The event is part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam – France diplomatic ties.

This long-term cooperation project was initiated in 2019 by the ISSI under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and the EFEO, one of five French schools abroad.

French experts introduces the photo archive.

The photo archive was created by the EFEO in the early 20th century in Hanoi. It includes documentary and scientific photos, most of which highlight monuments, archaeological excavations, religious rituals, museum artifacts, architectural elements, documents and photos taken from the air.

In September 1954, the EFEO moved its headquarters from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and a copy of the photo collection was sent to Paris, where the EFEO's headquarters were located in 1961, forming a photographic archive in Paris. Two photo archives are kept in Hanoi and Paris, managed and developed by the ISSI and EFEO.

The joint website has nearly 70,000 photos, including 57,000 from the ISSI's photo archive and more than 10,000 from the EFEO.

At the event, the French Embassy in Vietnam, the ISSI and the EFEO also introduced a photo exhibition entitled “A century of scientific photographic documentation: the common heritage of the Institute of Social Sciences Information and the French School of the Far East”.

New tours promote literary heritage

The Vietnam Literature Museum in Hanoi has collaborated with a company to launch a literary tour which is considered a special event that opens many other activities to promote and spread literary values on the heritage journey.

The beauty of Bac Giang cultural heritage

(BGO) – Quan ho (love duet folk singing), Ca tru (ceremonial singing) and Then practice  are heritage recognized by UNESCO as the intangible cultural heritage of the world, especially Ca tru as the heritage in need of urgent safeguarding. Locating in a mountainouse and midland area in ancient Kinh Bac land, Bac Giang houses three heritage. For recent years, the cultural heritage is well preserved in the localities to promote the value and enhance the spiritual life for people.

Phu Quoc fish sauce making recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage

The People's Committee of Kien Giang province organised a ceremony, on December 16 to receive the Decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on recognising the making of fish sauce on Phu Quoc Island city, as part of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Thang Long Imperial Citadel heritage promoted in France

A space introducing archaeological artefacts unearthed at Thang Long Imperial Citadel, in Hanoi was opened at Saint-Ayoul Monastery, in the ancient city of Provins, Ile-de-France region of France.

Two more documentary heritage pieces of Vietnam recognised

Two heritage pieces from Vietnam were recognised as part of the documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific at the 9th general meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific in Andong city, the Republic of Korea.

Source: NDO