VOV.VN - As global competition increasingly extends into culture, Vietnam’s iconic Phở has emerged as a widely recognised culinary symbol worldwide, yet its influence has largely spread organically, prompting questions about how it can be strategically developed into a true cultural ambassador and soft power asset.

The UNESCO Executive Board on April 15 approved decisions to extend the status of two Vietnamese Category II centres under UNESCO’s auspices for a further eight years during its 224th session in Paris.

VOV.VN - The UNESCO Office in Vietnam, in coordination with the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has launched a nationwide graphic design contest to create an official commemorative visual design marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession to UNESCO (1976-2026).

A grand ceremony was held on March 27 evening in Bac Ninh province to receive UNESCO’s certificate inscribing the craft of making Dong Ho folk woodblock printings on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

The third phase of a project promoting STEAM education linked with gender equality in Vietnam was officially launched in Hanoi on March 24, marking a renewed push to expand inclusive, future-ready learning models for students nationwide.

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 attaches importance to its participation in and cooperation with UNESCO and is an active and responsible member of the organization.

Authorities of northern Ninh Binh province on February 28 held a ceremony to announce the Prime Minister’s decision recognising the Tam Chuc scenic and archaeological complex as a Special National Relic.

Nestled within the Lang Son UNESCO Global Geopark, Huu Lien commune has reinvented itself, from a remote and agriculture-dependent area framed by rugged limestone terrain into a fast-rising tourism hub where ethnic communities are seeing steady gains in income and living standards without compromising the environment.

Vietnam has urged stronger implementation of preferential treatment for developing countries under the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005 UNESCO Convention) at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the convention.