The national target program on culture in the 2006-2010 period: Investing over 45.000 billion dong

(Cinet)- Finance – Culture, Sports and Tourism inter-Ministries has promulgated a Circular guiding expenditure rate and expense management to implement the national target program on culture in the 2006-2010 period. The total investment capital is over 45.000 billion dong, of which the central budget makes up about 55% (equivalent to 25.000 billion dong) and the remaining capital source is mobilized from local budgets and others.

This supplementary expenditure is used for maintaining the data treasury and building 15 satellite facilities of the intangible cultural data treasury at 15 locals. Besides, the Central Government will finance about 100 – 200 million dong for each project to collect, preserve and promote the intangible cultural values of the Vietnamese ethnic groups, and sponsor the maximum amount of 100 million dong/festival/per year for all the locals with their typically traditional festival. Apart from that, the State will also aid in building cultural houses, libraries, cultural points in villages and hamlets under difficult circumstances; preparing film – made equipment and cars for groups of moving information at mountainous and remote areas…