The UNESCO Centre for Conservation of Vietnam’s Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage was inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25.
An overview of the inauguration ceremony of the UNESCO Centre for Conservation of Vietnam's Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage. (Photo: PANO)
The centre, an arm of the Vietnam Union of UNESCO Associations, has been designed to preserve and promote the value of Vietnamese cultural and artistic heritage in the past and at present, and to create new values in the future.
The facility will serve as a place to connect artists, collectors, researchers, art critics, as well as museums, cultural agencies and heritages both at home and abroad. It will also help promote cooperation in various fields with organizations and individuals involved in practical projects in the fields of fine arts, culture, and heritage conservation.
The centre will deploy projects in many areas such as organizing composition camps for young artists, and displaying paintings, creative art statues and cultural heritage in connection with heritage tourism, so as to bring benefits to the community, society as well as partners, said Nguyen Kim Phien, director of the centre.