At the 7th General Meeting of MOWCAP (Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific) held in Hue City in May 18-19, two documentary heritages of Vietnam was recognized as the documentary heritage of the Memory of the World in Asia-Pacific Region, named "Imperial Records of Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945)" and "Woodblock at Phuc Giang School".
At the 7th General Meeting of MOWCAP (Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific) held in Hue City in May 18-19, two documentary heritages of Vietnam was recognized as the documentary heritage of the Memory of the World in Asia-Pacific Region, named “Imperial Records of Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945)” and “Woodblock at Phuc Giang School”.
Woodblocks at Phuc Giang School created in 1858. |
The 7th MOWCAP General Meeting considered and voted on sixteen profiles of ten member countries nominating heritage to the Asia-Pacific MoW Regional Register, including China (four nominations); Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia (two nominations); Uzbekistan, Japan, Singapore, Iran, Myanmar and Mongolia (one nomination).
Source: baochinhphu.vn
Translated by H.N