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A workshop to evaluate the historical aspects, customs, cultural values, and identity of Ao Dai, the traditional long dress of Vietnam opened in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

The Cambodian Ministry of Environment has been tasked with compiling data on four areas that are home to Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie and Preah Vihear provinces. The report is a step in preparation for possible inclusion on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list. ​

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highlighted the diplomatic sector’s important contributions to the cause of nation building and safeguarding over the past 75 years while emphasising the necessity to modernise diplomacy, in an article marking the sector’s 75th anniversary on August 28.

As a convergence of geological, archeological, cultural and biodiversity values, the Dak Nong Global Geological Park promises to be an attractive destination for international tourists in the future.

The Programme and External Relations Commission of the 209th UNESCO Executive Board on July 7 approved the Global Geoparks Council’s proposal to recognise Vietnam’s Dak Nong Geopark as a Global Geopark, the third of its kind in the country.

Mo Muong is a unique cultural heritage of the Muong ethnic group in the northwestern province of Hoa Binh.

Ba Chua Xu festival on Nui Sam (Sam Mountain) in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang is a special spiritual belief of locals in the southern river region.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to work with relevant agencies on the preparation of dossiers on two of Vietnam’s intangible cultural heritages for UNESCO recognition.

The Ly Son-Sa Huynh Geo-Park has been listed in the dossier for UNESCO recognition, and the organisation can send an evaluation mission in 2020, general secretary of the Global Geoparks Network and chairperson of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, Guy Martini, confirmed in an email early this week.

A working group of Vietnamese cultural heritage experts has been established by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to support Laos in compiling a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition of Hin Namno National Reserve as a World Natural Heritage Site.

A ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ha Long Bay being recognised as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO for a second time will take place at Sun Carnival Plaza Square, Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 12.

The culture, sports and tourism sector has made a number of important achievements in 2019, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said at a regular press conference on January 3.

A scientific dossier has been compiled for Hue folk singing to seek UNESCO’s recognition as intangible heritage.

Viet Nam's Then practice has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has strived for completion of a dossier on Oc Eo-Ba The relic to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a world cultural heritage site.

Vietnam’s legal system through different periods of time has prescribed the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage.

The Culture, and Sports Department of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is compiling a scientific dossier for Hue folk singing to seek UNESCO’s recognition as part of the world intangible heritage.

The northern province of Hai Duong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on expanding cooperation with the neighbouring province of Bac Giang during the period from 2020 to 2025.

A celebration was held in Quang Nam province to mark the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Hoi An and My Son as World Heritage sites.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the central province of Quang Nam for its efforts to preserve the world heritage sites of Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary in the 20 years since their recognition by the UNESCO.