Ha Noi, 16 December 2016 - The Center for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development (CKACD), has been honored for receiving the 2016 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its programme Books for rural areas of Viet Nam, building libraries in rural and disadvantaged areas to help the neo-literate maintain their reading capacity.
Ha Noi, 16 December 2016 – The Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have held an important review workshop on how lessons from implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) can guide the transition towards new carbon market mechanisms in Viet Nam.
Ha Noi, 13 - 14 December 2016 – In collaboration with the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH, Vietnam National University), the Vietnamese Association of Ethnology and Anthropology, Institute of Anthropology, Institute of Cultural Studies and Museum of Nguyen Van Huyen, UNESCO Office in Viet Nam co-hosted the international conference on “Cultural Resources for Sustainable Development: Theories, Practices and Policy Solutions”.
Viet Nam, 5 December 2016 – The Practices related to the Việt beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms was among the sixteen new elements that have been inscribed to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The inscription followed the decisions adopted by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place during its 11th meeting from 30 November to 3 December 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Hue City, 24 November 2016 - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST), in cooperation with UNESCO and the British Council in Viet Nam, jointly coordinated a policy dialogue on the development of creative hubs in Viet Nam, particularly in major cities such as Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hue.
Ha Noi, 1 November 2016 – Women in Viet Nam may be increasingly vulnerable both to HIV infection and – particularly - the impacts of HIV, leading experts to call for greater emphasis on gender mainstreaming in the national HIV response.
Quang Nam, 24-28 October 2016 – In collaboration with Quang Nam Province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DOCST) and the Department of Cultural Heritage (DCH), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, UNESCO organized a four-day training programme on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage (ICH).
NEW YORK, 31 October 2016 – Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher than international guidelines – reveals a new UNICEF report. (Photos and video are available for download here: http://uni.cf/2dD80BZ)
