Hanoi, Nov. 13 -- Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) put traditional paper-making under the museum and policy lens on November 13, using a Hanoi conference timed to Vietnam Culture Day (November 24) and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)' 73rd anniversary to push preservation from documentation toward living practice.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) and the National Folk Museum of Korea ran the event in person and online, drawing diplomats, cultural officials, researchers, museum staff and artisans from both countries.

VASS Vice President Dr Dinh Thi Mai framed the conference as proof that cultural cooperation is moving from statements to concrete work, tying research to heritage preservation and people-to-people d...