VOV.VN - The 2021 Mong Ethnic Culture Festival has been officially postponed until December amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The second episode of the ‘Food Culture - Central Region Heritage Road' programme will be held virtually on August 14 to discuss ways to promote the typical cuisine of Vietnam’s central region.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has approved a project on digitalising all types of Vietnamese festivals for the 2021-2025 period. They involve traditional and cultural ones, industry festivals, and those of foreign origin.

VOV.VN - Artists from various localities in Vietnam joined those from France in an online concert on July 28 evening to inspire frontline forces and people to work harder in their ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Since joining UNESCO in July 1976, Vietnam has continued to play a greater role, and has been a very active member of the Executive Board of different committees, said Michael Croft, UNESCO Chief Representative in Vietnam.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Algeria together with the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management of Algiers (ESHRA) held an event on Vietnamese and Algerian cuisine on July 25.

A book project to promote Vietnamese culture to Vietnamese and international readers called “Tu Sach Van Hoa Viet” (Bookshelf of Vietnam Culture) has been launched.

VOV.VN - A series of events running with the theme of “Culinary culture and Central Heritage Trail” are scheduled to take place between July and December this year, aiming to promote innovations in the central region’s culinary industry.

Experts of Vietnam and the Archaeological Survey of India team have been accelerating the implementation of a project to conserve and repair tower-temples of Group A at the My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - A draft project on “Promoting value and building Hue folk singing into a unique cultural tourism product in 2020-2025” has been granted approval by the People’s Commitee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.