Heritage

Hanoi has planned to turn Thang Long Imperial Citadel into the most beautiful heritage park, a special destination of the capital city.

Cultural and historical experts are making efforts to restore nghe (shrine) Dang Dong in Hanoi, an ancient folk relic.

Artifacts of different periods have been unearthed in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, corroborating the great historical and cultural values of the UNESCO heritage site.

Spending the whole life on Hang Trong paintings, Nghien passes all the skills and expertise the job to his son who shares the same passion to this craft. Then the Hang Trong folk painting line will have chance to be well preserved in the future.

For nearly 20 years, a man has looked after the only ancient gate of Hanoi, like his second house.

The capital city has potential to develop tours on the Red River. However, it has not been fully tapped.

Dan Phuong is home to three unique and valuable folk cultural sites, including kite flying, "ca tru" singing, and "cheo tau" singing.

The 110-year-old mansion of King Bao Dai is still unknown to many people despite its special architecture and luxury, like a sleeping beauty waiting to be woken up.

Hanoi Party chief Vuong Dinh Hue urges experts and practitioners to focus on analyzing objective and subjective reasons from policies to execution, that hampering the conservation works.

Hang Trong folk prints are the traditional trait of an ancient capital. The seemingly forgotten technique has been awakened recently.

With an important role in the national revolutionary movements in the wartime, Hanoi has many historical relics, including many houses attached with the glorious historical events of the country.

So far, the country has a total of 215 national treasures.

Artisans from Chang Son fan village are paying great efforts on preserving and upholding the tradition of a Vietnam’s aged-old craft village.

Travel to Hanoi’s outskirt to learn about Princess Ngoc Dung's legend and visit cluster of spiritual landscapes.

Co Loa Citadel is rated by archaeologists as: "The oldest citadel, largest scale, and the most unique structure in the history of ancient Vietnamese in building citadels".

Tram Pagoda was built in the 16th century, with many old trees radiating shade, bringing freshness and coolness all year round to the holy space.

The Vietnam’s folk game tug-of-war communities discussed for the first time about the connectivity of the games five years after being recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by the UNESCO.

The promotion of folk cultural heritages in contemporary life is not only to preserve the original values, but also brings spiritual values to the people.

Ngoc Son temple is perched on Jade islet in Hoan Kiem lake.