Vietnam reaches mutual recognition of ‘vaccine passports’ with 17 countries
A ‘vaccine passport’ is a COVID-19 vaccination record or/and a COVID-19 recovery certificate
Vietnam recognizes vaccine passports of 72 countries, territories
Holders of these documents will only have to quarantine for seven days upon arriving in the Southeast Asian country
Vietnam to seek UNESCO recognition for Nguyen Dynasty’s nine tripod cauldrons
The set of nine tripod cauldrons is the only existing one of its type
Trang An named Vietnam’s first UNESCO-recognized mixed heritage
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam has just been inscribed in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s World Heritage List, being the country’s first site to be acknowledged as a mixed natural and cultural property.
Does recognition really help cultural relics?
Ass Prof Luong Hong Quang, from the Vietnam National Arts and Culture Institute, questions if the recognition of Vietnamese cultural relics actually helps them thrive, as the line between preservation and distortion is so delicate.
‘Don ca tai tu’ recognized as UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Vietnam’s “Don ca tai tu” (southern folk music) on Dec 5 made UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Century-old trees recognized as heritage for protection
Five centenary trees at Lam Kinh historical relic in northern Thanh Hoa province are recently recognized as heritage trees for better protection.