As modernisation threatens to wash away traditional culture, artisan Nguyen Huu Hoa and his wife, Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Thi Oanh, are holding the line for Dong Ho folk painting, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

VOV.VN - Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day, observed on the 10th day of the third lunar month, honours Vietnam’s legendary founders and highlights enduring cultural values and national identity, a tradition recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.

The International Lion Dance Tournament 2026 opened on April 24 at the An Dong Ward Public Service Centre, bringing together 15 leading lion–dragon dance troupes, including 10 top teams of Vietnam and five invited international teams.

A ceremony was held on April 19 in the southern province of Dong Nai to recognise the Sayangva festival – rice worship ritual of the Cho Ro people – as national intangible cultural heritage.

VOV.VN - The “Cuc Phuong Highland 2026” Cultural and Sports Festival opened on April 17 in Cuc Phuong commune, Ninh Binh province, drawing a large number of delegates, local residents and visitors.

VOV.VN - The 2026 Quan The Am Festival (Buddhist Festival of Compassion) concluded at Marble Mountains, Da Nang city, on April 7, attracting more than 10,000 monks, Buddhists, locals, and tourists over four days.

VOV.VN - The Het Cha festival was held in Moc Son ward, Son La province in northern Vietnam on March 28, a traditional spiritual practice of the Thai ethnic community recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Preserving and leveraging the folk wisdom behind “Nam Dinh-style pho”, now recognised as Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritage, isn’t just about saving a beloved noodle soup. It’s a full-throttle push to guard a living cultural heritage and turn it into an engine for sustainable economic growth and tourism.

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.