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On the afternoon of December 23, in Ho Chi Minh City, 28 members of the Viet Nam Culinary Culture Association (VCCA) were officially conferred the prestigious title of “Viet Nam Culinary Culture Artisan”, affirming their mission to keep the flame of the “Vietnamese kitchen hearth” alive.

To ensure that the cultural identity of the Central Highlands continues to be preserved and passed on, many artisans in western Lam Dong Province have been steadfastly upholding their crafts, safeguarding the spirit of their ethnic culture with a profound sense of responsibility and deep love for heritage.

Christmas, also known as the Nativity of the Lord, marks the birth of Jesus Christ and is widely celebrated in many countries as a time for family reunions, sharing love and fostering a warm, joyful atmosphere within families and communities.

The Global Coffee Heritage Festival 2025 has officially started at Lam Vien Square in Da Lat, Lam Dong province, featuring a variety of activities that celebrate Viet Nam’s coffee heritage and promote coffee culture worldwide.

Since joining UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, Ha Noi has implemented a wide range of concrete activities to promote creativity in culture and harness cultural resources for sustainable urban development.

The installation exhibition titled Bach Dang by artist Le Huu Hieu in Ha Long (Quang Ninh Province) offers the public a rare artistic experience, where history no longer lies dormant in books or memory but is made present through space and emotion along the shore of a heritage bay.

The Dak Lak Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the opening ceremony for the 2025 Gong Culture and Traditional Musical Instruments Festival on December 19.

A series of night tourism activities has been officially launched to give tourists more opportunities to know about Ha Noi on December 19.

The international conference on “cultural industries – a foundation for sustainable tourism development”, held on the afternoon of December 19 in Hue City, has been described as an important milestone in realising Viet Nam’s strategy for the development of cultural industries to 2030, with a vision to 2045, under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 2486/QD-TTg.

Viet Nam currently has 37 heritages inscribed by UNESCO, among which the craft of Dong Ho folk painting is the 17th intangible cultural heritage.

What makes “To quoc trong tim” (Homeland in our hearts) “unprecedented” lies first and foremost in the way it tells the story of the homerland. Rather than opting for a traditional narrative approach, the film draws on the language of concert performance, cinema and modern music, bringing history, national spirit and patriotism to the public through emotions that are genuine and deeply moving.

Two book volumes: “Under the Olive Trees” by poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, President of the Viet Nam Writers’ Association, and “Murad’s Stone” by author Murad Sadani, President of the Palestine Writers’ Association were introduced at a launch ceremony held at the headquarters of the Writers’ Association Publishing House, on December 16.

With vibrant, captivating melodies and dances infused with a distinctly Latin American flair, the 13th Latin American Music Night helped strengthen solidarity, friendship and mutual understanding between the people of the capital and the peoples of Latin American countries.

Sa Pa (Lao Cai) has recently successfully performed two large-scale live performance art programmes featuring the participation of local ethnic minority communities and professional artists, enriching the community-based cultural tourism ecosystem in the highland areas.

For generations, the seasonal floodwaters have been a familiar feature of life for people in the southwestern region of Viet Nam. The arrival of floodwaters not only brings alluvium and washes away salinity from the fields, but also carries many gifts generously bestowed by nature.

To preserve their cultural heritage and values, and prevent traditional crafts, especially traditional costume-making, from fading away, the Pa Di people in Muong Khuong, Lao Cai province, are actively working with local authorities and agencies on preservation efforts.

The Viet Nam“Pho” Day, in response to the Pho Week in Europe 2025, kicked off in Germany and Bulgaria on December 12.

As a flagship activity within the framework of the Viet Nam Creative Economy and Practice (VCEP) Forum 2025, the VCEP Awards 2025, recently held in Ho Chi Minh City, honoured outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to Viet Nam’s creative “map”, spreading positive values across the community.

The first impression, as linguistics master Sam Cong Danh and information technology master Nguyen Viet Khoi introduced it on the computer screen, was of vertically arranged characters with graceful, flowing curves, reminiscent of wisps of evening smoke rising from the stilt houses of the Thai Do people in western Nghe An province.

The inscription of the Dong Ho folk painting craft on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding marks an important milestone for Viet Nam in its efforts to preserve and promote traditional forms of heritage currently facing numerous challenges.