As 2024 draws to a close with a series of “significant successes,” Vietnam is gearing up for an even more active year in 2025, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, told Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in Paris, where UNESCO’s headquarters is based.

The Xen Dong festival, known as the forest worship ritual, of the Thai in Nghia Lo town in the northern province of Yen Bai, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence on December 20 evening opened an exhibition celebrating 80 years of culture and arts of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) in the pedestrian space around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.

An increasing number of Vietnamese enterprises are showing interest in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the sectors of Vietnam's advantages and the Middle East country's needs, a diplomat has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for improvement of institutions to attract resources and talent for the development of culture, sports, and tourism, and handle those who obstruct the work while addressing the sector’s hybrid conference on December 18.

VOV.VN - An international seminar was held in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat on December 18 to seek ways to develop the city’s green tourism and cultural industry.

VOV.VN - The development of public-private partnerships in the cultural industries not only requires investments in infrastructure, but also in ideas, management and effective use of resources, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City in December 16.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 16 announced a list of the leading 10 culture, sports, and tourism events in Vietnam in 2024 selected by experts, journalists, and locals through direct votes cast and online voting.

VOV.VN - The Korean Cultural Day kicked off in Da Lat city in the central highlands province of Lam Dong on December 13 as part of the 10th Da Lat Flower Festival.

International friends had a chance to enjoy some of the traditional cultural values of Vietnam at an event held in Tokyo by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on December 11.