Chairman of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) Vishal V. Sharma on July 24 approved a decision to officially give consent to Vietnam’s proposals on the orientation and vision for researching, preserving, and developing the Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc is attending the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in New Delhi from July 21 – 31.

VOV.VN - Editors of New York-based travel magazine Travel+Leisure have picked Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province among the top 13 most beautiful places in the world.

VOV.VN - A diverse range of activities will be held in various locations throughout the central province of Quang Nam to mark 25 years of UNESCO’s recognition of Hoi An Ancient Town as a world heritage site, according to the Hoi An City People's Committee.

A salt-making field, dating back about 2,000 years of ancient Sa Huynh people, has been discovered in Duc Pho commune, the central province of Quang Ngai, according to Deputy Director of the Quang Ngai General Museum Doan Ngoc Khoi.

A delegation of experts from UNESCO made a field trip to the northern province of Lang Son from July 6 -10 for on-site assessment of the dossier submitted to the organisation to seek the organisation's recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

VOV.VN - Authorities of Khammouane province of Laos and Quang Binh province of Vietnam said on July 3 that they are preparing a dossier for UNESCO recognition of Hin Namno National Park (Laos) and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) as a trans-boundary World Heritage Site.

Vietnam has brought to the annual festival of consulates general in France a showcase of her tourism destinations, traditional paintings and musical instruments, leaving an enticing impression on visitors.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc, has met with UNESCO officials and representatives from UNESCO member states to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in world heritage preservation

VOV.VN - The nation has been elected as Vice Chair of the General Assembly of the State Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO member countries, thereby bringing the number of key UNESCO mechanisms that the country is involved in to six.