Cultural-related roundtable for Myanmar
By admin on 2014-12-26

Culture-related senior officials of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) held preliminary coordination meeting in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan to prepare report for a ministerial-level roundtable scheduled for Saturday in Nay Pyi Taw, an official daily reported Thursday.

The meeting on Wednesday discussed matters on enhancing cultural cooperation among and boosting tourism in the CLMV member countries, the daily New Light of Myanmar said, adding that a Nay Pyi Taw declaration-2010 will be issued at the end of the ministerial roundtable meeting.

Taking part in the roundtable will be visiting Cambodian Minister of Culture and Arts Him Chhem, Laotian Minister of Culture and Information Mounkeo Oraboun, Myanmar Minister of Culture Major-General Khin Aung Myint and Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh representing respective countries.

The meeting aims to strengthen friendship among CLMV countries, uplift good neighboring spirit, ensure cooperation among member countries, hold culture exchange, enhance cultural preservation and boost tourism sector through cultural cooperation.

In January 2008, a meeting of culture- and arts-related ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was held in Nay Pyi Taw, in which the ministers agreed to enhance the regional cooperation in the areas of culture and arts,

The areas of cooperation cover human resources development, protection, preservation and promotion of ASEAN cultural heritage, and development of small and medium cultural enterprises.

The ASEAN ministers of culture and arts (AMCA) also endorsed the work plan of the working groups set up by related ASEAN senior officials, agreeing that funding for cultural cooperation activities be streamed and broadened.

The regional ministers resolved to enhance the cultural profile of ASEAN among the member states and internationally.

The AMCA met to promote a deeper understanding of the region's civilization, arts and culture, and was aimed at contributing towards the emergence of an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community by 2015. The roadmap for the community called for preservation and promotion of the region's cultural heritage and cultural identity.