VOV.VN - A river festival, the first of its kind in Ho Chi Minh City, is scheduled to take place from August 4 to August 6, featuring various special culture, entertainment, and art activities with the goal of promoting local tourism.

VOV.VN - Ha Long Bay, Hoi An Ancient City, and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park have been listed among the 16 UNESCO world heritage wonders throughout Southeast Asia, as compiled by UK-based travel magazine Wanderlust.

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.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested the People's Committees of Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province to urgently study the recommendations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to review and update a nomination dossier for seeking UNESCO’s recognition of “Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago” as a world heritage site.

VOV.VN - This year marks the 20th anniversary of UNESCO recognition of Nha Nhac (royal court music) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

VOV.VN - Kh’Leang pagoda, in Ton Duc Thang street, Soc Trang city, is one of the oldest Khmer pagodas in the Mekong Delta.

Domestic and foreign officials, experts and scientists raised proposals to raise the efficiency of management over the UNESCO-recognised Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh at a symposium on June 30.

VOV.VN - A wide range of activities are planned to mark the 20th anniversary of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central Quang Binh province being recognised twice by UNESCO as a world natural heritage site.

A photo exhibition on world heritages of Vietnam and Laos, the first of its kind in Laos, took place in Vientiane on June 23.

Establishing geoparks and developing geotourism are the most effective measures to protect and preserve geological heritage, said an insider.