Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently signed a decision recognising the resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as a national tourism site.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently recognised several new items as national intangible cultural heritage, raising the total number to 228.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a list of 11 newly-recognised national intangible cultural heritages.
The Phu Yen Provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony in Phu Yen province on September 22 to receive a certificate recognising “Lam Phu Lam” (Phu Lam storehouse) in Phu Lam ward of Tuy Hoa city as a national art-architectural site.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on September 20 to receive a certificate in recognition of the A Sao Temple Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage as well as to open the annual festival.
The Trang Trinh Temple in the northern port city of Hai Phong has been recognised as a Special National Heritage.
An additional 11 historical, architectural and archaeological relics nationwide have been listed as special national relic sites following a decision by the Prime Minister.
Lang Sen Wetland Reserve has just been recognised as the seventh Ramsar site in Viet Nam and 2,227th of the world, Director of the reserve Truong Thanh Son said.
An additional nine historical, architectural and archaeological relics nationwide have been listed as national relic sites under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s decision.
Ca Hue (traditional Hue singing) has been recognised as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Ba Chua Xu temple festival (also called the Via Ba ceremony) was officially recognised as a National Intangible Heritage at a ceremony held on June 8 in Sam Mountain ward, Chau Doc city, in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
An 132-year-old Bodhi tree in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak was certificated as a heritage tree at a ceremony held on June 1.