agencies, objectively and scientifically assessed the assigned tasks, ascertaining which had been completed and proposing solutions to the problems behind the tasks that have not been completed over the past 10 years.
The commission also made a commitment to support the concerned agencies in fulfilling the various tasks needed to be completed in the future, including encouraging local communities to take responsibility for their heritage and to enact “urgent protection” measures for those heritages at high risks. — VNS
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