A seminar and training course on computerizing intangible cultural heritages in Vietnam was held on July 2nd in Hanoi by the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP) under the auspices of UNECSO, the Institute of Musicology and the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

During the five-day event, experts and cultural researchers from ICHCAP will share with Vietnamese researchers, managers and experts experiences and methods of digitalizing intangible cultural heritages with various applications.

The efficiency of this new method will help boost access to data on intangible cultural heritages and train groups in computerizing intangible cultural heritages in Vietnam. Moreover, it will help raise public awareness of the importance of protecting intangible cultural heritages.

Source: PANO