the folk culture of Vietnamese ethnic groups at a press briefing in
Hanoi on Aug. 31.
The projects were selected from almost 5,000 researches carried out over
the past 40 years, according to President of the association To Ngoc
Thanh.
Addressing the event, Phung Huu Phu, Permanent Deputy
Director of the Commission for Information and Education under the Party
Central Committee, said that with 54 ethnic groups, Vietnamese people
enjoy a plentiful and diversified culture. Those projects fortified the
cultural traditions of the nation, he said.
In 2008-2012, the
association plans to publish 1,000 research projects covering five
fields: knowledge and behaviour to environment; agricultural production
with relations between people and nature; customs and practices;
religions; and the achievements of literature and arts.
By the
end of 2009, 100 research projects were published and in 2010 another
200 others are expected to come to the public. Each published project
has a summary in English at the back.
The association plans to
set up a website featuring the research projects, to introduce the
traditional and unique Vietnamese culture to online audience.
The
publications will be presented to local and central libraries, as well
as Vietnamese embassies, Vietnamese cultural centres abroad and some
international organisations in Vietnam./.
