UNESCO helps Vietnam preserve documentary heritage
Officials working at libraries, museums and archives from Vietnam,
Laos and Cambodia have been equipped with necessary skills in
compiling dossiers to apply for UNESCO recognition of documentary
heritage at a training course in Hanoi on October 8.
Officials working at libraries, museums and archives from Vietnam,
Laos and Cambodia have been equipped with necessary skills in
compiling dossiers to apply for UNESCO recognition of documentary
heritage at a training course in Hanoi on October 8.
During the course, experts from the UNESCO International Advisory Committee and the Memory of the World programme talked about the significance of documentary heritage as well as the programme’s objectives.
The officials used the occasion to share their knowledge and experience in compiling dossiers on documentary heritage to submit to the International Memory of the World Register.
Launched in 1992, Memory of the World aims to recognise significant documentary heritage in a similar fashion to the way UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention and World Heritage List recognises significant natural and cultural sites.
Since 2009, Vietnam has had three documentary heritages recognised by the UNESCO Memory of the World, including Nguyen dynasty wood blocks, doctoral stone steles at the Temple of Literature and wood blocks printed with Buddhist Sutras at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang.-VNA
During the course, experts from the UNESCO International Advisory Committee and the Memory of the World programme talked about the significance of documentary heritage as well as the programme’s objectives.
The officials used the occasion to share their knowledge and experience in compiling dossiers on documentary heritage to submit to the International Memory of the World Register.
Launched in 1992, Memory of the World aims to recognise significant documentary heritage in a similar fashion to the way UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention and World Heritage List recognises significant natural and cultural sites.
Since 2009, Vietnam has had three documentary heritages recognised by the UNESCO Memory of the World, including Nguyen dynasty wood blocks, doctoral stone steles at the Temple of Literature and wood blocks printed with Buddhist Sutras at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang.-VNA
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