Vietnam’s SOVICO Group has become a strategic partnership of the United Nations (UN) after the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Hanoi on September 23.

Two Vietnamese cities have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), along with 53 other cities from 27 countries.

VOV.VN - An exhibition featuring the Tale of Kieu and its translation into several different languages has opened to the public in Paris, France.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue spoke highly of UNESCO activities in Vietnam in recent times during a meeting with UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Michael Croft on September 9.

VOV.VN - The HCM City People's Committee has sent a document to the Ministry of National Defense as it seeks advice on compiling relevant dossiers about the historic Cu Chi Tunnels as its strives to gain UNESCO’s recognition as a world heritage site.

VOV.VN - AIPA member parliaments have agreed to fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and make efforts towards an effective and consistent Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in line with international law.

VOV.VN - Visitors have been permitted to gradually return to Hoi An, a UNESCO-recognied World Heritage Site, following the lifting of social distancing measures due to COVID-19 epidemic, signaling a positive outlook for the local tourism industry.

UNESCO and UNICEF, with support from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, have launched a campaign called “Winning Indoors” for Vietnamese children and their families to find fun ways to stay happy and healthy while at home.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam province has decided to extend the ongoing social distancing order imposed on Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, starting from August 14 in an effort to curb the novel coronavirus.

UNESCO in Vietnam in partnership with the Germany Embassy is organising Vietnam Photo Expression 2020, themed “Showing we care, sharing our vision on cultural diversity”.