VOV.VN - Nguyen Phuong Linh, a 23-year-old contestant from Hanoi, was crowned Miss Vietnam Tourism 2026 at a grand finale held in the northern mountain resort of Sa Pa of January 10.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has added five cultural practices and festivals to its national list of intangible cultural heritage, highlighting the country’s efforts to preserve traditional knowledge, rituals and community-based customs.
VOV.VN - Furnaces are burning steadily in Tra Dong bronze casting village in Thieu Trung commune, northern Thanh Hoa province, as craftsmen work against the clock to fulfill Lunar New Year orders, the busiest season of the year for the traditional craft.
Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh has agreed in principle to the preparation of scientific dossiers on pho (rice noodle soup) and water puppetry as intangible cultural heritage, to be submitted to UNESCO for inscription on its heritage lists.
VOV.VN - Efforts are underway in the highland commune of Mu Cang Chai (Lao Cai province) to safeguard the traditional Mong panpipe, an art form recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage of Vietnam.
An exhibition entitled “Vietnamese cultural heritage – vitality from tradition to modernity” opened on December 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hanoi is stepping up efforts to turn its cultural heritage into a driver of the creative economy by adopting a long-term and ecosystem-based approach aimed at making creativity a pillar of the capital’s sustainable development.
VOV.VN - An exhibition titled “Vietnamese Cultural Heritage-Vitality from Tradition to Modernity” is underway at the Hanoi Flag Tower relic site as part of activities to welcome New Year 2026 and mark the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.
VOV.VN - The northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Bac Ninh and the port city of Hai Phong jointly hosted a ceremony on December 20 to receive UNESCO’s certificate recognising the Yen Tu–Vinh Nghiem–Con Son–Kiep Bac Complex as a World Cultural Heritage Site.
VOV.VN - UNESCO has recently recognised the traditional craft of Dong Ho folk painting as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, raising the total number of the country’s such UNESCO-recognised intangible elements to 17.