Title: Law 32/2009/QH12 of June 18, 2009, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on cultural heritages

Type: Law

Issuing Agency: National Assembly

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Issuing Date: 18-06-2009

To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 4 as follows:

"1. Intangible cultural heritage means spiritual products associated with related communities, individuals, objects and cultural spaces, which are of historical, cultural or scientific value, express the identity of communities, are constantly recreated and transmitted from generation to generation orally, through craft teaching, performing arts or in other forms."

To add the following Clauses 14,15 and 16 to Article 4:

"14. Inventory of cultured heritages means the identification, valuation and listing of cultural heritages.

15. Relics' original constituents means elements which are of historical, cultural, scientific or aesthetic value and express the peculiarities of historical-cultural relics, spots of beauty or scenic places.

16. Museum means a cultural institution with the function of collecting, preserving, researching, displaying and introducing cultural heritages and physical evidences of the nature, humans and their living environment, to meet public research, study, sightseeing and cultural enjoyment needs."

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