The 5th cinnamon festival of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai’s Van Yen district kicked off on January 5, celebrating the district’s cultural and economic symbol with a variety of exciting activities.

Vietnamese cuisine has emerged as a significant cultural ambassador, promoting the country and its people on the global stage.

A series of cultural activities and art performance to welcome spring imbued with unique cultural identities of Vietnam's ethnic groups will be featured in a programme at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the outskirts of Hanoi from January 1 to 31, 2025.

The Vietnamese Australian Scholars & Experts Association (VASEA) and the Vietnam - Australia Cultural Exchange Organisation (VACEO) are set to carry out numerous activities next year to help reinforce multifaceted ties between the two countries.

In November 2024, the “Vietnam Days Abroad” programme made its debut in Latin America, leaving lasting impressions.

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.