A new conservation designation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) promises more opportunities for Vietnam to boost conservation work in the country, experts have said.

A fund of VNĐ84 billion (US$3.6 million) has been reserved for the conservation of the ruined Điện Hải Citadel in the central city in 2020.

After prolonged discussions with the public, local diocese and Christian community in Xuân Trường District, authorities in the northern province of Nam Định have decided pull down the dilapidated Bùi Chu Church to build a new one.

Experts from India and Russia have visited My Son sanctuary in Quang Nam from late June to early July 2019 to help with the restoration of the world cultural heritage site, director of the sanctuary’s management board Phan Ho said.

‘Entrants who come first in the test will be honoured on a golden board, rewarded with a beautiful costume and invited to attend a royal feast.’ So says the text carved on a stone stele for a royal examination held in 1442 

The overall plan to preserve and promote the values of But Thap Pagoda, a special national cultural historic relic in the northern province of Bac Ninh, has been approved by the Prime Minister.

 A centre for the study, preservation and development of Vietnam’s gastronomy made debut in Hanoi on April 7 as part of the ongoing Vietnam International Travel Mart 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highland province of Dak Lak is making every effort to conserve wild elephants in the locality as the number of the animals is dropping over recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since UNESCO started honouring spiritual and cultural values of humanity with the intangible cultural heritage title in 2003, the official status has been granted to nine intangible cultural heritages in Vietnam,

The outstanding characteristic of biosphere reserves in Vietnam is the 4-in-1 model: protection of the environment, development of local economies, advancement of scientific research, and adaptation to climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Architecture and cultural managers discussed Long Bien Bridge's future at a seminar held on Wednesday in Ha Noi.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi People's Council has ratified a list of construction works for preservation, including old streets, traditional craft villages, the works built before 1954 and intangible cultural heritage in the city.

 Vice chairman of Hanoi Vu Hong Khanh asked the departments of construction, planning and architecture, and culture, sport and tourism to appraise villas built before 1954 for consideration for the list of preservation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only destroying hundreds of hectares of cultivated crops, the wild elephants in the central province of Dak Lak have become even more aggressive, repeatedly striking down people to death.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Relics and heritage are now a very "hot" topic in Vietnam. There were many incidents related to monuments and heritages happening recently, revealing many things to think about...

 VietNamNet Bridge – A circular of the Ministry of Culture - Sports and Tourism on the preservation, renovation, restoration of monuments has taken effect from July 1.

Mr. Sung Dai Hung, Dong Van District Party Committee Secretary said that in the meetings with local voters in June, about a dozen of households in the ancient town of Dong Van proposed to return the national relic title to the state.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the request of the UNESCO, Vietnam will be allowed to submit only one intangible cultural heritage and two tangible heritage profiles to this organization. The country is urged to preserve its existing world heritages.