(VOVWORLD) - The success of the Concert of Childhood Memory in Vietnam over the past 3 years has contributed to shaping Vietnam’s "cultural industry" - resourced from various industries involved in the creation, production, distribution, and consumption of cultural or creative products, as well as the protection of intellectual property rights. Today’s Culture feature looks at how the annual musical event has helped realize young Vietnamese artists’ dreams while contributing to Vietnam’s cultural industry in the making.

(VOVWORLD) - The heroic stories about the willpower and resilience of revolutionary prisoners from prison historical relics of Hoa Lo, Con Dao and Phu Quoc are being told at an exhibition at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi. The exhibition, which will run until the end of August, marks Vietnam's War Invalids and Martyrs' Day on July 27.

(VOVWORLD) - The invaluable cultural heritage of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups is of great importance in ensuring sustainable national development. Vietnam has paid special attention to preserving and promoting cultural treasures.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon until 1976, after Vietnam’s reunification) has long had a reputation for being cosmopolitan. This week’s Culture shines a spotlight on how the city is struggling to protect its 300-year architectural heritage in the face of strong economic development and rapid urban renewal.

(VOVWORLD) - 2019 marks 5 years of implementing a Party Central Committee resolution on the development of people and culture for Vietnam’s sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s traditional craft of making Do or poonah paper dates back thousands of years. Although this paper has been used widely in Dong Ho paintings and other Vietnamese folk art, the techniques of making Do paper are on the verge of extinction.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups account for 14 percent of the population, with a vibrant diversity of cultures, languages, and livelihoods.

(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of children across Vietnam participated in the 4th Nightingale Melody Contest themed “I love my homeland”, organized by the Voice of Vietnam. The biannual contest, which closed in Hanoi in May, promotes singing and introduces new children’s songs to the public.

(VOVWORLD) - Ten top Vietnamese documentaries including several award winners, are being screened at the on-going 10th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival 2019 that opened last Friday in Hanoi and HCMC. The films are on a variety of topics, from 20th-century Vietnamese patriot Phan Chau Trinh to the tragic battle against cancer waged by a young girl living in a rural area.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh trail, a military supply route running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam, was opened in 1959. Until the end of the Ho Chi Minh campaign that led to Vietnam’s reunification in 1975, VOV war correspondents accompanied soldiers along the trail, reporting the events they witnessed. Meanwhile, VOV radio broadcasts furnished the soldiers’ “food for thought” and connected them with the world outside the jungles during those years of hardship.