Conference discusses ways to preserve cultural values in integration
Ways to preserve cultural legacy values during international integration was discussed at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30.
The gong culture in the Central Highlands was recognised as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.(Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) –A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 by the Ho Chi MinhCity University of Culture, the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies,the Southern Institute of Social Sciences, and the international centre on preservationof cultural values to discuss ways to preserve cultural legacy values duringthe international integration.
Speaking at the event, heldunder the theme of “International integration on preservation – chances andchallenges for cultural legacy values”, Rector of the culture university,Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Dung heldthat Vietnam is a country with many cultural legacies, both tangible and intangible.
Cultural legacies are alarge field, the study of which has different approaches, which makes thepreservation and bringing into full play very complex, he said, adding theinternational integration on the work still has various problems related toviewpoints and perception.
According to Prof. Dr. NgoVan Ha from the Danang University, cultural legacies have created aconsiderable revenue from tourism activities and promoted the image of theVietnamese country and people to the world. However, the preservation and upgradeof many of these have been done in a “modernizing” way, depriving them of thereal and unique values, Ha said, pointing out that the commercialization ofmany cultural legacies has adversely affected the sustainable development.
Participants also shared theview that many intangible cultural legacies are facing the danger of vanishingas a result of the lack of interest from the young generation. To preservethese legacies, they proposed that managers work out suitable and comprehensivestrategies, planning and measures in the direction of both preserving andpopularizing them to the world, along with the building of a high-qualitypersonnel who can meet the requirements of integration.-VNA
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