(VOVWORLD) - Since its launch last year, the “Digitizing Palm-Leaf Manuscripts” project, funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives in the Mekong Delta, has helped bring this Khmer heritage into modern life.

(VOVWORLD) - “A millennium of castanet rhythms,” directed by People’s Artist Le Viet Huong, is a documentary film about Ca Tru (ceremonial singing), recounting the history of the folk art that has shaped Vietnam’s cultural identity. It also highlights the importance of preserving and developing that heritage.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chhay-dam drum dance is a distinctive form of Khmer folk performing art, notable for its blend of martial arts, music, and dance movements. At Snaydonkum pagoda in An Giang province, the Chhay-dam drum dance troupe plays an important role in preserving and promoting the unique cultural heritage of the Khmer ethnic minority people.

(VOVWORLD) - Western Nghe An is home to an array of indigenous knowledge preserved by many ethnic groups, including the Thai. Traditional costumes, cuisine, stilt houses, folk music, and festivals imbued with the spirit of Nghe An province's mountains and forests create a distinctive identity for this area. The combination of rich indigenous culture and unspoiled natural landscapes supports a thriving tourism sector here.

(VOVWORLD) - In folk and applied arts, the horse is portrayed in a simple yet vivid style, symbolizing a loyal animal closely tied to everyday human life. In modern visual art, it has emerged as a strong source of inspiration, carrying a wide range of expressive and symbolic meanings.

(VOVWORLD) - Every year, on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, Vietnamese families hold a ceremony to see the Kitchen Gods off to Heaven. The ritual marks the closing of the old year and the beginning of preparations for Tet, the Lunar New Year.

(VOVWORLD) - Cultural industries are expected to contribute more than 10% of Da Nang’s GRDP by 2030, according to the central city’s Resolution on Cultural Development for the 2026-2030 period with a vision to 2045. Da Nang will also become a cultural industry hub of Vietnam with competitive capacity in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - A name is one of the first things we receive in life and one of the last things that remain after we’re gone. In his latest book “Full Names”, Tran Quang Duc, a cultural researcher, turns names into a revealing lens through which Vietnamese history and human identity are re-examined.

(VOVWORLD) - The Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere and a traditional Tet market of the Red River Delta have been vividly recreated in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, seeking to preserve traditional cultural values while taking visitors on a nostalgic journey into the past.

(VOVWORLD) - The Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress identified culture as an inner strength and a key driving force for national development. From these breakthrough orientations to their practical implementation during the 2021-2025 period, Vietnam’s cultural industries have undergone clear and dynamic transformations, and are steadily entering everyday life and opening a new stage of development that is sustainable, modern, and rich in cultural identity.