Results of working between the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai province

On 11st, January 2014, the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai province held a meeting on the coordination of scientific research in which paying attention to research and survey culture on river in upstream of northwest and perform scientific research of Folklore association. Also, two sides mutual exchange of thematic exhibition “Love with time” at the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups . Attending the meeting, to the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic groups with representatives are  Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngan – Director; Dr. Ma Ngoc Dung – Deputy Director and professional Chiefs, Deputies. To the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai province has presence of  Dr. Tran Huu Son – Director – Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam association of Folk Arts and members.

The meeting has discussed and agreed  that two sides will coordinate survey and research, collect materials and objects of cultural of ethnic groups in river upstream in Northwest; research materials, artifacts, stories about love, marriage of the Hmong and the Dao Tuyen in Lao Cai; research, sign up implementation issues relating to folklore. On the last meeting, Dr. Tran Huu Son – Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Folk Arts has awarded a number of publications by the folk literature VN recently published for Library of the Museum as research material.

This is a significance meeting to discuss their professional collaboration will deploy in 2014, open intensive research orientation about culture on water river, memories of love and time of residents, minorities living watershed boundary.