After 30 years since 1993, when the Complex of Hue Monuments, the first World Heritage Site of Vietnam, was recognised by UNESCO, Vietnam has had 32 honoured heritages, including two natural heritages, one mixed heritage and 29 cultural heritages. They are invaluable assets contributing to enriching the cultural heritage treasure of mankind.

Mo Muong is a heritage containing the values of many types of folklore including literature, performance, music, dance, theatre, rituals, and folk knowledge. In particular, the words of “Mo” (a type of folk rite practised at funerals or rituals) are literary works with a huge capacity, containing human, cultural and historical values as well as the outlook on life and cosmology of the Muong ethnic people. However, Mo Muong is facing many challenges in preservation and promotion of its values.

During the process of world integration, cultural diplomacy is one of the three pillars of Vietnam's comprehensive diplomacy, besides political and economic diplomacy, and also an effective tool to strengthen mutual understanding among the nations.

Vietnam’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO and its Embassy in France held a ceremony at the UN body’s headquarters in Paris on October 11 to honour President Ho Chi Minh – a great man of peace and culture.

To honour Xoe Thai art is to honour the noble and beautiful value of art culture, solidarity, kindness, optimism, conservation and development thinking.

Nghia Lo Town Stadium in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will become the focus of culture lovers’ attention with the ceremony to receive UNESCO’s certification recognising the art of Xoe Thai dance as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity tonight (September 24).

A photo exhibition officially opened in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 23 to honour the art of Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people, which was recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity recognised by UNESCO.

A workshop reporting the results of a pilot project on implementing the UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) in Vietnam on September 19.

Vietnam always attaches importance to cultural development, considering culture both a driving force and a goal for national development, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay hailed Vietnamese authorities for fully tapping potential of UNESCO cultural conventions, in her speech delivered at a ceremony held in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 6.

Vietnam will run for a seat in the World Heritage Committee in the 2023-2027 tenure and expects to get support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said while meeting with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay in Hanoi on September 5.

A ceremony was held in the northern province of Tuyen Quang on September 3 night to receive a UNESCO certificate accrediting Practices of Then by Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic minority groups in Vietnam as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.