IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the science advisory organization to UNESCO, has confirmed that it has proposed not to grant the “world’s natural heritage” to the Vietnamese Cat Tien National Park.

It is highly possible that the Cat Tien National Park would not be recognized by UNESCO as the world’s natural heritage because of the problems in the wildlife protection that occurred recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The grandiose and mysterious caves of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park have become a tourist trap for Quang Binh Province, attracting over four million visitors in the past decade.

The UNESCO Executive Board will send the file of Nguyen Du (1765-1820), a great Vietnamese poet renowned for his literary masterpieces ‘Truyen Kieu’ to the UNESCO’s Great Council for his recognition as 'Man of Culture of the World'.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau received the certificate recognizing it as the 2,088 th world Ramsar site at a ceremony on April 13.

The provincial People’s Committee of Phu Tho on April 13 held a grand ceremony to receive the UNESCO certificate recognizing the worship of Hung Kings as an intangible culture heritage of humanity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of Southeast Asia's UNESCO World Heritage Sites are put on display at Da Nang City's Museum of Cham Sculpture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vi-Giam folk music was officially selected as a representative of Vietnamese heritage seeking UNESCO’s recognition as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2014.

Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam held a ceremony in Hanoi on February 25 to receive the special national relic certificate and the UNESCO’s Global Memory of the World Programme’s certificate for its 82 doctoral laureate steles.

"Being touched by hands with sweat for many consecutive years, many doctoral steles in the Temple of Literature are worn out. For example, a stele that was made in 1452 now has no words left," says Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuong, Institute of History.

Eighty-two doctoral laureate steles under the early Le, Mac and late Le dynasties (1442-1779) in Hanoi’s Van Mieu will get UNESCO’s Global Memory of the World Programme’s certificate.

VietNamNet Bridge - This is the first time scientists have discovered an ancient rock dump of the Ho Dynasty, with relatively intact rock cannonballs.

 VietNamNet Bridge –A ceremony to receive UNESCO’s certificate recognizing Hung Kings Veneration Ritual as an intangible heritage of humans is scheduled to take place in April 13.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Hoa from Viet Tri City in Phu Tho Province, is a very proud parent. She is filled with happiness every time her nine-year-old daughter performs some traditional xoan songs learned at school for the family.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous pop singer and producer Ngo Thanh Van appears to have further enhanced her image as a bankable movie star in the new film Faifo (Hoai Pho).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a list of 33 examples of intangible cultural heritage according to Cultural Heritage Law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien–Hue has adopted a programme on developing new services in the ancient imperial city of Hue, aiming to attract more tourists to the world heritage site.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced plans for a culture and tourism week entitled “Hue Heritage—a Week for Tourists”, scheduled for December 24 to 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The unique practice of worshipping Hung Kings in Phu Tho province, Vietnam has been recognised by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a document to the Vietnam Kieu Study Association on proposing that UNESCO recognize the Tale of Kieu as a world cultural heritage.