Over VND220 billion for preservation of ethnic costumes
Friday, 22/02/2019 16:54 (GMT+7)
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a project to preserve and promote the traditional costumes of Vietnamese ethnic minorities with a total funding of VND222.9 billion.
Photo for illustration (Source: VNA)
State budget covers VND51.2 billion while the rest is from local coffers.
The project is expected to contribute to the sustainable cultural development of Vietnamese ethnic minorities, and raise public awareness of the importance of preserving and protecting the traditional clothing and customs of ethnic minority groups.
One of the objectives is all students at ethnic boarding schools and ethnic students will wear traditional costumes twice a week and on festivals and lunar New Year.
Besides, the project will complete the investigation and make a list of intangible cultural heritage on ethnic costumes and honour outstanding artisans of traditional handicrafts related to ethnic traditional clothes./.
Compiled by BTA