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Making Dong Ho folk painting has long been the livelihood of many villagers (Photo: Vietnam Tour)

Accordingly, the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO was assigned to take prime responsibility, concurrently cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to implement needed procedures and send the dossier to UNESCO before March 31.

The dossier, which was completed on March 3 and sent to the National Cultural Heritage Council’s Standing Committee, was previously prepared by Bac Ninh province's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts (under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), in accordance with the regulation and the guideline of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritages in 2003.

The application for being included in the list of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage is important to continue preserving and promoting values of craft village culture and raising the awareness of the community of the protection of traditional cultural values.

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