Keyword: "preservation"

Following its administrative boundary expansion, Ho Chi Minh City has not only gained more room for industrial and service growth, but also inherited one of the country’s largest pottery hubs. However, preserving and developing the craft faces major hurdles, including a shortage of young workers, rising raw material costs, and falling market demand. A comprehensive strategy is therefore needed to help this traditional craft survive and generate economic value.

Vietnamese folk paintings, particularly the Four-scroll woodblock prints genre, are among the country’s most treasured artistic legacies. Over six decades, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum has built a collection of nearly 2,500 folk paintings, including almost 100 complete sets.

To preserve their cultural heritage and values, and prevent traditional crafts, especially traditional costume-making, from fading away, the Pa Di people in Muong Khuong, Lao Cai province, are actively working with local authorities and agencies on preservation efforts.

The forum offered an opportunity for experts and mayors of World Heritage cities in Asia Pacific to exchange insights on preserving and promoting heritage values, draw practical lessons applicable to each city’s urban development strategy, and explore pathways toward a sustainable future.

Wild elephants, long regarded as a symbol of strength in nature and closely tied to the culture and belief of many communities in Vietnam, are now facing the real risk of extinction.

Hanoi is home to more than 1,300 craft villages, accounting for roughly one-quarter of the national total.

This milestone marked a significant boost for local farmers as well as the consumption of the province’s signature plum variety to meet growing consumer demand nationwide.

The Ao Dai exhibition provides an opportunity for the public to have better understanding of the history of the Vietnamese traditional dress, and visitors can also experience Hue’s traditional crafts or the steps of making Ao Dai.

To revive and develop this traditional craft, local authorities are actively promoting vocational training, preservation efforts, and linking the craft with community-based tourism.

The Cham people treasure their houses as they preserve and continue the cultural traditions of their families and clans. Today, the preservation of Cham houses is of great concern to cultural stakeholders.

Since the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing was officially recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2014, the central province of Ha Tinh has paid significant attention to preserving and promoting the art genre.

The local community in Tan Trao Commune, the northern province of Tuyen
Quang established a “Then” singing club in early 2022, with the goal of preserving the unique traditional cultural performance of the Tay ethnic group.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc is attending the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in New Delhi from July 21 – 31.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a plan to support the study, restoration, and preservation of ethnic minorities’ intangible cultures which are at risk of falling into oblivion.

The northern province of Ninh Binh hopes to receive further support from UNESCO to preserve and promote its cultural heritage as well as better integrate into the world’s network of heritage, tourism and cultural industry hubs and creative cities, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Doan Minh Huan has said.

Chief Representative of the German Association for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Andrea Teufel and CEO of the Asian Children’s Care League Kazuyo Watanabe received the honorary citizenship title of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue at a ceremony held on March 7.

A building for preserving remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia was inaugurated at a ceremony held on January 31.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, wants to integrate into the global network of heritage cities and towns to learn preservation and tourism development experiences through UNESCO, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Doan Minh Huan said on January 19.

Engaging the community in the preservation of natural resources and cultural heritage values has an important role to play in boosting sustainable development since it will bring substantial benefits to the national economy.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has approved a project to conserve red-crowned cranes in the Tram Chim National Park in the 2022 – 2032 period with an estimated total budget of over 184 billion VND (nearly 7.6 million USD).