VOV.VN - The Great National Unity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week is due to get underway at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town of Hanoi from November 15 to 23.

A painting exhibition titled “ASEAN with Hanoi’s autumn” is being held at the Ho Guom Cultural Information Center, Hoan Kiem district from November 6 to 15 to celebrate the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings, to be hosted in the capital city on November 12-15.

A festival centering on the Vietnamese Mother Goddess worshipping opened in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on October 26, drawing large crowds of practitioners and visitors.

Cultural experts have hailed ‘ao dai’, traditional Vietnamese dress, for the extent to which it honours the intangible values of humanity.

VOV.VN - Since its entry to UNESCO in 1976, Vietnam has worked closely with UNESCO and its members to promote peace, development, solidarity and cooperation between nations and protect cultural values.

The Prime Minister has issued a decision to establish the National Council for Cultural Heritage, an advisory body to help the PM on work relating to the preservation and promotion of the values of cultural heritage in Vietnam.

UNESCO in Vietnam in partnership with the Germany Embassy is organising Vietnam Photo Expression 2020, themed “Showing we care, sharing our vision on cultural diversity”.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 30 requested the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh to balance their annual budgets and mobilise funding from other sources to implement projects on protection and promotion of Vi Giam folk singing.

The Hue Festival 2020 will open on August 26 this year, two days earlier than the previously-decided date of August 28, the festival organising board said on July 21.