According
to the website, Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology (VME) is a unit under the
Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences. It is both a research centre and a
public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Viet Nam. The mission of
the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation,
conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic
patrimony of the nation's different ethnic groups.
Since
the beginning of this year, the museum has attracted 200,000 visitors,
including 80,000 foreigners. As many as 10,000 objects and 15,000
photographs are displayed at the museum spanning an area of 3 hectares.
Established
in 1997, the museum serves as an ideal place to exhibit artifacts and
documents featuring cultural traditions and the life of 54 Vietnamese
ethnic minority groups./.
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