There are 9 general criteria and 44 specific criteria in the set of criteria for cultural environment in traditional festivals.

The general criteria clarify that state festival management should strictly follow the regulations and laws while investments in facilities and equipment should meet the requirements of the festivals. All festivals should be held to ensure security, social order, and safety. Activities on fire and explosion prevention, food hygiene and safety, environmental sanitation, disease prevention and control should also be maintained during the festivals. Festival services should be arranged in areas that ensure the protection of the local site's beauty and provide safe and convenient conditions for people and tourists when participating in the events. Business services at festivals should commit to complying with legal regulations on public services and of the organizing boards on implementing a civilized lifestyle and cultural behavior. Festival activities should also be held to ensure the preservation and promotion of traditional cultural values on the basis of protecting the local ecological environment and natural landscape; harmoniously resolving the relation between conservation and development.

Meanwhile, the nine specific criteria clearly stipulate the responsibilities of authorities, organizing boards and units, facilities supplying services, and festival participants.

According to The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the set of criteria is developed to encourage, orient, and motivate local authorities and local festival organizing boards to conduct activities to improve and enhance the management quality in traditional cultural events to build a "healthy" cultural environment meeting the people's needs for cultural and spiritual enjoyment in suitable socio-economic conditions in the country, according to the culture ministry.

It also helps preserve and promote national traditional cultural values, popularize good customs and practices in the society, gradually eliminate evil and backward traditions, and raise local people's and tourists' awareness and responsibility about building a "healthy cultural environment" when participating in festivals.

The organization of implementation has been assigned to the Department of Grassroots Culture to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies and units in, organizing the implementation of the set of criteria to ensure suitability with local economic conditions and characteristics; piloting and replicating the festival model to ensure the implementation of the Criteria; annually review and evaluate the implementation and report to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.