The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city on March 1 received a certificate recognising 78 “ma nhai” steles on its Ngu Hanh Son Mountain as part of documentary heritage under the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).
Two heritage pieces of Vietnam were recognized as part of documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific on November 26, at the 9th general meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) in Andong city, the Republic of Korea.
Authorities in Vietnam are looking for possibilities and taking necessary measures to repatriate the imperial golden seal of the Nguyen Dynasty that has set to be auctioned soon by a Paris-based action house, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
Today, the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that Vietnam is determined to bring back the rare and valuable imperial golden seal of the Nguyen Dynasty's Emperor Minh Mang home by mobilizing all resources.
A revised translation of "Hoang Viet nhat thong du dia chi", considered the first collection of geographical descriptions under the Nguyen Dynasty, has won the A prize of the 5th National Book Awards.
The State Records Management and Archives Department of Vietnam in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports of Thua Thien-Hue Province held an exhibition of old documents of royal costumes and clothing items of the Nguyen Dynasty.
The Nhuong Ban fish-worshipping festival in Cam Nhuong Commune, Cam Xuyen District, the Central Province of Ha Tinh was recognized as the National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Province on April 17 held a ceremony to receive two artifacts of the Nguyen Dynasty, including a mandarin hat and a dress.
The “Access the World’s Heritage Documents through the Nguyen Dynasty’s Heritage Documents” exhibition opened at Hanoi Temple of Literature on August 26.
More than 100 woodblocks and official documents under the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) demonstrating Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are being exhibited in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.