(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.

(VOVWORLD) - This man’s music has lived for nearly 70 years and is considered a genre in its own right. 600 songs. Millions of records sold in Japan. Trinh Cong Son, dubbed the Bob Dylan of Vietnam, is simply known as Trinh. 25 years after his death, hundreds of his songs are still sung by heart - at home, in small cafés, at concerts across Vietnam. So what happens when you take music that famous and play it in a jazz style? Is it a tribute…or a betrayal?

(VOVWORLD) - In the 2025-2026 school year, Can Tho City has rolled out a plan to strengthen the reading culture in schools, aiming to raise students’ awareness of the importance of reading in a learning society while fostering self-study skills and the ability to master knowledge in the modern era.

(VOVWORLD) - The clanging of electric trams, once a familiar part of daily life for generations of Hanoians, has been revived by the Metro Line 6 Project in the Ngu Xa-Truc Bach neighborhood. The project takes visitors several decades back in time, to a Hanoi with honeycomb coal stoves, ration coupons, wooden cupboards, and other everyday objects that stir the memories of older generations.

(VOVWORLD) - For ethnic Central Highlanders, folk dance is not only an art form but also a reflection of their community life and spiritual values. In Dak Lak Province, the cultural sector, together with local residents, particularly young people, is making concerted efforts to revive traditional dances.

(VOVWORLD) - The Dong Ho folk painting craft in Bac Ninh province has been inscribed on UNESCO‘s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The recognition affirms Dong Ho painting’s universal value in terms of art, folk knowledge, cultural identity, and humanism, and will help to preserve and revive this tradition.

(VOVWORLD) - For the Tay and Nung ethnic communities in Thai Nguyen province, Then singing embodies collective memory and spiritual life, and links past and present. In 2019, it was inscribed by UNESCO as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a recognition that has strengthened efforts to preserve, promote, and pass on this unique musical tradition.