Cultural industries, still having much room to develop and contribute more to the national economy, are being considered an important resource to be maximised to boost the GDP growth.

Owning a large number of cultural heritages and creative spaces, Hanoi, a Creative City of Design since 2019, has been on the right track to become a “green, smart and modern” city by 2030 by optimising its strengths and potential, especially from creative resources.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung affirmed his Ministry’s willingness to promote local culture and tourism on Google platforms at a recent meeting held in Hanoi with Sapna Chadha, vice president for Southeast Asia and South Asia Frontier of Google Asia Pacific at Google.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST) held a conference in Hanoi on July 15 to disseminate the contents of the book on building and developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Lotus Festival 2024 kicked off at the Tay Ho Creative Cultural Space in Tay Ho district in the capital on July 12 with the aim of promoting and honouring the beauty and cultural values of the lotus flower.

VOV.VN - The 20th “Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange” is scheduled to take place in the UNESCO world heritage site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from August 2 to 4.

Cultural diplomacy is an important component of Vietnam's comprehensive and modern diplomacy, a regular and continuous process, and a common task of the whole political system, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son while chairing a July 9 meeting on the cultural diplomacy work for 2024.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb city, and Mladenaca Park on July 7 co-organised a Vietnamese Cultural Day, the first of its kind in Croatia, in Zagreb.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s food industry targets Vietnam as a premier market for K-Food as companies entering the Southeast Asian country early continue to consider it as a key market for their overseas business operations, said insiders.

The 4th Culture & Business Forum (CBF), spotlighting business operations in a multicultural environment, is set to take place in Hanoi on November 10, heard a press conference on the annual event on July 8.