The HCM City General Sciences Library will hold a cultural-heritage conference on preserving historic Han-Nom documents on November 26.
Nearly 100 participants including researchers and collectors, experts from the Vietnam National Library, the municipal Culture, Sports, and Tourism Department, and from Da Nang to Ca Mau libraries will discuss ways to preserve the old documents in Nom (old Vietnamese ideographic script adapted from Han Chinese script).
The General Sciences Library, National Library, and archives and information agencies will also talk about their experiences in collecting ancient documents, preserving and promoting their values.
Bui Xuan Duc, director of the city General Sciences Library, said after the loss of many Han-Nom documents due to storms in Hue and Phu Yen, the library is collecting them from the region for restoration and digitalisation.
The library is sending staff to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to find old papers relating to the location of Sai Gon-Gia Dinh, from the time when Nguyen Huu Canh first discovered the southern land.
A collection of more than 100 articles and documents written in Han-Nom scripts including books, seals and administration papers form libraries, collectors and researchers like Nguyen Van Pham and Tran Dinh Son will be exhibited soon.
The conference and exhibition are being organised by the city library, Library Department and National Library to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23 and to report the first phase of the project of collecting and digitalising Han-Nom documents in Hue and Phu Yen.
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