Mr. Ha Phuoc Thang chaired the workshop - Photo: CAM NUONG
On the afternoon of April 19, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation held a workshop to contribute ideas to the draft Law on Cultural Heritage (amended) at the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation.
Attending the workshop were representatives of departments, leaders of museums in Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Ha Phuoc Thang - Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation - chaired the workshop.
Promoting the value of documentary heritage
Lawyer Truong Thi Hoa commented: In this draft law, there are more than 30 concepts, however, it is necessary to add more concepts and definitions so that people can better understand sentences and phrases such as national treasures, copies of relics, scenic spots, documentary heritage, and distorting cultural heritage...
In addition, Ms. Hoa also proposed adding regulations on international cooperation on cultural heritage because of its global and national characteristics, the spread of cultural heritage, human rights and civil rights to cultural heritage, as well as specific regulations on proposals for restoration of cultural heritage.
"Point c, Clause 2, Article 40 stipulates: "Handling discovered relics and antiquities, organizations and individuals who discover and hand over relics and antiquities will be reimbursed for the costs of discovery and preservation and will be rewarded with an amount of money according to the provisions of law. I propose to add a specific reward level based on the appraised value" - lawyer Truong Thi Hoa commented.
Protecting and promoting the value of documentary heritage is a new content mentioned in chapter 4. Documentary heritage is considered important, aiming to protect cultural heritage.
The Law on Cultural Heritage discusses many antiques.
Proposal to exempt tax on bringing antiques back to the country
Ms. Huynh Ngoc Van - Director of the Ao Dai Museum - proposed having a fund (contributed by the people) to be able to promptly purchase Vietnamese antiques sold abroad, avoiding the loss of precious antiques for the country.
Ms. Van proposed tax exemption for individuals who buy antiques and bring them back to Vietnam instead of incentives and tax reductions as before because it is unreasonable for people to pay tax after spending money to buy and bring them back.
She cited that in the past, countries donated artifacts, but when they arrived in Vietnam, they had to apply for tax exemption, requiring difficult procedures.
Ms. Huynh Ngoc Van is interested in building funds and training human resources - Photo: CAM NUONG
The Director of the Ao Dai Museum also hopes that the draft law will have a strategy for training human resources for museums, as well as a treatment regime and protection of the rights of workers in the museum sector.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhan - representative of the cultural sector of Thu Duc city - proposed that there should be regulations to cancel the ranking of relics in case of natural disasters.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism - said the department has been exploiting and promoting cultural relics in the tourism sector.
In addition to exploitation, the units also ensure the most effective conservation and promotion of the relics.
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