VOV.VN - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced five traditional crafts as national intangible heritage after recognizing a number of dishes from across the country recently.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has issued a decision recognising the traditional craft of making lotus-scented tea in Quang An ward, Tay Ho district of Hanoi as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnam is the eighth largest tea exporter in the world, earning US$135 million from tea exports in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 34.8% over the same period last year.

Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien paid a courtesy visit to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence General Tea Seiha on August 8 as part of his working trip to the neighbouring country to attend the seventh defence policy dialogue between the two nations.

VOV.VN - Pakistan was Vietnam's largest tea export market with 16,072 tons being shipped to the South Asian nation in the first half of the year, and it was also the only market recording an export volume of over 10,000 tons of tea.

Hanoi’s first-ever lotus festival, held from July 12-16 and participated by more than 50,000 visitors, was a great success, opening high prospects for the capital city to build a unique cultural and tourism brand.

VOV.VN - The administration of Hanoi have made its final preparations for the debut lotus festival, which will open in the capital on the evening of July 12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam grossed US$108 million from exporting 61,000 tonnes of tea during the first half of the year, up 26.7% in volume and 32.1% in value on-year, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Red Dao ethnic people in Phan Thanh commune of the northern border province of Cao Bang have established a community aimed at preserving and developing traditional medicinal remedies in association with tourism development.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Japan festival 2024 will take place at the Bien Dong (East Sea) Park in the central city of Da Nang from July 4 to 7, as part of celebrations to mark 51 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.