VOV.VN - The Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Tri province, central Vietnam, has prepared a dossier to seek UNESCO recognition as a World Natural Heritage site for a third time, with a renewed focus on aesthetic value as a key criterion of outstanding universal value.
VOV.VN - The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is reviewing Vietnam’s nomination of Dong Ho folk painting for inscription on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, during its 20th session in New Delhi, India.
VOV.VN - Hoi An has unveiled a diverse programme of events from November 21 to December 7 to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23) and mark the 26th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Hoi An Ancient Town as a world heritage site (December 4).
A Vietnamese delegation, including Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong, is attending the 47th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Paris from July 6 to 16.
The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Hanoi, has gained an additional area of 13,800sq.m, given to it by the Ministry of National Defence.
December 17, 2024 marks Ha Long Bay’s significant milestone of 30 years since its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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.
Oxalis, the only firm operating expedition adventure tour to Son Doong – the world’s largest natural cave on December 23 announced that the tour is fully booked for the whole of 2024.
The central province of Quang Ngai is building dossiers to seek UNESCO’s recognition of Sa Huynh civilisation relic site as a world heritage.