Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 3 demanded enhancing inter-regional, national, and international connectivity in culture, sports, and tourism.

VOV.VN - The Kanagawa Festival 2023 officially opened in the central city of Da Nang on November 16, to showcase Japanese culture and tourism, as well as study and employment opportunities in Kanagawa Prefecture.

VOV.VN - The first-ever culture and tourism week showcasing Vietnam’s northwestern region and Ho Chi Minh City will take place in Luang Prabang province of Laos from October 25 to 27.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2023 is an occasion for overseas Vietnamese youth to experience Vietnamese culture, history and heroic tradition, nurturing their love for the Fatherland and motivating them to act as tourism ambassadors of Vietnam around the world, stated Dinh Hoang Linh, Director of the Department of Information and Culture at the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

VOV.VN - Vu Thu Ha, vice chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, hosted a reception on July 7 for Firmin Edouard Matoko, assistant director-general of UNESCO, who affirmed the organisation’s readiness to accompany the nation in general and Hanoi in particular in preserving and promoting its cultural heritage values.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town on the outskirts of Hanoi will host a brocade festival throughout July, with the aim of preserving and promoting the value of ethnic brocade.

With cultural richness and a vast array of tangible and intangible cultural heritages, Vietnam is endowed with abundant resources for the development of cultural tourism.

Vietnam boasts rich cultural resources, which have been exploited effectively to develop tourism, thus contributing to making the smokeless sector an important part of the cultural industry, what has been referred to as a cultural tourism "gold mine".

Cultural tourism is a priority in Vietnam’s tourism development strategy and planning until 2020 with a vision to 2030 as it aims to attract more foreign visitors who are interested in exploring the local culture.

The Muong Lo Cultural and Tourism Festival has received the Gold award in the category of Best Arts & Cultural Event of Event Marketing Awards 2023 (EMA 2023).