The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to preserve and develop traditional costumes of ethnic minority peoples throughout Việt Nam.

The central localities of Thừa Thiên-Huế and Đà Nẵng on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to clarify their responsibility for conserving the heritage gate Hải Vân Quan, which is located between the two.

Việt Nam’s economic freedom score is 55.3, making its economy the 128th freest in the 2019 Index. Its overall score has increased by 2.2 points, with a sharp increase in fiscal health and higher scores for investment freedom, according to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented the National Intangible Heritage certificate for the Cầu Ngư (fish-worshipping) festival to the central city of Đà Nẵng in a ceremony on Wednesday, February 20. The ceremony becomes the latest of seven National Intangible Heritage items approved by the ministry in 2019.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged utmost efforts and effective coordination among Government agencies to ensure the successful hosting of the second summit between North Korea and the US.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will host a craft-making workshop on Sunday, February 24.

Investors have pledged to invest more than VNĐ36.1 trillion (US$1.5 billion) into 19 tourism projects in the central and Central Highland regions.

The Central and Central Highlands Region has been told to work harder to make tourism a key economic sector of the whole region.

A group of 16 farmers in Tiên Hà Commune in the mountainous Tiên Phước district of Quảng Nam Province have joined together in a ‘green herb’ co-operative – a model that helps promote production chains of farm produce and herbs and develop eco-tourism.

With 172 recognised relics and 97 heritage sites, HCM City boasts a wealth of culture. The city plans to spend millions of dollars preserving and promoting its rich history over the next few years, San Hà reports.