Continue to announce national intangible cultural heritage

Accordingly, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to include in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage: Folk knowledge about Ngoc Linh ginseng in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

Ngoc Linh ginseng has long been considered a precious medicinal plant by ethnic minorities living around Ngoc Linh mountain range.

Previously, in May 2024, the People's Committee of Quang Nam province sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism regarding the proposal to include in the list of national intangible cultural heritages the folk knowledge of exploiting, growing and processing Ngoc Linh ginseng in Nam Tra My district.

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hong, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Nam province, folk knowledge of exploiting, growing and processing Ngoc Linh ginseng is popularly known as the "hidden medicine" plant. For ethnic minorities, this is considered a panacea with very good healing and health-enhancing effects.

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Living off nature, since ancient times, ethnic minorities living around Ngoc Linh mountain range, especially the Xo Dang ethnic group, have known about a precious medicinal plant growing in the primeval forests.

This is folk knowledge with unique historical and cultural values ​​associated with slash-and-burn agriculture and forest economy . This also demonstrates the closeness and harmony with the natural environment of the local community.

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hong, in addition to exploitation, from very early on, many residents around Ngoc Linh range in Nam Tra My district knew how to grow and care for this medicinal plant in nature with simple methods to use when needed.

The access, propagation, cultivation and processing of Ngoc Linh ginseng bring very high economic value, showing the change and development of production practices from exploitation and gathering to concentrated production and intensive investment, thanks to which a part of the people of Nam Tra My district have escaped poverty sustainably. Through the process of practicing the heritage, the local community has gained many valuable experiences, forming a fairly complete folk knowledge system about Ngoc Linh ginseng.

Vice Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee Ho Quang Buu affirmed that the folk knowledge of exploiting, growing and processing Ngoc Linh ginseng of ethnic minorities in Nam Tra My district can be considered a valuable treasure, both of cultural value and of great significance for socio-economic development.

Besides the potentials that ginseng brings, the preservation and promotion of traditional professional knowledge in exploiting, planting and processing Ngoc Linh ginseng also needs to be preserved and maintained.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/tiep-tuc-cong-bo-di-san-van-hoa-phi-vat-the-quoc-gia-20250516095105055.htm