PM approves of asking UNESCO to protect Dong Ho folk paintings
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agrees that UNESCO should be asked to add Dong Ho folk paintings to its list of intangible cultural heritages in need of urgent safeguarding.
 A Dong Ho folk painting. (Photo: VNA) |
The Vietnam National UNESCO Commission will coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to make sure all necessary documentation is submitted to UNESCO before the end of this month.
Dong Ho village, formerly named Mai village, in Bac Ninh province, is known as the cradle of one of Vietnam’s most famous folk painting genres. Dong Ho paintings reflect an agricultural society, depicting details of the daily lives of rural Vietnamese people.