The project to include intangible cultural heritage in junior high school curricula has helped increase young generations' awareness of national asset conservation, said experts.

Tham Thi To Hoa, a physics teacher from the suburban Hanoi Cau Dien junior high school, said water puppets and ceramics, for example, were used to illustrate the floating and convection principles in physics.

The new teaching method has increasingly attracted students' interest in the subject, Ms Hoa said at a seminar on the introduction of cultural heritages and natural sciences into education curricula.

Project Consultant Dr. Frank Proschan from the Smithsonian Institute of the US said the model has been applied in many countries not only to build up young generations' respect for cultural assets but also to create a dynamic study environment among teachers and students.

The project was launched by the Vietnam Ethnology Museum, the Cultural Heritage Department, and the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.

VNA