Regulations on protection and development of spoken and written languages of Vietnamese ethnic groups

11:48, 12/03/2010

The Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 of Vietnam regulating the protection and promotion of the values of intangible cultural heritages was approved by the National Assembly on June 18, 2009. This Law has supplemented and amended a number of Articles of the Law on Cultural Heritages 2001 of Vietnam.

One of the outstanding contents of the Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 of Vietnam is the amendments and supplements to measures to protect and develop spoken and written languages of Vietnamese ethnic groups in Clause 6 Article 1 hereof, according to which the State protects and develops spoken and written languages of Vietnamese ethnic groups through the following measures:

1. To study, collect and store spoken and written languages of ethnic groups: to promulgate rules on transcribing spoken languages of ethnic groups without written languages: to take special measures to protect spoken and written languages which are at risk of disappearance;

2. To teach spoken and written languages of ethnic minority groups for cadres, civil servants and employees as well as officers and soldiers of people's armed forces working in ethnic minority areas to meet their work requirements; to teach spoken and written languages of ethnic minority groups for ethnic minority pupils in accordance with the Education Law; to publish books and newspapers and perform radio, television and stage programs in ethnic minority languages;

3. To issue legal documents and organize public information activities to preserve the clarity and purity of the Vietnamese language and develop the Vietnamese language.

Besides, this Law also supplements measures to facilitate the preservation and promotion of the cultural values of traditional festivals in Clause 7 Article 1 hereof, specifically including:

1. To facilitate the organization of festivals;

2. To encourage the organization of traditional cultural and art-performance activities in association with festivals;

3. To selectively revive rites of traditional festivals;

4. To encourage the guidance on and public information of the origin and contents of the typical and unique values of festivals at home and abroad.

View more details at the Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2010.

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